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AGROTIS. By Dr. A. Corti and Dr. M. Dratxdt. 
venosa. 
melanuroi- 
des. 
griseoiinc- 
ta. 
brunneo- 
tincta. 
celebrata. 
tyrannus. 
squalidior. 
rubidior. 
persiaca. 
termini- 
cincta. 
maraschi. 
pfeifferi. 
umbrifera. 
fimbriola. 
bohatschi. 
leonhardi. 
iberica. 
laeta. 
ochraceo- 
brunnea. 
rctddei. 
zernyi. 
ings also agree with those of vallesiaca, however the ground colour is a richer brown-grey. Minussinsk. — 
venosa Corti ined. (= valesiaca Ev.) (7 f) must be held to be a further form. Somewhat darker than valle¬ 
siaca, but not so dark as inexpectata, duller brownish, the margin of underside a shade darker. Hindwings 
darker. From Sarepta. Pungeler considers this group of species to be a relic of the fauna of the Steppes, 
which at one period possibly spread far over Europe. — melanuroides Kozh. (7 f) is also classified here by 
Corti. It is a small faintly marked form, the subterminal cuneiform marks are quite absent. — griseotincta 
Wgnr. (7 e) is a form with heavier grey dustings, the space in the cell before the whitish reniform stigma 
intensively blackened. The hindwing more widely dusky at margin. Central Asia. — brunneotincta Corti ined. 
(7 e) also belongs to this variable group of central Asiatic Agroticlae. It is not as grey as the preceding 
form but more boldly marked and the cell between the stigmata is also more heavily blackened. Hind- 
wings distinctly more brownish than the other forms. It occurs at Togusjuray. 
D. celebrata Alph. (Vol. 3, p. 34) (7 f) is certainly not a form of clara, but a genuine species. It 
resembles clara somewhat, but is larger, more distinctly marked, colour a deeper grey, with very bold 
subterminal sagittate marks; with very heavy black markings anterior and posterior to reniform stigma. Hind- 
wings dark brown. From Achal Tekke. — tyrannus A. B.-H. (7 g) is a darker brownish form with unicol¬ 
oured grey-black hindwings, which are only slightly paler towards the base. On hindwings the markings are 
heavier black. Karagai-tao. 
D. sqalidior Ev. (Vol. 3, p. 49 ) (7 g) is not a form of hirgliisa, but is also a genuine species. Brownish, 
coppery and much more clearly marked, especially the marginal area of forewings is darkened. Hindwings 
white, widely dusky at margin. Taurus. — rubidior Corti ined. (7 g) is much more reddish and on an 
average a larger form from the northern Lebanon. — persiaca Kozh. is classified here as a further form by 
Corti, whilst the author placed it to celebrata. It is a smallish form of dull colouration and more coarsely 
scaled, the markings being less distinct. N. Persia. 
D. terminicincta Corti ined. (7 h) is very distinct by the very dark subterminal band in which the 
sagittate marks conjoin forming a wide band. Ground colour is light reddish brown, transverse lines finely 
drawn and faint, stigmata only indicated as indistinct paler markings, claviform stigma is quite absent. Hind¬ 
wings brownish, darker at margin. Northern Lebanon. — maraschi Corti ined. is a race from the Taurus 
(Marash) with much more heavily marked transverse lines; in place of the subterminal band there is a much 
less dentate wide grey band. On underside the marginal bands are much darker and clearer than in the 
type form. It occurs in July. 
D. pfeifferi Corti ined. (7 g). A beautiful, quite isolated species with creamy white forewings and very 
characteristic jet black markings i. e. in the space between the cell maculae, an exceptionally long claviform 
stigma and a widely blackened margin as in melanura. In this however the inner outline of a subterminal 
line is indicated by 2 larger and a smaller jet black spots. Hindwings whitish with very distinct dark mar¬ 
ginal band. Marash, Taurus, captured August to October and named by Corti in honour of Mr. Pfeiffer, 
the keen entomologist of Munich who has done so much in investigating the lepidopteral fauna from Ma¬ 
rash and surroundings. 
D. unibrifera Alph. (Vol. 3, p. 56, pi. 13 f). As the illustration is unrecognisable, we are giving a fresh 
figure on pi. 7 g. Generally the species is paler than this rather dark specimen. Although it varies consider¬ 
ably from the other species, it can be readily recognised by the wide median shade and certainly belongs to 
this group. 
D. finibriola Esp. (= maravigna Dup.) (Vol. 3, p. 56, pi. 13 f). Corti has ascertained that the typi¬ 
cal nomino-form only occurs in Hungary. As, of the illustrations in Main Volume, only the $ represents the 
type, we are giving a figure of the C on pi. 7 i. The heavy dark median shade and dark outer margin are 
characteristic. Swiss specimens should be classified under - bohatschi Bhl. described from Armenia, which 
is very like the $ illustrated on pi. 13 f of Main Volume; we are figuring the $ on 7 i. In it the dark median 
shade is absent, at best it is merely indicated on costa and at inner margin; also the outer band is much 
less intensive. Quite similar specimens are mentioned as occurring at Sierra Nevada and in Macedonia. - 
leonhardi Rbl. (7 i) is a much larger and wider winged form of nice bluish grey ground colour; the me¬ 
dian shade is fainter and more delicate, similarly the outer band. Bosnia and Herzegovina. — iberica Zerny 
(7 k) is close to bohatschi, but is more buff or grey-brown, the transverse lines are fine or indistinct; the 
median shade is more or less absent, marginal area widely black-brown and definitely outlined. Only occur¬ 
ring at Albarracin (Aragon), but specimens from the Pyrenees and Digne form transitions. — laeta Rbl. (7 k) 
is a uniformly ochreous brown form, sometimes inclining to sulphurous yellow, median shade and marginal 
area faintly darker and greyer. The main locality for this form is Anatolia. Probably — ochraceobrunnea 
Strd. is identical with same. This is a specimen from Syria in which the dark brown patches are coloured 
a paler ochreous brownish (= ab. 1 Hmps.). — raddei Chr. (7 k) has pale yellow-grey forewings, markings most 
closely correspond to those of bohatschi by the absent median shade, at the same time the form reminds one 
of the squalorum group; raddei has rather more heavily ciliate antennae, by which it also approaches to the 
squalorum form. From west asiatic localities. — zernyi Corti (7 k) is the smallest of all the races, at the same 
time the wings are more acutely shaped. Antennae as raddei. Outer area very dark, sagittate marks absent; ground 
