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EUXOA. By W. Warren. 
venosus. 
monileus. 
subatratus. 
nigricornis. 
corticea. 
clavigerus. 
irrorata- 
pallida. 
eosta- 
irrorata. 
virgata- 
pallida. 
sincerii. 
obsoleta- 
fusea. 
irrorala- 
fusca. 
subfuscus. 
brunnea. 
sordida. 
suffusa- 
brunnea. 
obscura. 
brunnea- 
virgata. 
venosa. 
transversa. 
nigra. 
interjec- 
tionis. 
orbicularis. 
microtica. 
admira- 
tionis. 
incon- 
spicua. 
sericea. 
ceropachoi- 
des. 
obsolete; — ab. venosus Haw. is distinguished by the veins being broadly fuscous; — ab. monileus Haw. has 
the pale grey ground dusted and clouded with black; — ab. subatratus Haw. (cf. Vol. 3 pi. 5 cl) is blackish with 
the outer line represented by a row of pale dots; and lastly ab. nigricornis Vill. (= nigricornutus Haw.) (6 d) 
is entirely black in forewing, with the antennae also black; as a rule, the dark .forms are $$. The specimen, 
figured in pi. 6 d is a $ from Palabuan, Java. Larva greyish ochreous with the lines dark-edged; head and 
thoracic plate pale brown; on roots of low plants, often very destructive. 
E. corticea Schiff. (= transversa Walk., fraterna Moore) (6 d). (For this species cf. Vol. 3, p. 26 and 
Figures on PL 5 f of that Vol.) Forewing brownish grey covered with dark striae; costal area darker; stigmata 
outlined with black; hindwing grey. This palaearctic species occurs also throughout India. Larva brownish 
grey with dark tubercles; the lines pale with darker edges; feeds on various low plants and in temperate coun¬ 
tries hybernates. Of this species Tutt enumerates over a dozen aberrations based on differences of ground 
colour; in the first 5 the forewing is whitish grey; — ab. clavigerus Haw. is without dark dusting, the stigmata 
distinct; the lines variable; — ab. irrorata-pallida Tutt is dusted with blackish scales, the lines and stigmata 
both well-marked; often with a series of dark submarginal dashes; — ab. costa-irrorata Tutt is a form of the 
last with the costa intensely black; — ab. virgata-pallida Tutt has both basal and marginal areas dark with the 
central space pale grey; — ab. sincerii (a) Frr. is the reverse of the last, the base and margin being pale grey, 
with the central space so darkened by black scales as to form a median band. In the next 3 the ground colour 
is fuscous; —ab. obsoleta-fusca Tutt is smoky grey without black scales, the lines obscure, but the stigmata 
distinct; — ab. irrorata-fusca Tutt differs in being wholly irrorated with blackish especially towards costa, 
the lines as well developed as the stigmata; —ab. subfuscus Haw. is like the last, but the dark fuscous suffusion 
so d nse that the ground colour and stigmata are almost hidden. The next 3 are reddish brown; — ab. brunnea 
Tutt is partially irrorated with fuscous, the lines and stigmata distinct; ■—- ab. sordida Hbn. is like the last, 
but duller in colour, with outer margin dark; — ab. suffusa-brunnea Tutt has the suffusion of black scales so strong 
that the lines and stigmata are obscured; — ab. obscura Frr. ( = amurensis Stgr.) has the basal and submargnal, 
areas brown, with the central area black, corresponding to ab. sincera with grey margins. In the last 4 the 
ground colour is black; —ab. brunnea-virgata Tutt has the whole forewing black except the outer margin whiich 
is bright ochreous or pale brown; —- ab. venosa Tutt is wholly black with the veins all pale ochreous; — ab. 
transversa Tutt, commoner than the two preceding, is black with the transverse lines pale and conspicuous; 
-—- and lastly, ab. nigra Tutt, the extreme form, is wholly black, with the stigmata and lines more intense. 
E. interjectionis Guen. (= significans Walk.) (6 d). Forewing greyish ochreous dusted with grey 
suffused throughout in $ with dull grey brown, in the <J only at base of costa; the lines very indistinct; inne 
line double; outer lunulate-dentate; the veins finely dark; claviform stigma black; orbicular flattened, elongate 
sometimes confluent with the black reniform; hindwing white; the inner margin in $ slightly ochreous; — 
the ab. orbicularis Walk. (6 d) has the orbicular stigma white or broadly ringed with white. All three types 
were from Java; the species occurs also in the Malay peninsula, Samarang, Celebes, Lombok, Djember, Sambawa, 
and Port, Darwin, Queensland, N. Australia. The $$ from Java and Lombok are all larger and darker. 
E. microtica Hmps. Forewing dark iron grey, mixed with paler grey scales, and towards base 
with rufous; veins finely black; inner line black, inwardly jeale-edged, curved between veins; outer 
line concisely lunulate-dentate, nearer termen than usual; subterminal pale, close to termen, preceded by black 
wedge-shaped marks; a crenulate black terminal line; fringe rufous; hindwing white; veins towards termen 
and terminal line blackish; fringe white. Described from a single from Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean. 
A small species for the genus, expanding hardly an inch. 
E. admirationis Guen. (6e). Forewing dull drab grey, sometimes with darker shades; lines usually 
ill-defined, dark with paler edging; the inner angled outwards below costa and above inner margin; the outer 
dentate, bent on vein 4, and incurved on submedian fold; subterminal pale, dentate, sometimes reduced to a 
row of pale spots, preceded by dentate black marks or obsolete; the stigmata all black-eclged with grey centres; 
the cell sometimes dark; hindwing fuscous grey, darker along termen; the ab. inconspicua Btlr. represents a 
dark strongly marked $; — sericea Btlr. a nearly markless New Zealand. 
E. ceropachoides Guen. (6 d). Forewing greenish grey dusted with dark; inner and outer lines ill-defined, 
pale; the inner angled outwards below costa and followed by a black striga; the outer bent outwards bcloAV 
costa, with a black striga on its inner edge; subterminal line pale, preceded by a dark costal patch, angled out¬ 
wards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, 2; a series of black terminal lunules; fringe white at tips; the inner 
line is preceded by a roundish pale space on submedian fold; orbicular and reniform stigmata grey slightly edged 
with black; hindwing uniform grey brown. Like the last species restricted to New Zealand. 
