PRESEIl^TED THE BRITISH MUSEUM. CATALOGUE LEPIDOPTERA PHAL^ENyE BIUTISH MUSEUM VOLUME V. LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. 1905. {All rigJiis reserved.) €)? \ CATAT.OGUE V.6 r,J\jl OF THE NOCTUID^ IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ■ AUG 1 1 1987 Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, BaV- LONDON: FEINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. SOLD BY LONGMANS & Co.. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.G. ; B. QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, W. ; DULAU & Co., 37 SO HO SQUARE, W. ; KEGAN PAUL & Co., 4,T GERHARD STREET, W ; AND AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), CROMWELL ROAD, S.W. 1005. PEINTKD BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, Ern LION counT, fleet stueet. PREFACE. Thf, subject of Vol. V. of the 'Catalogue of Moths' is the classification of the HadeniiKr, the second of the fifteen subfamilies of the Noctiiiche, 940 species belonging to 78 genera being described in it. The subfamily is characterised by its trifid neuration of the hind wing combined with the hairy clothing of tho eyes, and forms an extremely natural and well-marked group of species. Sir George Hampson has again to thank all those who have helped him with the earlier Volumes of the Catalogue, for the loan of specimens, and assistance with the present Volume, and, in addition, Dr. Wm, Barnes, of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A., for the gift of a very large number of species of N. American Noctaidcv, new to the British Museum Collection, and Dr. A. G. Mayer, of the Brooklyn Institute, has again sent drawings, made by Mr. H. B. Judy, of types in the Neuraoegen Collection. Plate XCVI. will appear with Vol. VI. of the Catalogue. E. HAY LANK ESTER, Director, British T\riiseii!u (Natunil Historj), February 24th, I'JUO. SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Pam. NOCTUID.E Subfam. Hadenin^ Tliyrestra, Hmpsn 1127. liyalophora, Hmpsn Erana, ll'lk 1128. gTaminosa, JVlk. . . Trichestra, I£inpsn 1129. nig-ropuncta (Druce) 1130. arbuticolens {Biitl.) IL'il. anlliophila {Butl.) Barathra, HiUm 1132. contigurata ( W7A;.) 1133. curialis [Smith) , 1134. brassicfB (Linn.) . Tiichorbiza, Hmpsn. . . . 1135. peterseni [Christ.) Discestra, Hmpsn 1136. fioiida {Smith)... 1137. chartaria ( ^rVofe) . 1138. eremistis ( P»?j_i7. ) . 1139. arenaria, Hmjfsn., Craterestra, Hmpsn 1 140. lucina {I)ruce) . . . 1141. mYeo\nciA (Butl.) 1142. terranea (AVi/.) . 1143. media (Wlk.) . .. 1144. boplites (Stand.) . 1145. y&cuua. {Smitli) . 1140. bit'ascia, Hm/isn. . 1147. albicosta, Hmpsn. 114^. subterminata, Hinps 1149. seniifusca, Hmpsn 1150. subvflata [If'/k.) . 1151. detinions ( fl7/i.) . Scotog;ramma, Smith . . . 1152. arniata (.S'te^/r/.) . 1153. dianthi (TauHh.). 1154. nana [Hiifn.) . . . Pago 1 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 1155. isoloma {Pimg.) .... 1156. submedianata, Hmjjsn 1157. ptilodonta, [Grote) 1158. trifolJi {Eott.) . . . 1159. impolita (Morr.) . 1160. hadeuitbrmis [Smith) 1161. stigniosa [Christ.) 1162. agrotiformis (-Hm^wn 1163. sodaj {R)nbr.) 1164. defessa (Grote) . . . . 1165. repeiitiiia (Morr.) 116tj. orida [Smith) .... 1167. implexa [Hilbn.) . . 1168. peculiaris [Sfaud.) 1169. submarina [Grote) 1170. nieudosica Hmpsn. Catepliiudes, Hmpsn 1171. ziielana (Schaus) . . Anarta, Ochs 1172. trisema, Mab. . . . 1173. staudingeri, Avriv. 1174. richardsoni [Cart.) 1175. quadrilunata, Grote 1176. leucocycla, Staud. 1177. etacta, Smith .... 1178. membro.^a, Morr.. . 1179. myrtilli (Linn.) . . 1180. cordigera [Thnnb.) 1181. mimuli, Behr 1182. iuipingens, ll'lk. .. 1183. phaea, Hmpsn 1183 a. Jaeita, S/ni'h .... 1184. melanopa [Thimh.) 1185. mimida, Grote .... 1186. luaiisi, Pibif/ 1 187. zemblica, Hnips)i. . . Lasiestra, Hmpsn 1188. montaiia (Leech) . . 1189. siibdita [Mdschl.) . . 1189 a. albinuda (6';»j^/i) Page 27 27 28 28 30 30 31 31 32 33 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 43 44 44 45 602 45 46 46, 602 47 47 48 48 602 VUl SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Laaiestra (con.). Page 1190. phoca (Mosrll.) 48 1191. promulsa (Morr.) .... 49 1192. unifonuis (<SWf/0 50 1193. dovrensis (Stuud.) .... 50 1194. elvesi, Hmpm 51 1195. deliciosa {Alph.) 51 1196. perplexa {Smith) 52 1197. persa (^/;_^7«.) 52 Lasionj'Cta, Avriv 53 1198. rainieri {Smith) 54 1199. inconcinna (Smith) .... 54 1200. conjugata (Smith) .... 55 1201. brvoptera (P««r/.) 55 1202. lurida (.4//^/(.) 56 120-"i. sci'a;lingia(//('?-r.-»S'c7ir7^.) 56 1204. subfuscula (Grote) .... 57 1205. sedilis (Smith) 57 1206. altaica (Ban</-Haas) . . 58 1207. arietis (Grote) 58 1208. ochracea {Riley) 59 Polia, Ochs GO 1209. culta (Moore) 60 1210. arscliaiiica (Alph.) .... 61 1211. subarschanica (Stand.) . 62 1212. parvula (Herr.-Schuf.) . 63 1213. cervina (Smith) 63 1214. lustralis (Grote) 64 1215. nfevia (Smith) 65 1215 «. biliuea ( Wi/em.) 603 1216. detracta (W/k.) 65 1217. neoterica {>S'?»/V//) .... 66 1218. discalis ( Grote) 67 1219. imbrifera ( Giieii.) 68 1220. nugatis (S?nitJ/) 68 1221. laiiguida (Smith) 69 1222. juncimacula (Smith) . . 69 1223. purpurissata (Grote) . . 70 1224. crotch i (Grote) 71 1225. proxima (Hilbn.) 73 1226. griseata (Smith] 74 1227. orientalis (Alph.) 75 1228. oriza (Druce) 75 1229. rubeus (Druce) 76 1230. lepidula (Smith) 77 1231. distincta (Hilhn.) 77 1232. literata (Fisch.) 78 1233. luteago (Sehiff.) 79 1234. canities, Ilmpsn 80 1235. discolor (Sinith) 80 1236. determinata (iS'm/;'//) .. 81 1237. Columbia (Smith) 81 1238. meditata (Grote) 82 1239. leucogramma (Grote) . . 82 1240. mohosa (Dofjn.) 83 1241. orizabena (Scham) .... 83 1242. bracbiola (Hctrv.) 84 1243. nwnhiaa. IImp,vi 85 1244. iiinbrosa (Smith) 85 1245. plicata (Smith) 86 124(5. gnata (Grote) 86 1247. selama (Strcck.) 87 1 248. tenebra, Hmpm 87 1249. pusilla (Fiim/.) 88 1250. serratilinea '( 7'rai!.) . . . . 88 1251. spalax (Alph.) 89 1252. insolens (Grote) 89 12.53. peregrina (yVeiV.) 92 1254. contigua (Schif.) 93 1255. grandis (5o/6y/.) 94 1256. w-latinum (Hiifn.) 95 1257. invalida (Smith) 96 1258. thalassina (Eott.) 96 1259. mh]nnct^ (Grote ^- Hob.) 97 1200. nevadse (Grote) 98 1261. altaica (Led.) 99 1262. 'siiasa (Schif.) 99 1263. aliena (Hiibu.) 100 1204. passa (Morr.) 101 1265. ptochica (Pibuf.) 102 1266. vau-orbicLilaris (Smith). 102 1267. consangiiis (Giien.) .... 102 1268. fuscirufa, Hmjmi 103 1269. venata, Hmpm 104 1270. luortua (Styr.) 104 1271. persicariaj (Linn.) .... 105 1272. glaucopis, linqmi 106 1273. cristifera ( JF/A-.) 106 1274. ruaniestrina (Butl.) .... 107 1275. ingravis (Smith) 108 1276. nagaensis (H}iipsn.) . . . . 108 1277. ferrisparsa (ifwp.w.) .. 109 1278. costigera (Muorei .... 109 1279. mongolica (Stand.) 110 1280. adveua (Schif.) 110 1281. tiucta (L'rahm) Ill 1282. latex (Guen.) 112 1283. rogenhoferi (J/o.sc/j/.) ..113 1284. nebulosa (Hiifn.) 114 1285. nimbosa (Guen.) 115 1286. nivstica (Smith) 115 1287. scotofhlora, Koll 116 1288. goliatli (Oljerth.) 116 1289. adjiincta (Boisd.) 117 1290. diiatata (Smith) 118 1291. variolata (Smith) ] 18 1292. glaciata (Grote) 119 1293. pennitarsis ( Wlk.) 119 1294. prtedita (Hiihn.) '. 126 1295. prndenitbrmis (-SW^/i). . 127 1296. fiircula (Stand.) 127 1297. eversiuanni (Stand.) .. 128 1298. scbiieideri (Stand) .... 129 6ISTEM.VTIC INDEX. 1209 1300 1301 1302 1303 1303 1304, 1305. 1306. 1307. 1.308. 1309. 1310. 1311. 1312. 1313. 1314. 1315. 1316. 1317. 1318. 1319. 1320. 1321. 1322. 1323. 1324. 1.325. 1325 1325 1326 1327, 1328, 1329 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336, 1337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1348 1.349, 1350 P.nge pordentata (Ilinpsn.) . . 129 iarnhanii [Grate) 130 furca {Ev.) 131 siuivis {StauJ.) 131 liquida i^Grute) 132 a. iiuitata (Mssn.) 603 radix (JF/A-.) 132 atlantica (Grote) 133 . \iAivA (Stand.) 134 splendens (Hilhn.) .... 134 oleracea (Linn.) 135 pisi (Lmn.) 136, 603 tacoma (St reck.) 137 satanella (Alp/i.) 138 quadrata {Smith) 138 softa (Stmid.) 139 sutrina (G'roi'e) 139 dentina (/SV/i^j?:) 140 glauca (Kleem.) 141 gasiva (Schaus) 142 paranica {Sc/uins) .... 142 cuueata (Grote) 143 ano-uina (Grote) 144 vicina (Grote) 144 pensilis (Grote) 145 segregata (Smith) .... 146 cnivetti (Htnps7i.) .... 146 albomarginata (Druce) . 147 a. albifluviata (Druce) . . 603 h. hieroglyph era (Mssn.) 604 luista (Stand.) 147 mutilata (Smith) 148 beaiii (Grote) 148 legitima (6Vo^e) 149 AnAi (Smith). .'. 150 , lilaciua [Harv.) 150 , illoba (Butl.) 151 . dictyota (Loiver) 151 , calberlai [Stand.) .... 152 , gavisa [Scha?/s) 153 goodelli (Grote) 153 , sadales (Drnce) 154 . chalcia, Ilmp^tn 154 ectypa [Morr.) 1 55 noverca ( Grote) 155 bolteri (Smith) 156 mania (6'//vW>;.) 156 6\}scur& (Smith) 157 nioerons (lint I.) 157 . atrirena, llinpsii 158 as,sinjili.s (Marr.) 158 aya [Doyn. ) 159 nervina [Do'jn.) ICO a. canosticta (Druce) . . ''i()5 panno.sa (Moore) 160 . diptorigidia (//«;/As».). . 161 Page 1351. xanthocosma (Turner) . 161 1352. mesoglauca (Hmpsn.) . . 162 1353. speyeri (Feld.) 162 1354. cuprescens, Hmpsn 163 1355. mesonielana (Hmpsn.) . 163 1.356. furviliiiea (Hmpsn.) . . 164 1-357. magellana (Mab.) 164 1.358. lebruni (MalK) 165 1359. densa (Smith) 165 1360. stretchi [H. Edw.) 166 1.361. palilis (Harv.) 166 1362. longiclava (Smith) .... 167 1363. doira (Strec/c.) 167 1364. stenotis, Hmpsn 168 1365. cappa (Hnlnt.) 168 1366. dysodea (Sehif.) 169 1367. maderaj (Baker) 170 1368. sereiia (Schiff.) 170 1369. olivocincta (Guen.) .... 171 1370. mare.\ (Schaus) 172 1371. subjecta ( Wlk.) 173 1372. coufiisa (Leech) 173 1373. ■psittacus (Herr.-Schilf.) 174 1374. pictula ( White) 174 1375. spiculo.sa (Grote) .... 175 1376. reuigera (Steph.) 176 1377. stricta ( Wlk.) 176 1378. ferrealis ((TrVo^'e) 177 1379. lorea (Guen.) 178 1.380. olivacea (Morr.) 178 1381. van-media [Smith) .... 180 1382. subpicta (Schaus) 180 1383. poliastis (7/w,/;.5?z.) .... 181 1384. laudabilis (Guen.) .... 181 1385. mnvmii^ii (Schaus) .... 182 1385 a. Iteta (Misn.) ........ 605 1386. quadrilineata (Grote) . . 183 1387. vittula (Grote) 183 1388. inciirva (Smi/h) 184 1389. inteutata (Smith) 184 1390. ciiiiva (Schans) l85 1391. hodeva (iJrwr) 185 1392. alboguttata (Grote) 186 1393. erecta (7T7/.-.) 1H(5 1394. datis (Druce) 187 1394rt. hwohu-Ui (Smith) 605 1395. rugosa (Morr.) 188 139(). marinitiiK-la (Harr.) . . 188 1397. mediana (Moore) 189 1398. fasciata (Leech) 189 1399. roseosuHusa (Smith) . . 189 1400. renisigna (Jilk.) ...... 190 1401. goniojihora (6t7t«i<s) .. 191 1402. rndh(U'lk.) 191 1403. esojii.s (Druce) 192 1404. boliemanni (.SY«H(/.).... 192 SVSTEMAnC INDEX. Polia (co?i.). 1405. socedeus ( 1J7/:.) . . . 1400. cucubali (Schif.) . . . 1407. bicruris (Hiifn.) . . . 1408. carpophaga (L'oikJi.) 1409. lypra {Pun//.) 1410. niagno'ii (Boisd.). . . 1411. filigramma (^s/).) 1412. tei)hi()k'uca {lioisd.) 1413. pumila (Stand.) . . . 1414. albimacula (Borkh.) 1415. conspersa [Schiff.) . 1416. com pta (>Sc/«^;) ... 1417. gueiiei [Staud.) . . . Piichetra, Gve7i 1418. leucophiBa {Schiff.) . Odontestra, Hmp.m 1419. vittigera, Hmpsn. . 1420. albivitta, Ilmpsn. . 1421. siniilliina {Moore) . 1422. potanin: (A//>Ji.) '. .. 1423. siibmaiginalis [Wlk.) Hadena, Sclirank 1424. groiiiinea (iSe/iaits) . 1425. prociiicta [Grofe). . . 1420. graminivora {Wlk.). 1426 ff. elrtjistis, Drnce . . , 1426 6. wmai'is, Drnce ... 1427. iiieridioiialis, Ihnjisn 1428. di.ssecta ( Wlk.) . . . 1429. reticulata (J'il/.) . .. 1430. textiirata {A/ph.). . . 1431. uucifera (zl/.s.sw.) ... 1431a. calographa, Mssn.. 1432. bul-eri {ludd.) 1433. niptilinea {Wlk.) . Tliolera, Hillm 1434. popularis {Fabr.) . . . 1435. americana {Smith) . 1436. cespitis (.SWajf:) ... Odoutelia, llnipsn 1437. margiaua {Pi'my.) . Tbargelia, Pwkj 1438. distincta {Christ.) . 1439. fissilis (Christ.) ... Ilvpobaratbra, Hmpsn. . . . 1440. icterias {Fr.) 1441. repetita (Bufl.) . . . Onycbestra, Hmpm 1442. siccannruni (Stand.) Proiiotestra, Hnip.s}! 1443. silenides (Stand.) . Aglossestra, Hmpsn ; 1444. desei'ticoiti, Hmjisn. . Epia, Ililhn 1445. pictuiMta (Alph.). . . 1446. in-egularis [Riifn.) . Page 193 ]94 195 196 196 197 198 199 199 200 201 :^02 203 203 203 205 205 206 20!) 207 207 208 2(19 201» 210 606 607 211 212 212 213 214 607 215 215 216 216 217 218 219 219 220 220 221 221 2i'2 222 223 223 224 224 225 1'25 226 227 9 PS Piipje 1447. aberrans (Ed.) 229 1448. capsiilaris (Guen.) .... 229 1449. iniuorata {Smith) 230 1450. ectrapela {Smith) 230 1451. Bisus (Germ.) . 231 1452. circumvadis (Smith) . . 2-"5l 1453. mendax (Stand.) 232 1454. renati (O/w;-/*.) 233 1455. silenes (Iliibn.) 233 1456. christopbi (Miischl.) . . 234 Oardepia, Hmpsn 234 1457. iriisor ( Ersch.) 235 1458. nova (Smith) 235 Tricboclea, Grote 230 1459. U-scripta (Smith) 237 1460. artesta (Sinifh) 237 1461. albicolou (Scpp) 238 1462. atalantica, Hmpiv 239 1463. cbolica, Hmpsn 239 1464. fuscolutea (Smith) 239 1465. sociabilis (Grccs.) .... 240 1466. decepta, Grate 240 1467. deniotica (P'nng.) 241 1468. antica, Smith 241 1469. postica, Smith 242 1470. edvardsi (Smith) 242 Iladiila, Stand 243 1471. tancrei (Grres.) 243 1472. corgbos>i (Alph.) 244 1473. turpis {Stand.} 245 1474. oi^tima (Alph.) 245 1475. pra3cipua (Stand.) .... 246 1476. Inngicornis (Grccs.). . . . 246 1477. sabulorum (Alph.) .... 247 1478. insolita, Staud 248 1479. inipia (Pum/.) 248 1480. unica (Leech) 249 1481. incomnioda (Staud.) . . 249 Nephelistis, Hmpsn 250 1482. congeuitalis, J/w^;,-:?;. .. 250 1483. claiida (Schans) 251 1484. furva {Schan.s) 252 1485. differens (Drnce) 252 1486. velk'rea (Sehaus) 253 1486 «. couservulodes, X)r?/re . 608 Ilydra'ciodes, Hmpsn 253 1487. xautbina, Hmpsn 254 1488. pexa (Schans) 254 1489. alala (Drnce) 255 1490. azteca (Schans) 256 1491. cauta (Schans) 256 1492. leucopis, Hmpsn , 257 1493. leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 257 Tiracola, Moore 257 1494. pl.cigiata {Wlk.) 258 Chabuata, Wlk 259 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 1405. notata (Sfreck.) . .. 1490. signata ( Wlk.) 1497. fistula [Ilarv.) 1498. mutina (Scfiaus) . . . 1498 a. chipeta (Barnes) . 1499. iuconspicua {Grote). loOO. carneago (Guen.). . . 1501. distincta (iMoore) . . . 1502. olDscura (Moore) . . . 1503. punctosa ( TF/A.) ... 1504. couigera (Schiff.) . . . 1505. angulifera (Moore) . 1506. vefutina {StnitJi) . . . 1507. albicosta (Moore) . 1508. fratema (Moore) . .. 1509. inauis (Oberth.) . .. 1510. ruiipeuiiis (Bull.). . . 1511. ociosa (Doyn.) 1512. amceba, Hrnpsn. . . . 1513. albimargo (Guen.) . 1514. dulcinea (Bufl.) . . . 1515. subsocia ( Wlk.) . . . 1616. albirena (Giie7i.) . . . 1517. ampla, Jf7Z; 1518. major (Guen.) 1519. rectilinea, Hmpsn. . 1520. uoctuiformis (Guen.) 1521. satellitioides (Guen.) Lasianobia, Hmpsn 1522. lauta {Puny.) 1523. decreta (Pilny.) . . . Manobia, Stand 1524. xena, Stand 1525. grisea (But I.) Hyssia, Guen 1526. griseipennis (Feld.). 1527. inconstans (Bufl.) , 1528. cucuUina (Gum.) 1529. moderata ( JFlk.) . . . 1530. siuinthistis, Hmpsn. 1531. millifera(W7/.-.) ... 1532. senatoria (Smith). . . 1533. gussata (Smith) . . . 1534. compsias (Meyr.) 1535. nipbadopa (Meyr.) . 1636. anthracias (Meyr.) . 1637. caveruosa (Er.) . . . 1538. violascens, Hmpsn. . 1539. mode.sta (Morr.) . . . 1540. di.sticLa (Morr.) . . . 1541. dilecta (7/. iV/w.) . 1642. fasciata (-S'»/////) . . . 1543. niveiguttata (Grote) 1544. orbiculata (Smith) . 1545. musciilina (StaiuJ.) . Proteinania, Hmpsn Page 259 260 201 261 608 261 262 263 264 264 265 266 267 267 268 268 268 269 2(9 270 270 271 271 272 272 273 274 274 274 276 276 276 276 277 278 278 279 279 280 280 281 281 282 283 283 284 285 286 286 287 287 288 288 289 280 2! in Fnffe 1546. acbatioides (Guen.) 290 1547. vigasia (Schaus) 291 Evio^ygn, Guen 291 1548. crocosticta (Schaus). . . . 292 1549. fea (Druce) 293 1550. mulina (Schaus) 293 1551. tersa (Druce) 294 1552. baruna (Schau.s) 294 1553. mediorufa (Schaus) .... 295 1554. contempta {Schaus). . . . 295 1555. CLirtica (Smith) 296 1556. acaliis [Streck.) 296 1557. incincta (Morr.) 297 1558. perfusca, Hmpsn 297 1559. oviduca (Guen.) 298 1560. melanopis, Hmpsn 299 1561. orobia (Harv) 299 1562. utahensls (Smith) 300 1563. ochrota (Schaus) 300 1564. obtiisa (Smith) 300 1505. planalis {Grote) 301 1566. agrotiformis(G/-c)<e) . . . . 302 1567. perforata (Grote) 302 1568. rufula {Grote) 303 1509. reliqua {Smith) 303 1570. trifascia (Smith) 304 1571. culea (Guen.) 304 1572. consopita (Grote) .... 305 1573. diplogramma {<S'f7(rt«.y). . 305 1574. euryte (Druce) 305 1575. turca (Linn) 306 1576. grandis (But!) 307 1577. divergens (L'utJ.) 308 1578. curva'ta (Leech) 308 1578 a. fuliginosa ( Wilem.) . . 609 1579. rliodotricliia, Hmjjsn. . . 309 1580. pallescens {Schaus) 309 1581. fuscibarbata, Hmjjsn. . . 310 1582. vinobarbata, Hmpsn. . . 311 1583. melanogaster (Guen) . . 312 1584. secedens (Schaus) .... 312 1585. excaxata, Hmpsn 312 1586. lamptera (i>/-we) 313 1587. macrolepia (ILnpsn.) . . 314 1588. gigantea (Schaus) .... 315 1589. fiavigora (Guen) 315 1590. fulvida, Druce 31(5 1591. friburgensis ((?««;.) .. 316 1591 a. hueca (Bar7ies) 609 1592. carneigera (Guen.) .... 317 1693. lodebar (Druce) 317 1594. orbica, Hmpsu 318 1595. lanaris (Bull.) 319 169(). moderata (Wlk.) 319 1507. creniilata (ButI) 320 1598. jamaiconei?, Hmpsn. . . 321 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Eriopyya (c(»i.). Pupfe 1599. braehia, de Jotin 822 IGOO. rhadata (I)ruce) 322 1601. crista ( Wlk.) 323 1602. nicesta ( Wlk.) 324 1603. niveipuncta (Schaus) . . 325 1604. lindi<ii (Feld.) 325 1605. subolivacea, Hmpsn. . . 325 1606. melanosttcta, Hmpsn. . . 326 1607. purj)urigera (Guen.) . . 327 1608. nigripars (Sc/ians) .... 327 1609. ditissima ( Wlk.) 328 1610. janeira {Schaus) 329 1611. punctula (Guen.) 329 1612. nionilis [Guen.) 330 1613. glaucistis, Hmpsn 331 1614. azucara (Schaus) 331 1615. lobata, Hmpsn 332 1616. mesostiigata, Hmpsn. . . 333 1617. cynica (Guen.) 333 1618. curvirena {Guen.} .... 334 1619. intractata (Morr.) 335 1620. goniostigma (Schaus) . . 335 1621. albipuncta (Schaus) 336 1622. d^^schoroides (iS'c/<aMs) . . 337 1623. riibi'ipuncta (Schatts) . . 338 1(''24. conH liens (Druce) 3o8 1625. intirma (Guen.) 340 1626. violascens (Schaus). . . . 340 1627. ropilla (Doi/)i.) 341 1628. inorata (Smnh) 341 1629. virgula (Gro(e) 342 1630. pyropis, Hmjjsn 342 1631. ignescens (Schaus) .... 343 1632. iole (Schaus) 343 1633. veeors (Grnrn.) 344 1634. puerilis (Grate) 344 1635. rubor (Guen.) 345 1636. leucopera (Schaus) .... 345 1637. Diarginalis (Schaus) . . 346 1638. coiitrahens ( Wlk.) 347 1639. conar (Streck.) 348,610 1640. perbninnea (Grote) 348 1641. hyposcota, 7/?«7JS?? 349 1642. uiiiforinis (Smith) .... 349 1643. coiuniunis (l)i/ar) ..350,610 1644. iiufurata {(rrote) 350 1645. oroba (Druce) 351 1646. therm istis, Bruce 351 1647. polioti&, Hmpsn 352 1648. unicolora (3/8.W.) 352 1649. viuda (Doi/n.) 352 1650. terUilia (Dof/n.) 353 1651. adone;i (Druce) 353 Eriopyg'odes, Hmpsn 353 1652. imbecilla (Fabr.) 354 1653. iinpar (Staud.) 355 Piipe 1654. euclidias (Meijr.) 355 Neplielode.s, Guen 356 1655. asiatica (Alph.) 356 1656. infaiis (Alph.) 357 1657. tei'tialis, Smith 357 1658. pectinata (Smith) 358 1659. emmodonia (Cram.) . . 358 Poliodestra, Hmpsn 359, 610 1660. flavidentiila (Schaus) . . 360 1661. violasceus (Mssn.) .... 36l 1662. viola, Druce 361 Trichopolia, Grote 361 1663. ursina (Smith) 3(52 1664. deiitatella, Grute 362 1665. seri-iita, Smith 363, 610 Stretch ia, H. Ediv 363 1666. murieina (Grote) 363 1667. plu.siiieformis, H. Ediv. . . 364 1668. variabilis, Smith 365 1669. inferior (Smith) 365 1670. saxea (Leech) 366 Morrisouia, Grote 3(56 1671. plena (Wlk.) 367 1672. insignis ( Wlk.) 368 1673. niutans ( Wlk.) 369 1(;74. paracausta (Mei/r.) .... 370 1675. broniias (Meyr.) 370 1676. agorastis (Mei/r.) 371 1677. mucens (Hiihn.) 371 1678. sectilis (Guen.) 372 1679. bisulea (Grote) 373 1680. evicta (Grote) 374 1681. intidelis, Grote 375 1682. vitiosa (Butl.) 375 1683. infensa ( Wlk.) 375 1684. rubescens (Bull.) 376 1685. ustistriga ( Wlk.) 377 1686. lithias (Mei/r.) 378 1687. homoscia ( 3Ieij r.) .... 378 1688. stipata ( Wlk.) 379 1689. dotata ( H7/.-.) 380 1690. ociithistis (Mo/r.) 380 1691. tartaraia (Butl.) 3,81 1692. omoplaca (Jlet/r.) 382 1693. coufusa (Hiibn.) 382 1(;94. li^nana ( Wlk.) 383 1695. niorusa (Butl.) 384 1696. prionistis (Meyr.) .... 384 1697. temperata ( Wlk ) 385 1698. phricias (Meyr.) 395 Persectauia, Hmpsn 386 1699. evingi ( Westw.) 386 1700. aiilauias (Meyr.) 387 1701. steropastis (Aleyr.) .... 388 1702. atristriga ( Wlk.) 388 Xylonuiuia, Hmpsn o89 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. XIU Tnge 1703. behrensiana (rV/o/c) .. 8!)0 1704. erytlirolita (drofe) 890 1705. hienialis {Grotc) 390 1700. pallidior {Smith) .'591 1707. peritali-s {Smith) ;392 1708. cojrnata {Smith) 392 1709. riibrica (Harv.) 393 1710. simplex { Wlk.) 394 1711. indurata {Smith) 395 1712. curialis {Grote) 395 1713. Candida {Smith) 390 1714. dolosa {Grote) 396 1715. perlubens {Grote) .... 397 1716. couspicillaris {Linn.) . . 398 1717. pulchella {Smith) 399 1718. bella {Butl.) 399 1719. alternans ( Wlk.) 400 1720. patalis {Grote) 400 1721. norma {Saalm.) 401 1722. natalensis {Butl.) 401 1723. v-album, Hinpsn 402 Periu-rapha, Led 403 1724. circumducta {Led.) 403 1725. I-ciucta {Schiff.) 404 1726. prima, Smith 404 1727. normalis (G.wte) 405 1728. pulchella {Harv.) 406 1729. terminata (Smith) .... 406 1730. pectinata {Smith) .... 407 1731. prgeses, Grote 407 1732. trauspareiLS, Grote .... 408 1733. ducinfieldi [Schuus) 408 Monima, Hilbn 409 1734. ca.rnipenni8 {Butl.) .... 410 1735. eriza {Sivinh.) 410 1736. rorida {Friv.) 410 1737. porosa {Er. ) 412 1738. fasciculata (Hmj)sn.) . . 413 1739. gothica {Linn.) 413 1740. castaneipeniiis (jff??j/jsM.) 4l5 1741. ferrcsticta {Unipsii.) . . 415 1742. numda {Schijf.) 416 1743. lizetta {Btdl.) 41(5 1744. popnleti {luibr.) 417 1745. miniosa {Schiff.) 418 1746. ferri'rera {Smith) 418 1747. stabilis [Schifl.) 419 1748. stenoptera (Stand.) 420 1749. rubrescens ( Wlk.) .... 420 1750. cruda {Svhif.) 420 1751. faiista (Zcrr//) 421 1752. tlaviannula (Smith) 422 1753. aunulimacula {<S'wi///<). , 422 1754. addenda {Smith) 422 1755. carminala (Smith) .... 423 1756. niys {LJi/ar) 423 Page 1757. odiosa {Bidl.) 424 1758. niprorenalis (Hmpsn.). . 425 1759. artlirolita (Harv.) 425 1760. revicta (3/on-.) 426 1761. garmani (Grote) 426 1762. incerta {Ililhn.) 427 1763. opima {Iliibn.) 428 1764. paromoea, ILmp.v/ 4^9 1765. pacifica (Harr.) 429 1766. aiurina {Smith) 430 1767. alia {GiieJi.) 430 1768. gracilis {Schif.) 431 1769. cinnamomea (Moore) . . 432 Palponima, LLmpsn 432 1770. orthosioides {Butl) 432 Clavipalpiila, Stcmd 433 1771. auraiias {Oberth.) 433 Perigonica, Smith 434 1772. fulminans, Smith 434 1773. tertia, Uyar 435 1774. angulata, Smith 436 Sideridis, Riihn 436 1775. limbata (Butl.) 437 1776. lithargyria (£^y).) 437 1777. albipiincta (Schiff.) 438 1778. vitellina {Hiibn.) 440 1779. rosea {Harv.) 440 1780. evidens (milm.) 441 1781. normani {Grote) 441 1782. congermana {Morr.) . . 442 1783. rubefacta (Morr.) 442 1784. cajsia (Schif.) 443 1785. exiiuia (Staud.) 444 Physetica, 3Iei/r 444 1786. cferiilea (Giieri.) 445 1787. \iudemialjs (Gue/i.). . . . 445 1788. miorasta [Mei/r.) 446 Ceramica, Guen 446 1789. picta {Harr.) 446 Brithys, Hiibn 447 1790. pancratii {Ci/r.) 447 1791. crini (Fabr.) 448 1702. encausta (Hiiln.) 449 Aspidifrontia, Hmpsn 450 1793. radiata, Hmj).m 450 1794. semipallida, //myw«. .. 451 1795. glance.'^cen^, Hmp.'^n. . . 451 1796. axylides, Hmpsn 452 1797. rufe.scens, Hmpsn 452 Melo])iora, Meyr 452 1798. sangiiinata {Luca.s) .... 453 Diaplione, Hiibn 453 1799. eumela (Sioll) 453 Polvtelodes, Hmpsn 454 18()0. fiorifera [Wlh.) 455 Polytela, Guen 456 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Polytela (co7i.). Page 1801. orientalis (Hmpsn.) .... 450 1802. p-loriosse {Fabr.) 457 1803. florigera, Gnen 458 1804. chrysospila, JVlk 458 Xanthopastis, Iliibn 458 1805. timais (Cram.) 45i) Adaphajuura, Hmpsn 4(j0 1806. niinusciila {Bull.) .... 4U0 Panolis, Hiibn 4()1 1807. flammea {Schif.) 461 Cerapteryx, Curt 462 1808. graminis (Linn.) 4()2 1809. albiceps {Hmpsn.) 4(>3 Scriptania, Hmpsn 464 1810. syzygia, Hmpsn 464 1811. nordenscjoldi (<SYaw,/.). . 465 1812. michaelseni [Staud.) . . 465 Strigania, Hmpsn 466 1813. lithopliilus (Butl.) 466 1814. scripta (Mssn.) 467 1815. calligrapta (5m</.) 468 Graphania, Hmpsn 468 1816. disjungens {Wll-.) .... 469 1817. atavistis, Hmpsn 470 Tmetolopliota, Hmpsn 470 1818. propria ( Wlk.) 471 1819. polygona, Druce 471 Conisania, Hmpsn 472 1820. leiueri {Frr.) 472 Dasygaster, Gtien 473 1821. eugraplia, Tvrner .... 473 1822. ligniplena ( Wlk.) 474 1823. acontosema ( Turner) . . 475 1824. nephelistis, 7/-w;).w 475 1825. hollandi;B, Guen 476 1826. epundoides, Guen 477 1827. revevsa {Moore) 477 Cirpbis, Wlk 478 1828. eboriosa {Guen.) 479 1829. costal is, Wlk 479 1830. obusta [Guen.) 479 1831. pilipalpis (Grofe) 480 1832. pseudargyria {Gnen.) . . 481 1833. multiliut-a ( IVlk.) .... 482 1834. comuiiiides {Guen.) .... 482 1835. phragmilidicola (^Z !«'«.). 483 1836. roseola {Smith) 484 1837. farcta {Grote) 484 1838. fasciata {Moore) 485 1839. naiiiica {Moore) 486 1840. insularis {Bufl) 486 1841. promiueus ( rf//,-.) 487 1842. diah-ecta {Butl.) 488 1843. uda {Gueyi.) 488 1844. abdominalis ( 177/.-.). . . . 489 1845. adjnncta ( Wlk.) 4X9 Pae;e 1846. leucosta {Loiver) 490 1847. leucosplienia (Beth.- Baher) 490 1848. lasiomera, Hmpsn 491 1849. ptvoDopbora, Hmjjsn. . . 491 1850. loreyi {Dup.) 492 1851. dasuta, Hmpsn 493 1852. pyrrhias (Mei/r.) 494 1853. macrosaris {lileyr.) 494 1854. typblodes {Mei/r.) 495 1855. amblycasis {Meyr.) .... 495 1856. laniata {Hmpsn.) 496 1857. inframicans (7/?/ip*7i.). . 497 1858. pryeri (Leech) 498 1859. hamifera ( Wlk.) 498 1860. crvptargyrea {Beth.- Baker) 499 1861. decisissima ( If 77c.) 499 1862. nebulosa (Hmpsn.) 500 1863. congrua (Hubn.) 501 1864. usta (Hmpsn.) 501 1865. iufrargyrea {Saalm.) . . 502 1866. subsignata {Moore) .... 502 1867. simplex {Leech) 503 1868. proxima {Leech) 504 1869. 1-album {Linn.) 504 1870. albivenata (S^vinh.) .... 505 1871. rufipennis {Hmpsn.) . . 506 1872. duplicata {Bull.) 506 1873. albicosta (Moore) 507 1 874. polyrabda, Hmp.m 507 1875. micacea {Hnpsn.) .... 508 1876. circulus (Saalm.) 508 1877. flavostignia (i>'/T;H.). . . . 509 1878. inornata {Leech) 510 1879. tangala (Feld.) 510 1880. goniosigiiia, Hmpsn. . . 515 1881. dharma {Moore) 516 1882. rutistrigosa {Moore) . . 516 1883. salebrosa (Butl.) .. 517 1884. ignita, Hmpsn 517 1885. pvrastis, Hmpsn 518 1886. formosana (Butl.) 518 1887. clarescens (Moschl.) .. 519 1888. imperfecta {Smith) 519 1889. velutina (Ev.) 520 1890. comma {Linn.) 520 1891. insueta {Guen.) 521 1892. dia {Grote) 522 1893. diagramma(7)VM.-i>'rt7.-er) 522 1894. bi fasciata (J/ooiv) 523 1895. atrinota, Hmp.';n 523 1896. roseilinea { ll'lk.) 523 1897. polemusa (S)ri//h.) .... 524 1898. Fecta {Herr.-Srhiif.) . . 524 1899. albifasciata, Hmp.^n. . . 525 SYSTEMATIC IN'DEX. Page 1900. abdomiiialis (Moon-) . . 'y2'i 1901. lineatipes {Moore) .... r>25 1902. anteroclara (/Swu'M). . . . 526 1903. oregona (Smith) 526 1904. polysticlia ( Turner) . . 527 1905. rivorum (Gucii.) 527 1900. sarcistis, Hmpsn 527 1907. calgai-iana {Smith) 528 1908. .sarcopbtea, Hvipsn 528 1909. jaliscana (Schans) .... 528 1910. polystrota, Hmpxn 529 1911. micros ticba, Hmpsn. . . 529 1912. palliseca {Sjiiith) 529 1918. bumidicola (Gmm.) .... 530 1914. insulieola {Guen.) .... 531 1915. compta {Moore) 531 1916. meoaproctis, Hinpsn. . . 532 1917. juncicola {Gum.) 532 1918. microgouia, Ilmpsn. . . 533 1919. riparia (Ramh.) 533 1920. deserticola (Bnrtel) 534 1921. insecuta ( Wlk. ) 534 1922. postica ( Wilem.) 535 1923. sinuosa {Mooi-e) 535 1924. andereggi (L'oisd.) 536 1925. lineata {Hv.) 536 1926. alboradiata, Rmp.m. . . 536 1927. pblebitis {l'iln<i) 5,37 1928. prdana (Bartel) 537 1929. "sicula {Treit.) 537 1930. alopecuri (Boit^d.) 538 1931. irregularis ( Wlk.) 538 1932. cinereicollis ( Wlk.) 539 1933. punctosa {Treit.) 539 1934. putrescens (Geyer) .... 540 1935. berricbi (Berr'.-SchUff.) 540 1936. plia?a {Hmpsn.) ...... 541 1937. leiicosticba, Hmpsn. . . 541 1938. latiuscula(//e;v.-.Sc/uV^:) 542 1939. tritonia, Hmpsn 542 1940. atriuiacula {Hmpsn.) . . 543 1941. albistigma (Moore) 543 1942. putrida (Stuud.) 544 1943. zeas (Dup.) 544 1944. scirpi {l)up.) 545 1945. ciliata (W/k.) 545 1946. fragilis (Bufl.) 546 1947. opaca (Stand.) 546 1948. crenulata, Hmpsn 546 1949. niesotrosta (I'unq.) .... 547 1950. unipuncta (Han\) 547 1951. corrugata {Hmpsn.) . . 549 1952. arcupuuctata (Ms.m.) . . 549 1953. denticula (7/jH/),s«.) 549 1954. pastea, Hmpsn 550 1955. yii {Guen.) 550 I'nge 1956. semiusta {Hmpsn.) .... 551 1957. modesta (Moore) 551 1958. metapbiea, Hmpsn 552 1959. placida (But I. ) 552 1960. hypopbaja, Hmps?i 553 1961. rubrisecta, Hmpsn 553 1902. brantsi {Snell.) 553 1963. iucoiispicua {Herr.- Schiiff.) 554 1964. mocoides (iJiujn) 554 1965. falclandioa (yywi'/.) 554 1966. remota {Stand.) 555 1967. quadrannuLata (Murr.) . .5,55 Piorolia, Moore -556 1968. levini (Bntl) .556 1969. interciliata (Hmjtsn.) . . 557 1970. apparata ( Wihjrn.) .... 557 1971. ameus (Guen. ) 5.58 1972. rbabdopbora (Hm/xn.) . 5.58 1973. leiicogranima, Hmjisn. . 559 1974. albivitta {Hmpsn.) .... 559 1975. melianoides (.l/o.vr/,/.). . .562 1976. tacium (Feld.) 562 1977. rubrescens. Hmpsn 563 1978. operosa {Saahn.) 5()3 1979. citrinotata, Hmjisn 563 1980. melanostrota, Hmpsn. . ,5()4 1981. percussa {Butl) .504 1982. cruegeri {Thitl.) 565 1 983. stellata, Hmpsn 565 1984. radiata (Brem.) 566 1985. aspersa ( Snell.) 566 1986. liiiita {Guen.) 566 1987. veiialba {Moore) .567 1988. torrentiiim (Guen.) .... 567 1989. tincta {Wlk.) 568 1990. ineaiia {Siiell.) 568 1991. byssina (Sninh.) ,569 1992. acrapex, Hn)psn 569 1993. steniptera, Hmpsn 569 1994. sarcostriga, Hmpsn. . . 570 1995. nigrisparsa (Hmpsn.) . . 570 1996. extincta {Gnen.) 570 1997. rbodoptera, Hmpsn. . . 571 1998. flabilis {Grote) 571 1999. leucostigma (Snell.) 572 2000. pbaeocbroa, Hmp.'<n. . . 572 2001. fasciata, Moore 572 2002. ferrilinea {Leech) 573 2003. diopi>', Hmpsn 573 2004. persecta, Hmpsn 574 2005. melanopasta ( 7'H>7/rv) . . .574 2006. niicropis, Hmpsn 574 2607. cupveata, Hn,psn 575 2008. bilineata, Hmpsn 575 2009. .sesamiodes, Hmpsn. . . 575 SYSTEMATIC INDEX.. 3Icliana, Curt fuV) '2i)\0. poctiiiata, Hnqhm oTH 2011, nibripennis {Ovate S; Roh.) 577 2012. flammea (Curt.) 578 20 lo. longipeiniis, Hmpsn. . . 578 2014. vana {Siviiih.) .''BO 2015. atrifura, Ihrqisn 580 201(5. exsul ( Wik.) 580 2017. vittata {Hmpsn.) 581 2018. sarca {Hmpm.) 581 2019. scotti (Butl.) 582 2020. curvilinea {Hmpsn.) . . 582 2021. uniformis (Moore) 583 2022. albilinea {Hiibn.) 583 2023. suffusa (Schaus) 584 2024. limitata (*;«/M) 585 2025. stolata (S^nith) 586 2026. patricia {Grote) 585 2027. bicolorata (Grate) 586 2028. bertha, Schaus 586 2029. rosea (Moschl.) 586 2030. niveicosta (Smith) 587 2031. tenebra, Hmpsn 587 2032. citronelk (/S'wjiV/0 588 2033. rubra, Hinpsn 588 PfinfO 2034. piviogracilis (Grotc) .... 588 Zostero])oda, Grote 588 2035. hiitipes, Grote 589 Leucania, Ochs 590 2036. ceraunias (Meyr.) 590 2037. dione (Hudson) 590 2038. toroueura, Mei/r 591 2039. iinica, Wlk 591 2040. dunedinensis (Butl.) . . 591 2041. seniivittata, W/k 592 2042. blenheimeiisis, Frdi/. . . 592 2043. sulcaua, Frdi/ 593 2044. littoralis, Curt 594 2045. f avicolor, Barrett 595 2046. rubripallons, Smith 595 2047. fuligiuosa (Haw.) 596 20-lS. oxjgalii (Grate) 597 2049. albiradiosa, Uv 597 2050. minorata, Smith 597 2051. straminea, Treit 598 2052. palleiis (Linn.) 598 2053. impuncta, Gium 599 2054. obsoleta (Hnhn.) 599 2055. pudovina (Schif) 600 2056. lanp-uida, Staud 601 2057. niveilinea (Schaus) .... 601 CATALOGUE LEPIDOPTERA PHALiENiE. Family NOCTUID^E. Subfamily HADENIN^. Proboscis usually well-developed, sometimes aborted ; palpi usually short, upturned or porrect ; frons often with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes of various forms ; eyes hairy, sometimes overhung by long cilia ; antennae usually ciliated, often pectinated or serrate ; thorax clothed with hair and scales when there are usually crests on the pro- and metathorax or a ridge-like dorsal crest, or clothed with hair only ; tibise without spines, the fore tibia I'arely with terminal spine ; the proximal joints of fore tarsi sometimes with curved claw-like spines ; abdomen usually with series of dorsal crests or one crest at base. Wings usually broad, the termen rounded or crenulate, rarely slightly angled at middle ; fore wing with vein 1 a weak, not anastomosing with 1 6, 1 c absent ; 2 from middle of cell ; 3 and 5 from near lower angle ; (5 from ujjper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, in Erana with 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 from cell. Hind wing with veins la & h present, 1 c absent ; 3, 4 from lower angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from or from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 arising free, then bent down and touching the cell, then again diverging. VOL. V. B ? .2 c ^5* R e O •« 5 « « o 'g ■<s JS a. O 5^ o '.^ B fs; a. e t. .^ Cb O •2 ■S s 8 8 ftH f .&2 ^ fe5 P w w a, tt « s» ^ — S,- £^ ^ ^ 5> In several genera the males often have secondary sexual tufts of hair or fans of scales on thorax, legs, or abdomen, and in the genus Eriopyga patches of androconia on the wings of very diverse forms ; in Cirphis the underside is sometimes clothed with silvery metallic scales. The species of the genus Monima all appear in the early spring. Larva smooth, the warts with 1 hair; all the prolegs present, the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal hump. In the ffarmodia -grou^ of Polia the larvae all feed on CaryophyUacece, Silene, Lychnis, Dicmtlws, etc., mostly in the seed-pods, and the females have the ovipositor long and exserted for penetrating the tissues of the plants ; in Leucania and allied genera the larvae all feed on Graminece. Key to the Genera. A. Eyes small, reniform. a. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales ... Anakta, p. 37. h. Thorax clothed with hair only Panolis, p. 461. B. Eyes large, rounded. a. Fore tibia with terminal claw. a^. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it Thargeua, p. 220. b^. Frons without prominence. a-. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Barathea, p. 11. b-. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only Hypobarathka, p. 221. b. Fore tibia without terminal claw. a'. Fore tarsus with long curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint. a^. Fore tibia with spine on outer side near extremity Conisania, p. 472. b^. Fore tibia without spine. a^. Frons with truncate conical prominence with vertical ridge at middle and corneous plate below it Pronotestha, p. 224. P. Frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it. a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Aglossestra, p. 225. /)'. Proboscis fully developed. a\ Frontal prominence occupying lower part of frons Epia, p. 226. 6'. Frontal prominence reniform, in middle of frons Cardepia, p. 234. c'. Frons with rounded prominence with- cor- neous plate below it TiucitocLEA, p. 236. (P. Frons without prominence. a'. Eyes overhung by long cilia Lasianobia, p. 274. b2 KOCTUID^. b*. Eyes not. overluiiig by cilia. a^. Thorax clothed with hair aud hair-like scales and with spreading crests Manobia, p. 276. b^. Thorax clothed with hair only and without crests Thysetica, p. 444. !**. Fore tarsus with short thick claws on ] st three joints ; frons with rounded prominence with curved corneous plate below it from middle of frons and a plate below frons produced to lateral wings Omychestra, p. 223. r^ Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint. , a^. Eyes overhung by long cilia. a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Triciiopolia, p. 3(il. b'^. Proboscis fully developed, w*. Tegulie dorsally produced into a ridge. «\ Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Pomodestra, p. 359. 6\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only. «". Palpi fringed with long hair in front ... Stretchia, p. 363. ¥'. Palpi f ringed with short hair in front ... HvnKOiCioDES, p. 253. b^. Tegulffi not produced into a ridge, rt'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a". Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a^. Thorax with ridge-shaped dorsal crest. Tuyrestra, p. 6. b'' . Thorax with spreading crests Tricuestra, p. 8. b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales Lasionycta, p. 53. c". Thorax clothed with hair only Lasiestra, p. 47. ¥. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only ScRiPTANiA, p. 404. c\ Abdomen without dorsal crests Strigania, p. 466. 1r. Eyes not overhung by long cilia, a'. Proboscis aborted, minute, a*. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment, a'. Frons with disk-shaped prominence with central truncate prominence Aspidifrontia, p. 450. i\ Fruns with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it Odontei-ia, p. 219. c'. Frons without prominence. a'^. Pro- and metatliorax with spreading crests TiioLERA, p. 216. b*^. Pro- and metathorax without crests Britiiys, p. 447. //. Abdomen without dorsal crest. a\ Frons \\\\\\ disk-shaped prominence with central truncate process Metopiora, p. 452. i''. Frons with prominence with lateral walls and roughened or convoluted centre Diaphone, p, 453. c''. Frons with rounded roughened promi- nence with corneous plate below it. «". Head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales PoEYTELonE.s, p. 454. //. Head and thorax clothed with hair only PoLYTEi/A, p. 456. d''. Frons without prominence Xanthopasti.s, p. 458. b^. Proboscis fully developed. «'. Frons with truncate conical prominence. a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. «". Frons with semilunar corneous promi- nence Discestra, p. 14. J", Frons with circular prominence Craterestua, p. 17. HADENIN^. i 6'. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment only, a". Thorax clothed with liair and liair-like scales ; palpi with the ord joint short . Grapiiania, p. 488. 6". Thorax clothed with hair onlj' ; palpi with the 3rd joint long and dilated at extremity Palponima, p. 432. 6*. Frons with rounded prominence excised below above the corneous phite TuicnoRiiiZA, p. 13. C*. Frons with sliglit rounded prominence with corneous plate below it. a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests, a^. Head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a''. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint long ... Catepiiiodbs, p. 36. h''. Palpi oblique, the 3rd joint short Scotogeamma, p. 25. b^. Head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales Dasygaster, p. 473. i\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only. a^. Thorax clotlied chiefly with scales. a~. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head Nbphelistis, p. 250. b''. Palpi short, oblique Odontestra, p. 205. b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. «'. Tegulae dorsally produced into a ridge. Peesbctania, p. 386. b'^. TeguliE not dorsally produced into a ridge Hadula, p. 243. c'. Abdomen without dorsal crest Meliana, p. 576. d^. Frons without prominence. a\ Tegulte dorsally produced into a ridge. a*^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ... Moertsonia, p. 336. b''\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg- ment only, a^. Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest ... Perigrapiia, p. 403. b''. Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests Xylomania, p. 389. c®. Abdomen without dorsal crest Monima, p. 409. P. Tegulaj not produced into a ridge. a^. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a'^. Fore wing narrow ; veins 7, 8, 9 stalked Erana, p. 7. h'^. Fore wing broad, triangular ; vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole Polia, p. GO. 6'. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg- ment only Hahe-va, p. 20S. i". Thorax clothed wicn hair and hair-like scales, sometimes with a few scales on upper edge of patagia. cf. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests, a**. Prothorax with triangular ridge-like crest TiRACOLA, p. 257. b"*. Prothorax with spreading crest PACnBTRA, p. 203. b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg- ment only, a'*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and porrect Proteinania, p. 290. ) NOCTUIDJi;. 6*. Palpi with the 3rd joint short, a". Prothorax with dorsal ridge-likc crest ., CnABUATA, p. 2')0. 6". Prothorax with spreading crest. a^". Thorax clothed chielly with hair- like scales Hyssia, p. 278. i'". Thorax clothed almost entirely with hair Cirphis, p. 478. fp. Abdomen without dorsal orests. a."*. Thorax clothed chiefly witli hair-like scales; fore wing with the termen erect, rounded Eriopyga, p. 291. b^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with hair ; fore wing with the termen obliquely curved Bouolia, p. 555. c". Thorax clothed with hair only, a'^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. «■*. Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests Nepiielodes, p. 356. h'^. Pro- and metathorax without crests... ADAPiiyENUKA, p. 460. b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- ment only, o*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dilated at extremity Clavipalpula, p. 433. J^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short, a". Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest... Peeigonica, p. 434. b". Prothorax with divided crest Tmetolophota, p. 470. e". Prothorax with spreading crest Sideridis, p. 436. d^. Thorax without distinct crests, a'". Fore wing with the apex produced and acute Ceeamica, p. 446. a^°. Fore wing with the apex truncate . Cekapteryx, p. 462. c''. Abdomen without dorsal crests. a**. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Zosteeopoda, p. 588. b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. , a^. Fore wing with the apex not produced, the termen rounded Eriopygodes, p. 353. i". Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved Leucania. p. 590. Genus THYRESTRA, nov. Type, T, hyalopliora. Proboscis i'uUy developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair in front, the 3rd joint porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, overhung by long cilia ; aatenna> of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales, the prothorax with ridge-like dorsal crest, the metathorax with crest ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, paired lateral tufts of very long white hair ])ro- trusible from the lateral stigmata of male. Fore wing i-ather long and narrow, the apex produced and the termen oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; male with a patch of hyaline membrane in, below, and beyond cell. 1127. Thyrestra hyalopliora. E^.iplcxia hyalopliora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. si. p. 442 (1897). fS , liead and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark THYRESTRA. — ERANA. 7 brovrn ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen rufous, the crests and anal tuft green, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with black. Fore wing olive-green, the area just before the anteraedial line and the medial area suffused with brown ; the subbasal line represented by double black striic from costa and cell ; antomedial line double, filled in with green, oblique from costa to vein 1, then incurved ; claviform very indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reni- form green, defined by white at sides, oblique oblong and almost forming a V-shaped mark ; postraedial line double, filled in with green, strongly bent outwards below costa, straight to vein 4, then Fig. 2. — Thijresira Itijalophom, (^ . \, oblique and bent outwards to inner margin, some violaceous beyond it except towards costa and inner margin, followed by some brown and slight black streaks on the veins and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown inter- sected with whitish. Hind wing brown, with a largo hyaline patch in, below, and beyond lower part of cell ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown ; a black spot at upper angle of cell, a sinuous postmedial line obsolete at middle, and some terminal lunules. Hub. Assam, Khasis, 1 S type. Exp. 32 raillim. Genus ERANA. Type. Erana, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857) graminosa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and fringed with hair; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenntc of male almost simple ; head and thorax clothed with rough scales, pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on proximal segments and lateral fringes of hair, the claspers of male large. Fore wing narrow, tlie termen obliquely rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, vein .5 slender ; the upper discocellular absent ; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 0 stalked; 10, 11 from cell ; male with a fringe of very long hair below basal half of costa on underside. Hind wing of male very broad, tlie costal area greatly expanded and lobcd ; veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; the disoocelhilars and vein 5 almost obsolete ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with liie coll near base only. NOCTUID.T:. 1128. Erana graminosa. Erana graminosa, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857). Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865). d . Head and thorax golden green ; tegulae with rather darker medial line ; tibise and tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish, Foi'e wing golden sap-green sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black strioe from costa and cell, the antemedial line by double black strise from costa and from submedian fold to inner margin ; claviform and orbicular absent : traces of a waved medial line ; reniform pale greenish, slightly defined by black and with brown spot on its lower part ; postmedial line double, bent out- wards below costa, exourved to vein 4, then strongly angled Pig. 3. — Erana graminosa, J' . \. inwards in submedian fold and excurved again, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, pale, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in sub- median fold ; a terminal series of pale and dark strite. Hind wino- red suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the termen green from costa to vein 2 ; a terminal series of brown striae ; the underside with the basal half pale, an indistinct curved postmedial line. 5 . Hind wing witli less green on termen. Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wall-er), 1 <S , Otago {Hidton), 1 J , Dunedin (Purdie), 1 J, Wellington {Churton, Oxleg), 2 J', type and type vkiens. Exp. 34 millim. Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, p. 28, pi. 3. f. 8. Bright green, darker in front; dorsal, subdorsal', and lateral white lines ; eight series of shining black warts, each Avith several stout black bristles ; head yellowish brown, with some black dots. After the last moult it is pale green marbled with dark green, often with white lateral line and indistinct series of oblique green stripes ; often pinkish brown, with two or three rows of pale spots. Food- plant, Melicytus ramijioriis. 4-10. Genus TRICHESTRA, nov. Type, T. arhuticolens. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons smooth ; eyes large, overhung by cilia ; antenna ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and TEICHESTKA. 9 uietatborax with spreading crests ; tibia' fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 Irom near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with black spot in discal fold beyond subterminal line nig ropuncia. B. Fore wing without black spot beyond subterminal line. a. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from cell to inner margin ; . . . arbuticolens. b. Fore wing with the anlemedial line oblique, waved throughout anthopMla. 1129. Trichestra nigropuncta. CelcBna nigrojnmcta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479, pi. 93 f. 25 (1898). S . Head and thorax pale purplish red-brown irrorated with black ; sides of palpi and frons black ; antennae blackish ; patagia olive-green on outer edge ; legs banded with black ; (abdomen wanting). Fore wing rufous ; the basal area olive-green, the base itself suffused with black ; stibbasal line ill-defiued, double, black filled in with white, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante- medial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a rather irregular white bar defined by black ; a black medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line double, the two parts widely separated, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, then incurved, and with a verj^ prominent black lunule on its outer edge, then excurved, approximated to termen, somewhat dentate and defining the slight black terminal lunules ; cilia olive-green, mostly black at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous M'ifh a dark line through them ; the underside pale red-brown irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (^Trujillo), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Ex/). 26 millim. 1130. Trichestra arbuticolens. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 23.) Celana arhiticolens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 121. 2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey with fuscous irroration. Fore wing red- brown with some dark irroration ; the cell suffused with purple- brown ; the veins with dark streaks and some white irroration ; subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and median nervure with an oblicjue ochreous striga across the cell just beyond it ; antemedial line double, bent inwards in cell, then 10 NOCTUID.E. excurved ; claviform small, obscurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, the former round with ochreous annulus, the latter narrow with white annulus or sometimes obscured by fascous suffusion ; traces of an oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, with black and white points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique and somewhat sinuous below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, with traces of dentate dark marks on its inner side, irregu- larly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points and a series of pale rufous points at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside pale, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved post- medial line, Ilah. Chili (Edmonds), 3 5 type. Kvp. 26 millim. 1131, Trichestra anthophila. Cclisna anthophila, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 122. 2 • Brownish grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; some black scales near tips of teguloe and upper edge of patagia ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing irrorated and partly suffused with fuscous ; a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct Fig. 4. — Trichcstra anthopJiUa, $. \. double waved antemedial line; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, very incompletely defined by black and open above and below ; postmedial line rather ill-defined, black, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white and black dentate marks, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous white with a dark line through them ; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line. llab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 $ type. iiay>. 24 millim. BAKATHRA. 11 Genus BARATHRA. ,„ ^ Type. Barafhra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) brassicce. Copimamestra, Grote, A. M.N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1881^) hransicce. Proboscis fully develcpecl ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ncl joint fringed ■with hair, the ^rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round, not ciliated; anteniite of male minutely ciliated ; tibia; fringed with hair, the fore tibia with long curved claw on outer side ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and uietathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with doi'sal series of crests, the one on basal segment large. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ; veins 3, .5 from close to angle of cell ; (5 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base. A. Fore wing with the subterminal line prominently defined by whitish on inner side conjigurata. B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined by whitish on inner side. a. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct and ill-defined ... cvrialis. b. Fore wing with the orbicular distinctly defined by black... brassies. 1132. Barathra configurata. Mamestra configurata, Wlk. ix. 234 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 272, pi.' 26. f. 20. Copimmmstra occidenta, Grote, A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. JN'oct. N. Am. p. 113. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with fuscous, the inner area and the area just before subterminal line pale olive-brown; a small white-tipped dark fan of scales at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antcmedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, with brown centre and jjale annulus, the latter with brownish centre and white- spotted annulus; postniedial line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line strong, wliite, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some black stria; belbre it on the olive band, especially between veins 3 and 1, the area beyond it with blackish streaks in the interspaces; a terminal series of black lunulos ; cilia blackish, with white line at base and intersected with white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown ; a dark terminal line ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 2 , Durango (Oslar), 1 d" , 3 2 5 J^cw Mexico ; ]\Ikxico (Doiibledaij), 1 S type, Mexico City (Hocge), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll, Kqi. 40-44 millim. 12 NOCTUID^. 1133, Barathra curialis. (Plate XC. fig. 1.) p. 470 (1887); Coynmamestra curialis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 113. 2 . Dark fuscous. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas tinged with reddish, also the discal fold iu medial area ; the ante- medial inner area with a faint greenish tinge ; subbasal line double, indistinct, interrupted ; antemedial line erect, hardly trace- able ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular almost obsolete, very faintly defined ; reniform moderate, white, with irregular dark central lunule and black outline ; postmedial line single, black, strongly dentate, bent outwards belosv costa and incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial area paler than ground-colour, with dark striation and irroration, darker towards costa ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; terminal area with pale irroration, a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous, darker towards termen ; the under- side grey with darker irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Orilla (Btish), 1 $ ; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New Hampshire, Franconia. Exj). 43 millim. , 1134. Barathra brassicae. Noctua brassies, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516 (1758) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 88 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 37, pi. 102. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 194 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Nocfua albidilinea. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 191 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut., Haust. ii. p. 195. Mamestra andalusica, Staud. Cat. p. 90 (1871). Mamesfra decolorata, Staud. Stett. eut. Zeit. 1889, p. 34. Mamestra scotochroma, Kober, Iris, i. p. 340, pi. 12. f. 13 (1884). Mamestra straminea, Failla, Nat. Sic. x. p. 30, pi. 1. f. 5 (1890). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests darker. Fig. 5. — Barathra hrassic(B, cf. \. Fore wing dark brown irroratcd with grey, a rufous tinge in discal and submedian folds and above inner margin before antemedial line ; a small dark white-tipped fan of scales at base ; the sub- basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the BARATHRA, TP.ICHORniZA. 13 antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; claviform defined by black, short ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the latter with white spots on its inner and outer sides, or wholly filled in with whitish ; a waved medial shade angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, double towards costa, bent out- wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; siibterminal line white, dentate outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing brown, paler towards base ; a slight whitish mark on vein 2 near termen ; cilia wliite, with brown line through them ; the underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and waved postmedial line. Ab. 1, scotochroma. Melanic. Ab. 2. andalusica. Paler, the fore wing yellowish grey and without rufous tinge. — S. Europe. Ab. 3. decoJoraia. Much paler, fore wing whitish grey. — W. Turkestan. JIah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain; Italy; Sicily; NoRAVAY, Zeller Coll.; Kussia; Armenia; Asia Minor, Bithynia, Pontus ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Fergana, Issyk-kul ; Siberia ; Amtjrland, Blagoveschensk, 6 J , Ussuri ; L^^pan, Hakodate, 1 cJ , Yokohama {Jonas, Fryer), G cj' , 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 1 (^ , 1 2 ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Wa-ssu-kou, 1 (^ , Pu-tsu-fang, 1 (S ; Kashmir, Xarkundah (McArthur), 2 S -, Nubra (McArthur), 1 d", Scind Valley (Leech), 1 §, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 .^ ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 c? , Thundiani (Yerhury), ] c? > 2 2 , Simla (SwinJioe), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 § , Dharmsala (Hoclinq), 2 cJ, 1 $; Tibet, Yatung (LJobson), 1 §. E.vj^. 40-52 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8G ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 210, pi. 160. f. 2. Brown to dull green, sometimes marked with blackish ; dorsal line dark ; spiraeular line yellowish ; somite 1 1 dorsally humped ; head yellowish brown with dark markings. Food-plants : Lirassica, liumex, Che^iopodium, etc. 6-9. Genus TRICHORHIZA, nov. Type, T. peferseiii. Proboscis liiUy developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with liair in front ; t'rons with rounded prominence excised below, above the corneous plate ; antenna; of n)ale ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiel3y w ith scales, the prothorax with divided cres^t ; abdomen with dorsal series ot crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> Ironi u])per angle ; !• from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell, llind w'ing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; /> obsolescent from middle of discocellulurs ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell uear base only. 14 noctcidj:. 1135. Trichorhiza peterseni. Hhhogmmma peterseni, Clii-ist. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 76, pi. iv. f. 3 (1887) ; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 183. S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulce brown at tips ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by brown striag from costa and median nervure ; a black streak with slight brown suffusion below it below the cell from base to the antcmedial line, which is indistinct and angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform defined by a slight brown line above ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line unusually near termen, very minutely waved, double, slightly bent outwards below costa, Fig. 6. — Trichorhua peterseni, J. f. oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7, retracted to postmedial line at vein 5, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, then retracted to postmedial line at sub- median fold, the area beyond it brown except at apex and inner margin ; a lunulate terminal black line ; cilia intersected with whitish, Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of points on the Veins. Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 c5' , Issyk-kul ; "W. Siberia, Altai, 1 (5 ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 c? • J^^rp. 38 millim. Genus DISCESTRA, nov. Type, B. chart aria. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front ; frons witb seiuilunate corneous prominence with raised edges ; a corneous plate below frons; eyes large, rounded; antenna; of male ci hated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with seale.<, the pro- and nietathorax with divided crests ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3, f^ from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 ana.sto- mosing with 8 to ibrin the areole ; 11 from cell. Hmd wing with veins 3, 4 from ano-le of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. di.scj:stka. 15 A. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish ; the claviform large, filled in with brown. a. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with yellowish florida. b. Fore wing whitish, distinctly tinged with brown chartaria. B. Fore wing tinged with ochreous ; the claviform small, not filled in with brown. a. Fore wing with the reniforni defined by black below .. eremislis. b. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by black below ... arena-ria. *l\m. Discestra florida. (Plate LXXXVI. tig. 1.) Mamestra florida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 465 (1900) ; Dyar, C&£. Lap. N. Am. p. 156. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, slightly irroratcd with yellowish and fuscous scales. Fore wing white, slightly irrorated with yellowish and fuscous scales ; subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa to median nervnre ; antemedial line double, black, angled outwards in submedian fold and excurved below vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular a very small black annulus ; reniform filled in with black, ill- defined ; median shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then less distinct ; postmedial line double, the inner dentate, the . outer even, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- terminal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side and with blackish patches before it at costa and discal fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of blackish lunules. Hind wing white, a punctiform postmedial line, difi'iised subterminal band, and terminal line fuscous. Hah. U.S.A., Florida, Biscayne Bay. Exji. 32 millira. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 1137. Discestra chartaria. Mamestra chartaria, Grote, Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liiS, pi. iv. f. 12 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Nuct. N. Am. p. 122. S . Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; tegitUx; with black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi Fig. 7. — Disceaira chartaria, (^ . \. with black bands ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing white, more or less strongly irrorated and suff'uscd with pale reddish brown and fuscous ; subbiisal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line doulilo, waved. 10 KOCTUIDiE. oblique; claviforra well developed, brown defined by black; or- bicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, incompletely defined, the latter with its lower part or almost entirely filled in with black ; a curved, waved, medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, defined by dark marks on inner side, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus, a dark patch beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia chequered ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing white ; the vjeins and terminal area suff'used with fuscous brown ; a terminal series of dark lunules ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial series of stria) on the veins showing through to upperside. Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, California, 2 c5' l^ype. Exp. 38 millim. 1138. Discestra eremistis. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 24.) Mamestra eremistis, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix, p. 130 (1904). c? . Grey-white tinged with brown and mixed with fuscous ; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with reddish brown and slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black strise from costa and cell ; antemedial line with double black striiE at costa, then indistinct, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of a minute claviform ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish, very ill-defined, the former round, the latter prominently defined by black below ; medial line represented by a dark striga from costa, then indistinct, oblique ; postmedial line with double black strife at costa, bent outwards below costa, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by minute dentate fuscous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, especially on the, veins and terminal area ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line ; cilia white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with black, a discoidal lunula and some small lunules on termen. Ab. 1. Whiter and less tinged with brown. — Hi. JJab. W. Turkestan, Merv, type t in Coll. Piingeler, Transcaspia, 1 (5 ; E, Turkestan, Hi. Exjj. 32-38 millim. 1139. Discestra arenaria, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 25.) Head whitish ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with pale ochreous brown ; tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with pale ochreous brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; CRATERESTEA. 17 orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres defined by- black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, escurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by fuscous, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7, slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown ; some dark terminal points : the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot. Hah. SiND, Karachi (Swinhoe), 2 c? , 1 $ , type. Ex2). 30-32 miUim. Genus CRATERESTRA, nov. Type, C. hicina. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate, oblique ; frons with truncate, conical, corneous prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair, the pro- and meta- thorax with spreading crests; tibijE fringed with rather long hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and .'i from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground- colour. a. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area extending to inner side of the postmedial line and obscuring the reniform . lucina. h. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area not extending to inner side of the postmedial line. o}. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the stigmata. d^. Fore wing with subterminal series of wliite points... niveopicta. b"^. Fore wing without subterminal series of white points terranea. h^. Fore wing without whitish annuli to stigmata media. B. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the ground-colour. a. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique ; veins 4, 3 defined by dentate whitish marks extending to near termen. «'. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ... hoplifes. fA. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish yacima. b. Fore wing with the orbicular round ; veins 4, 3 nut defined by dentate white marks. a'. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct. a^. Fore wing with the costal area wiiiti.sh. a^. Fore wing with the inner area whitish bifaxcia. P. Fore wing with the inner area not whitish albicoata. b'^. Fore wing with the costal area not whitisli subterminata. h^. Fore wing with the orbicular well-defined. a^. Fore wing without rufous streaks in discal and submedian folds. a*. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas pale brown semifusca. b^. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas concolorous suhrelata. h'^. Fore wing with rufous streaks in discal and sub- median folds dejhiiens. VOL. V. C 18 NOCTUIDJ;;. 1 140. Craterestra lucina. Stibera lucina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 296, pi, 27. f.27 (1889). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen red-brown, dorsally suffused with black. Foi'e wing pale grey-browu suffused in parts with purplish brown, the area between the antemedial and medial lines strongly suffused ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double antemedial line angled outwards below costa, then strongly excurved ; claviform defined by black, very short and broad ; orbicular and reniform with pale brownish centres and grey annuli, the former defined by black, rather pointed above and dilated below, the latter very indistinct ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below Fig. 8. — Cratcredra lucina, J. }• costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subtermiual line pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dark marks, and with some fuscous suffusion beyond it; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside ochreous whitish irrorated with dark brown, the basal area suffused with fuscous except towards costa, a black discoidal lunule, a diffused fuscous subterminal band. Hah. Mexico, Tabasco, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 1 $, Teapa (FT. If. Smith), 1 (3*, type, Godman-Salvin Coll. E.i'23., d 36, 2 40 millim. 1141. Craterestra niveopicta. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 26.) Perigea niveopicta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 124, J. Periffea florinda, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125, d". Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with some black, some of the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen brown, whitish at base. Fore wing brown irrorated with black and grey, and with a purplish gloss ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted in cell : antemedial line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter open above and below and with some blackish streaks from it to post- medial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line defined CRATERESTRA. 19 by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of minute black streaks with white points on them ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area broadly suffused with brown, in female wholly suffused with brown ; cilia white with a brown line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, in female uniformly irrorated, a black discoidal lunule and minutely waved postmedial line. Hab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 c5' , 2 5 , type and type florlnda. Exp. 32-36 millim. 1142. Craterestra terranea. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 27.) Perigea terranea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 123. (S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with black, some of the scales tipped with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with black ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted at cell; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter open above and below and with slight dark streaks from it to postmedial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line arising from double black striae on costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and defined by grey on outer side, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous and black dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish ; the veins and terminal areas suffused with brown with a yellowish gloss ; cilia whitish, with a brown line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half. IJah. Chili {Edmonds), 1 S type. Exj). 34 millim. 1143. Craterestra media. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 28.) Hadena media, Wlk. xi. 7.^6 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 19i). Apamea latlfasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 34.5. Apamea viriata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 450. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black or fnscous brown ; tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing fuscous brown, the area below the cell before the antemedial line and the postmedial area except towards costa ochreous more or less tinged with l)rown ; a waved subbasal line from costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line defined by ochreous on inner side, waved, strongly angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some c2 20 NOCTUID^. blackish between it and postmedial line : orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal lino pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dentate rufous marks, angled oiitwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark except at apex ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing white or ochreous white, the veins and terminal area more or less tinged with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins. Hah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 S ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultaupore {G. Young), 2 (5* , 2 $ , Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 $, Jubbulpore, 2 5 , Manpuri, 1 5 » type latifasciata ; Bombay, Poena (Sivinhoe)mi. 5 , type viriata ; Canaea ( Ward), 1 c? type ; Nilgiris {Hampsonf, 4 c^ ; Burma, Mandalay (Bingham), 1 5 ■> Thayetmyo, (Watson), 1 2 • ^^T- 34-36 millim. 1144. Craterestra hoplites. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 29.) Mamestra hoplites, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 (1901). Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ; frons with black bar ; tegulie and patagia edged with black, the former with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely suffused with pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by oblicjue black striae from costa and cell, interrupting a black streak below base of cell ; an oblique black streak from inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, very strongly angled inwards on median nervure and vein ], and outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black, very large, and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above ; the terminal halves of median nervure and vein 1 above and vein 3 on both sides defined by white streaks ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold to the reniform, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; the veins of terminal area streaked with black ; subterminal line represented by some whitish streaks on each side of veins towards costa, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and middle ; cilia brown, intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown with a pale mark above tornus ; the underside brownish white, a discoidal point and waved postnaedial line. Hah. Russia, Urals ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Tekke, 1 6 , 1 $ . E.rp. 34 millim. CRATERESTRA. 21 1145. Craterestra yacima. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 30.) Mamestra yakima. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. ^ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and black ; antennae ringed with white ; tegulas with ill-defined black line near upper edge; patagia with black scales near upper edge; tarsi ringed with wdiite ; abdomen whitish mixed with reddish brown and black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; an iU-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal and antemedial lines represented by double black stri* from costa ; elaviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by black, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line very indistinct, with slight black streaks on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 5, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish defined by obscure dentate dark marks on inner side and the area beyond it darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area suff'used with fuscous from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with terminal series of black lunules. Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Utah, 1 d . Eccp. 34 millim. 1140. Craterestra bifascia. Axylia bifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. ix. p. 91, pi. IGl. f. 6 (1893) ; id. kothslud. ii. p. -ISl. S . Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on vertex of head and metathorax ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally fuscons except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, and slightly irrorated with brown ; a fuscous fascia extending from discal to submedian fold and from base to termen, towards which it expands to below apex ; the veins whitish except on the dark area ; a small black discoidal spot and white point at lower angle of cell ; the antemedial line represented by a striga at inner margin ; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved from costa to lower angle of cell, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreoiis brown tinged with fuscous ; the underside paler, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of black points. llah. Ceylon, I'undaloya {Green), 3 S , type. Exp. 32 millim. 1147. Craterestra albicosta. Axylia alhicosta, Hinpsii. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 70, pi. 144. f. 20 (1891). Leucania proleuca, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. '281 (1894). Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on vertex of head and base of tegulce ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally U-: Js'OCTtTJTt.'K. tinged with fuscous. Fore wing suffused with fuscous ; the costal nrea ochreous whitish to middle of cell, narrowing towards apex ; orbicular and reniform represented by small ill-defined black spots ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line represented by a series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous except at base, the underside Avith discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hah. ]\[adras, Nilgiris (Hamj^son), 2 c? , 4 $ , type ; Travancoke, Pirmad (Fer(/usson), 1 c? . E^vp. 32-36 millim. 1148. Craterestra subterminata, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 31.) 5 . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tegulaj with black medial line ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Pore wing grey tinged with reddish brown ; the postmedial area except towards costa, the area beloAV the cell from before middle, and the inner margin from base suffused with fuscous ; an ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by a blackish mark below costa; antemedial line indistinct, dentate, oblique; claviform absent ; orbicular very indistinct, ratlier elongate ; reni- form with brown and fuscous centre and greyish annulus, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub- terminal line pale, diffused, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of points ; cilia whitish intersected with browu. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins and termen brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark stripe on the veins, and some terminal lunules. JIab. SiKKiM (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Ecqy. 34 millim. 1149. Craterestra semifusca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2.) 5 . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with pale grey-brown ; abdomen pale grey-brown slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey-brown, the costal area to subterminal line and the cell to postmedial line suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area fuscous except at apex ; the veins irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and cell and inwards on median nervure and vein 1 : orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres and pale brown annuli defined by fuscous, the former rather elongate rounded ; postmedial line pro- duced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; siibterminal line slightly defined by rufous on inner side and by the fuscous suffusion beyond it except at apex, somewhat excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark CRATEKESTEA. 2'3 terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, and postmedial series of shght striae on the veins. Hah. Uganda, Ketoma, 5000 feet (Dor/gett), 1 ? typo. Ex2i. 32 millim. 1150. Craterestra subvelata. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 32.) Apamca subvelata, Wlk. Melliss' St. Ilelena, Ins. p. 184 (1875). Head and thorax dark rufous brown mixed with some grey; tegulse with blackish medial line ; fore coxae of male clothed with long ferruginous scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen greyish brown, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown tinged with greyish fuscous ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 with a point beyond it on costa ; a waved ante- medial line ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round and with greyish annulus, in one specimen they are open and confluent above, some- times with pale patches, between, beyond, and below them ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved, with fuscous dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing dark reddish brown, rather paler towards base; cilia pure white. Underside whitish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, the basal area suffused with ferruginous in male ; fore wing with discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. St. Helena ( WoUaston), 2 c? , 1 ? . Exjp. 34-36 millim. 1151. Craterestra definiens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1.) Heliothis definiens, Wlk. xi. 689 (1857). Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and some black scales ; tegula) with medial blackish line ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds and inner margin with rufous streaks ; the subbasal line repre- sented by double black stria3 from costa and cell ; the antemedial line double at costa, then waved ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, some- times filled in with whitish, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; an indistinct, waved, medial shade ; postmedial line dentate and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line formed by a series of pale and rufous dentate marks, with slight dark dentate marks before them at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing 24 KOCTtJIDiE, pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia ■whitish. Underside whitish with some brown irroration ; both wings with discoidal spot, curved punctiform postmedial line, and diffused fuscous subterminal band. Hah. Namaquaiand, O'Okiep (Lightfoot), 1 d ; Cape Colony (Dr. Smith), 1 $ type, Deelfontein {Col. Sloc/jett), 1 $, Rosmead, 1 J . £a'2). 36-38 millim. Genus SCOTOGRAMMA, nov. ' Type. Scoiogramma, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) aubmariua. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frous with rounded prominence with slight vertical ridge and corneous plate below it ; ej-es large, rounded ; antennje of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiee fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. A. Fore wing with vein 2 defined by a dentate pale mark on medial area. a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate to termen on vein 6 armata. h. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate at vein 6. a}. Fore wing with the inner medial area pale above and below vein 1 dianthi. h^. Fore wing with the inner medial area concolorous ... nana, B. Fore wing with veins 4, 3, 2 defined by pale streaks isoloma. C. Fore wing with vein 2 not defined by a dentate whitish mark on medial area, or pale streaks. a. Fore wing with black streak below cell. a}. Fore wing with tlie claviform obsolete submedianata. b^. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black . ptilodonta. h. Fore wing without black streak below cell. a^. Fore wing with distinct ^-mark on subterminal line at veins 4, 3. a^. Fore wing broad, triangular. o^. Fore wing grey sufi'used in parts with brown or fuscous trifolii. P. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with black impolifa. b"^. Fore wing narrow, elongate hadeniformis, 6'. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal line. a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4. a^. Fore wing with the medial area whitish stigmosa. b^. Fore wing with the medial area not whitish, a*. Fore wing with whitish patch beyond the claviform agrotiformis, b*. Fore wing without whitish patch beyond the claviform. a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- brown. SCOTOGRAMMA. 25 a". Tegulaj with dark medial line &od<B. b'\ Tegulaj without dark medial line defessa. b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey. a^. Fore wing with the medial area luscous ... repentina. b^. Fore wing with the medial area con- colorous orida. c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour ferru- ginous, tlie stigmata defined by white implexa. b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below vein 4. a"*. Fore wing with the lines defined by white pecuiiaris. b^. Fore wing with the lines not defined by white. ft*. Fore wing ochreous whitish suh7narina. c*. Fore wing reddish brown mendosica. *1152. Scotogramma armata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2.) Mamestra armata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 15 ; id. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 16U. cJ . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; tegulae with dark lines at middle and near tips ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown, the medial and terminal areas with dark or reddish brown ; the veins dark defined by whitish streaks, on base of vein 2 forming a dentate mark ; subbasal line represented by double oblique black stria3 from costa and cell ; a slight black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line which is double, angled outwards below costa, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform elongate and acute at extremity, defined by black and with pale streak at middle ; orbicular and reniform narrow with white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; post- medial line double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved to vein 2 ; sub- terminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards to termen at veins 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins streaked with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ; E. Tttrkest^^jn, Kuldja, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim, 1153. Scotogramma dianthi. Noctua dianthi, Tausch. Mem. Mosc. 1809, ii. p. 316, pi. 20. f. 2; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 587; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. G5. f. G; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Hadena dentigera, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 35. Uadena actinobola, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 38, & 185(;, ii. p. 32, pi. 3. f. 6. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tcgulic 26 ITOCTUIDiE. with dark lines at middle and near tips ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish tinned with fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous mostly suffused with brown and tinged with purple ; subbasal line represented by oblique double stria) from costa and cell ; the sub- costal and median nervures defined by ochreous streaks in cell ; a leaden-coloured patch in submedian fold before the double ante- medial line which is angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, brown defined by black and Mith pale streak through it, a bidentate whitish patch above and beyond it ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, below vein 4 oblique and minutely waved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, with prominent dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous, with more or less whitish on termen above tornus ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. JIab. Hungary; S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 <5 , 1 $ , Zeller & Leech Colls. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Turco- mania, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi, Kuldja, 1 c? . Exp. 36 millim. 1154. Scotogramma nana. Phal(Bm nana, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 398 (1767). Nocttia viarmorosa, Bork. Eur. Schniett. iv. p. 424 (1792) ; Frey, Beitr. i. pi. 4 ; Dup. L6p. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 193, pi. 18. f. .^) ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 65 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Noctua odontites, Boisd. Inrl. Meth. p. 71 (1829). Hadena tnicrndon, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 96 (1852). Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; teguloe with black medial line ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown ; a slight black streak in-base of submedian fold ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform moderate, tinged with fuscous and defined by black, a bidentate pale mark beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former round or oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa. oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with grey. Hind wing pale sufl'used SCOTOGEAMMA. 27 with brown, the terminal area fuscous ; an indistinct pale line near termen between veins 5 and 1 ; cilia ochreous white ; the under- side grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. mirrodoa. Much darker. Hnh. France, Pyrenees ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. : Austria, Styria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland, Leech Coll., Dombreson, Frey Coll. ; Spain, Aragon ; S.W. Russia ; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; E. Turkestan, Kashgar ; Mongolia, Urga ; Tibet, Kuku-Nor. Exp. 30-36 millim. Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 225. Dark bluish with two lateral yellow stripes. Food-plants, Hi^po- cre^yis comosa and Coronilla tninima. 7. *1155. Scotogramma isoloma. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 3.) Mamestra isoloma, Piing. Iris, 1903, p. 286, pi. vi. f. 2. (S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; tegul* with dark lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen grey-brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with reddish brown especially on medial and terminal areas, the costa darker ; the veins with dark streaks ; the subbasal line represented bj- two very oblique black strigte below cell ; an oblique black striga above inner margin before the auteraedial lino which is obsolete on costal area, then waved ; the median nervure and veins 4, 3, 2 defined by Avhitish streaks from antemedial to subterminal line ; claviform very elongate, brown defined by black and with pale streak in middle ; orbicular and reniform small and very narrow, brown with greyish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter bar-shaped ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent out- wards below costa, incurved to upper angle of cell, angled outwards at vein 5, and bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then erect, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line prominent, whitish, strongly defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a fine terminal lino and line through the cilia. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia pale ; the underside pale, suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, especially on costal area and terminal half. Jlab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, type t in Coll. Piingeler. E.vp. 40 millim. 115(1 Scotogramma suhmedianata, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig, 4.) 5 . Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and with a few black scales ; tegula; with medial black line ; melathoracic crest fuscous ; abdomen brownish white, the basal crest blackish. Fore 28 NOCTTTir.T;. wing ochreous whitish irrorated with brown ; a black streak below basal half of cell ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former elongate elliptical ; traces of a carved medial shade ; postmedial line very indistinct, produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line pale, defined by rich brown on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, with fine brown terminal line except towards tornus ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown and with some dark terminal points. Hah. Br. E. Afkica, Machakos {Grawsliay), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 1157. Scotogramma ptilodonta. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 5.) TrichopoUa ptilodonta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 164. c? . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous, tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, thickly irrorated with brown and fuscous,; a black streak below base of cell : subbasal line represented by two black strife from costa; antemedial line represented by two black striae from costa, then verj^ indistinct, oblique, waved ; clavifofm large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; faint traces of a medial line with more distinct striga at costa ; postmedial line indistinct, double, with prominent dark striae from costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by some dark dentate marks most prominent at discal fold, the area beyond it suflused with fuscous ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pure white, with some black striae on termen ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, and postmedial series of short black streaks on the veins. Hab. U.S.A.., Arizona, Phoenix, 1 S • Exp. 34 millim. 1158. Scotogramma trifolii. Noctua frifulii, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 131 (1776) ; Hiiipsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 198;*Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158; Smitb.Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119. Noctiia chcnopodii, Schifl. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. p. 156 (1787) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 181 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 86; Dup. Lep. Fr. tH. p. 31, pi. 102. f . 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 1*05. Nodua vcrna, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117 a. ff. 5, 6 (\1S&). SCOTOaRAMMA. 21) Koctiia saiicia, Esp. Sclniietfc. iv. pi. 152. f. 5 (1786). Hadena trcitschkii, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 18"27, p. Ill, pi. G. f. 2 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 40, pi. 103. f. I ; Herr.-Sehaff. Scbmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 68, 69 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. I^'octua treitsckkei, Hubn. Eur. Sclmiett., Noct. f. 850 (1827). NoctiM jn(<)na.r, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 726, 727 (1827). Nocftca farkasii, Treit. Sclnnett. Eur. x. 2, p. 74 (1835). Hadena intermissa, Wlk. xi. 587 (1857). Apamea inquieta, Wlk. xi. 730 (18.57). Hadena albifnsa, Wlk. xii. 753 (1857). Apamea glaucovaria, Wlk. Can. Nat. & G-eol. v. p. 255 (1860). Mamestra cancscens, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 233 (1878); id. 2nd Yarkand Mission, p. 9, pi. 1. ('. 1.3. Mamestra oregonica, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 230 (1881). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulfe with medial black line, patagia edged by some black scales above ; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown. Fore wing grey, suffused and irrorated with pale reddish brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1 : a double, oblique, waved antemedial line ; claviform small to large, defined by black ; orbicular and rfniform defined by Fig. 9. — Scotogramma frifolii, (j". '. blackish, the former rounded or oblique elliptical, the latter ex- tending to below cell and with its lower part suffused by fuscous ; an indistinct irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 : postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, ex- curved to vein 4, then incurved ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with fuscous ; subterminal line defined by rufous on inner side and usually witli some small dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area bej'ond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish, the veins and inner area tinged with pale reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal luuulo and postmedial series of striae on the veins. Ab. 1. farcasi. Fore wing darker and more variegated. Ab. 2. oref/onicct. Grej er ; fore wing more thickly irrorated with pale brown. Ab. [i. trtitschei. Fore wing with the medial part of subterminal line defined by prominent dentate black marks on inner aide. Ab. 4. aUnftisa. Fore wing tinged with rufous and with white 30 XOCTUIDiE. suffusion on costal area and beyond postmedial line, the subterminal line with prominent dentate black marks on inner side at middle. Hah. Canada (Norman), 2 S ■, Nova Scotia (Eedman), 2 (5' , 1 2 , type alhifusa, Calgary ( Wolley Dod), 1 c? ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 1 cJ , New York (Fuchs), 2 c?, 2 $ , Kansas, 2 § , Oregon 1 ^,3 $ type orego7uca, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 (5,2 $, Phoenix, 1 c? , Pinal Mts., 2 J , Globe, 1 $ ; Chili, 1 S type intermissa; Britain, Leech Coll. ; Franc k ; Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece, 2 (^ ; Algeria {Mrs. JS'icholl), 1 $ ; Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, 1 S ; Syria, 1 5 ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 3 S ; Kashmir (PilcJier), 1 J , Scinde Valley (Ze^c7t), 1 cJ ; Punjab, Carapbollpur (J>/-i«r?/), 1 (S , Ferozpur (A'ttrae), 1 S ; hab. ign. 1 $ type inquieta ; Sikhim ; Tibet. Yatung (Hobson), 1 c? ; Sokotra, Hadibu Plains (TF. E. 0. Grant), 1 d" . Exp. 34-38 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 202, pi. 159. f. 2. Head luteous, darker reticulate. Body green or brown, finely blackish streaked ; dorsal line fine, pale yellow, dark-edged ; sub- dorsal line broader, black-bordered above ; substigmatal line broad, vellowish on the edges, red filled, dark-edged above. Feet green ; spiracles white. Food-plants, Chenopodium and Atriplex. 7-9. — H. G. D. *1159. ? Scotogramma impolita. Mamestra impolita, Morr. Pr. Bost. See. N. H. xvii. \). 140 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, tegulie grey with black medial line. Fore wing whitish, almost wholly suffused except the stigmata and postmedial area by black and fuscous shades ; the scaling rough ; the lines interrupted ; subbasal line present ; antemedial line single, irregular, ol)solete below the claviform, which is large, rounded, whitish defined by black ; orbi- cular and reuiform large, whitish with grey centres and defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; medial shade blackish, suffused, irregular; postmedial line single, dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial area whitish, especially below costa and before middle of subterminal line, which is whitish defined by black shades before and beyond it, interrupted, dentate on veins 4, 3 ; some white points on costa towards apex and at base of cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish, with discoidal point and post- medial line. Hah. Canada, Quebec. Exp. 36 millim. This species is un- known to me. *1160. ? Scotogramma hadeniformis. (Plate LXXXVL fig. 3.) Mamestra hadcniformix. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 55, pi. t. f. 4 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale luteous grey irrorated with SCOTOGRAMMA. 31 Wack ; tegulae with broad ill-defined luteoiis baud ; patagia with blackish scales near edges. Fore wing pale yellowish grey irroraled with black, a deeper ashen shade on inner margin and on terminal area ; subbasal line double, filled in with paler colour, angled on median nervure ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, exenrved in interspaces ; claviforni rather short and broad, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with slight grey annuli in- distinctly defined by black, the reniform with rather darker centre ; a diffused medial shade ; post medial line double at costa and inner margin, defined by whitish on outer side, crenulate, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line white, angled outward at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area darker especially in female ; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and intercepted post- medial line. Uah. U.S.A., Colorado. Eap. 32 millim. This species is un- known to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 1161. Scotogramma stigniosa. Mamestra stigmosa, Christ. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 70, pi. o. f. 12 (1887) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale brown ; tibise and tarsi banded with black. Uore wing white irrorated with brown, the costa darker ; the subbasal line interrupted, waved from costa, to submedian fold, the antemedial line rather ill-defined and irregular, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin, the claviform represented by some black scales on its outer edge; orbicular and reniform brown incompletely defined by black ; the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle ; traces of a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; ])ost- medial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it rather darker ; the subterminal line represented by a series of small whitish marks, defined on inner side by a dark patch on costa and two slight dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia chetiuercd brown and white. Hind wing white ; the veins irroraterl with brown ; a diffused brown subterminal band ; the underside witli the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule. Hah. S. Russia, Sarepta, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Tokkkstan, Kashgar. Exp. 32 millim. 1102. Scotogramma agrotiformis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 0.) Iladena arp-otiformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 508 (189fi). S . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white ; abdomen 32 NOCTUID^. brownish grey, the dorsal crests blackish tipped with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous and pale brown ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold, with a slight black streak beyond its extremity ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well- developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round with pale annulus, the latter large, filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line dentate and produced to wbite points on the veins which are streaked with black beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, white, dentate, with slight dentate dark marks before it at middle ; a terminal series of white points and small black lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Ceylon, Putlam {J. Pole), 2 c? type. Exp. 30 millim. 1163. Scotogramma sodae. Hadena sodcB, Embr. Ann. Sei. Obs. 1829, p. 250, pi. 6. f. 7 ; Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 851 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 274, pi. 25. f. 4 ; llerr-Schiiif. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 60, 66-7 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; tegulaj with black lines at middle and tips ; patagia edged with black above ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with brown or fuscous. Fore wing grey, slightly irrorated with fuscous and often tinged with rufous ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; claviform small or moderate, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, with fuscous centre, the latter filled in with fuscous except above ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some fuscous suffusion beyond ir except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brownish intersected with fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous ; the terminal area fuscous with a pale patch on termen at submedian fold ; cilia whitish or ochreous ; the under- side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and some lunules on termen. Hah. S. France, Leech & Zeller Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece ; Algeria; ? Armenia ; ?W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Exp. 32- 3() millim. SCOTOGRAMMA. OO 1104. Scotogramma defessa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 7.) Mamesfra defessa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p.' 122. 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration ; tarsi with dark bauds. Fore wing very- pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration ; the subbasal line represented by double brown striae from costa and cell ; the antemedial line rather indistinct except at costa, double, waved, oblique ; claviform small, defined by black, orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former round, opeu above and below, the latter with fuscous patch in lower part ; an indistinct waved medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line double at costa, then indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate dark marks angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins brownish ; the terminal area suffused with brown narrowing to a point at tornus ; a terminal series of dark lunules ; cilia white ; the under- side wilh the costal and terminal areas irrorated with pale brown, a dark discoidal lunule, and postmedial series of striaj on the veins. Nab. IJ.S.A., California, Santa Clara (Osten Saden), 2 2 type. Exp. 30-40 millim. *1165. ? Scotogramma repentina. Mamcstra re/pentma, Moi-r. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II. xviii. p. 118 (1875); Siuith, Cat. Noct. N. Am p. 123. 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; tegulae with black medial line ; patagia with black lines near edges. Fore wing pale grey, the medial area fuscous ; subdorsal line double, filled in with fuscous; antemedial line double, erect, waved; claviform obsolete; orbicular large, pale, round ; reniform pale with a fuscous tinge, ill-defined ; medial line strongly dentate ; postmedial line double, waved, incurved below vein 4, with a dark shade beyond it indis- tinct except at costa ; subterminal line yellowish fuscous, defined on inner side by a dark shade, sinuous ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; the underside paler with the termen fuscous. Hah. U.S.A., New Jersey, W. Hoboken. Exp. 33 millim. This species is unknown to me. *1166. Scotogramma orida. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 8.) Mamcstra orida, Smitli, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 12 (1903). Head and thorax white, thickly irrorated with black and dark brown ; abdomen less thickly irrorated ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing white, thickly irrorated with fuscous black ; the subbasal VOL. v. i> 34 noctutd.t;. line represented by slight striae from costa and cell ; traces of a waved antemedial line with two more prominent points at costa; clavitbrm slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by fuscous, the former small, round, the latter with fuscous patch in its lower ])art ; post- medial line indistinct, dentate, with more prominent points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterrainal line white, with a fuscous patch beyond it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with fuscous ; a terminal fuscous-black band narrowing to tornus ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a diffused Bubterminal band. Ilah. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-type t c? 2 in Coll. Eothschild. Eay. 34 millim. 11 07. Scotogramma implexa. Nocfuaimplexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 414(1827); Alph. Eom. Mem. V. p. 233, pi. xii. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Apameafaiiuv), Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pi. 4. f. 2 (1876). Head and thorax ferruginous red- brown mixed with a few white scales; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ferruginous red-brown irrorated with white scales, especially on the costal area and veins ; an indistinct waved white subbasal line ; antemedial line waved, white, somewhat oblique ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown prominently defined by white, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line tine, waved, white, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved white terminal line. Hind wing pale, suffused with reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line and a slight waved whitish terminal line ; the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown. Hah. HuNGAKY ; S. Ktjssia ; Algeria, tj^ie t faJIovi in Coll, Oberthlir ; Armenia ; Syria ; Transcaucasia, Geok Te^je, 1 d . Exji. 34 millim. lirjS. Scotogramma peculiaris. Mamesfra peculiaris, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. Ifi; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. (^ . Fore wing grey-white mixed with some blackish ; frons with blackish bar above : tegulas with black medial line and tips ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen oehreous white irrorated with yellow-brown. Fore wing whitish, suffused with yellow-brown and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line double, filled in with white, Avaved and extending to vein 1 ; an oblique black striga above inner margin near base; the ante- SCOTOCRAMMA. 'Ao medial liue double, filled in with white, angled outwards below eosta, then oblique and waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with some black in its lower part ; an indistinct, curved, diffused medial line ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunnles ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, slight sinuous postmedial line, and diti'used subterminal band. Hab. W. TuEKESTAN, Sarawschan, 1 J . Exp. 38 millim. 1109. Scotogramma submarina. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 10.) Anarta submarina, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 4 (1883) ; Smith. Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 129. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ; tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged witli brown : the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with brown ; a dentate subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; a waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1, with two points at costa ; a slight medial shade ; reniform repre- sented by a slight dark lunule ; postmedial line highly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; faint traces of a subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and e.xcurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight dark lunnles ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the terminal area suffused with brown ; a slight discoidal point and postmedial series of striae on the veins. Hah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, xirizona. Black Hills, 1 9 • E.vp. 32 miliim. 1170. Scotogramma niendosica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 11.) § . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and a few flesh- coloured scales ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen grey mixed with dark brown and ochreous. Fore wing brownish tlcsh-colour thickly irrorated with black ; the subbasal line represented by dark points below costa and cell; the antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect ; claviform represented by a slight dark spot ; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; traces of a dark medial shade ; jjostmedial line indistinct, strongly dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub- terminal line represented by an indistinct series of pale points d2 8G noctuid.t:. defined by slight dentate dark marks on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark points ; a flesh-coloured line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irroratod with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved post- medial line. Hah. xiHGENXiNA, Aconcagua {Fitzgerald), 1 5 type. Exp. 36 millim. Genus CATEPHIODES, nov. Tjpe, C. zuelana. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ujiturned, the 2nd joint nearly reaching vertex of head and smoothly scaled in fronr, the ^rd obliqne, long ; f'rons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes lai-ge, rounded; antennte of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibia slightly fringed with hair, the inner spurs very long; abdomen with dorsal crests. Fore wing broad, ti-iangular, the termen retracted towards toruus ; Teins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 1171. CatepModes zuelana. Hadena zuelana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 143 (1898). Mdia trinidadensis, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 123, pi. T). f. 3. 2 . Head ochreous more or less tinged with rufous ; thorax red- l)rown, with some black on extremity of patagia and metathorax ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown, dorsally irrorated with rufous, ventrally with grej- ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing dark brown suffused with rufous, the terminal half m.ore or less suffused with whitish and with some bluish white below costa and between veins 5 and 3 ; subbasal line represented by black Fig. 10. — Catepliiodes suelnna, §. stria? from costa and coll ; antemedial line black, irregularly sinuous, inwardly oblique ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former round, the latter indistinctly defined except on inner side ; a waved medial line or dark shade ; postmedial line minutely and irregularly dentate, very strongly bent outwards below costa, incur\ed at discal fold, below vein 4 incurved to below angle of CATEI'HIODES. ANAKTA. 'A7 cell ; subterminal line slight, white defined bj black on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, bent inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 3 and defined by white on outer side ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costil and terminal areas broadly and the inner area narrowly black -brown ; some white marks on lower half of termen and a striga above tornus ; cilia intersected with white ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused with grey, a small dark discoidal spot aud postmedial line with dark striae on the veins. Hab. Teinidad, Arima, 2 $ type trinidadensis ; Venezuela, 1 2 5 Aroa, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28-34: millim. Genus ANARTA. Type. Anarta, Ochs. Schuiett. Eur. iv. p. 9U (ISKJ), non descr. ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (.3) p. 200(1826) miirtUli. ISlagcllana, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaens. iv. p. 77 (1899) irhcina. Probos<;is fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, fringed with iiair ; fVoiis with slight rounded proiuinenc-e with small corneous plate below it; eyes small, reniforin, not ciliated ; antenii£e of male typically minutely serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, pro- aud metathorax with slight spreading crests ; tibijE fringed with hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with tlie termen evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 i'rom near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Sect. I. {Magellana). Antenn;\? of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; fore wing very narrow. *n72. Anarta trisema. Anarta trisema, Mab. Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885) ; id. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. p. 20, pi. 1. f. 9. c? . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some dark red hairs ; abdomen black above, with some grey hair at base on ventral ¥\g. 11. ^Anarta trisema, c^ . \. surface. Fore wing grcy-whito irroratcd with black, blackish basal marks on costa and below cell ; the medial area black irroratcd with red, defined on inner side by the antemedial line, which is oblifiue from costa to cell, where it is angled inwards, then angled 3S xocTuin.T;. outwards on vein 1 to near ])ostme(lial line and with a diffused black and red patch before it on inner area ; clavit'orm an elongate Avhite streak extending from near the antemedial to across the postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform small, whiti.sh, the 1st oblique oblong, the latter an oblique bar angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line outwardly oblique from costa to discal fold, where it is angled, then very oblique, a scries of short red and black streaks beyond it -with a longer black streak on costa and on veins 4, 'A, and 2 extending to termen ; some dentate black and red marks on termen from below apex to middle ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing grey, suffused with black on inner and terminal areas. Ilab. TiEERA DEL FtJEGO, type t (5 in Mus. Paris. Eaji. 20 millim. Sect. II. Antenna? of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. A. Hind wing wliite. a. Fore wing with the subterniinal line angled inwards iu disc-al fold ^taialiiigeri. b. Fore wing with the subterniinal line not angled inwards ill disi-al fold. ft\ Foro wing with prominei t series of dentate black marks before subterm inal line richardsoiiL 6'. Fore wing without series of dentate black marks before subterniinal line qiiadrilunaia. B. Iliud wing yellowish kncocycla. C. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous. a. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled with blue-grey... ctacfa. h. Fore wing with the stiumata filled with blue-grev inemhrosa. 1173. Anarta staudingeri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 12.) Aiiarfa staudingeri, Auriv. Nord. Fj;lr. p. 17'>(lSyi); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219. Anarta mceschleri, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. "219 (1901). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with white, and often with some olive- yellow in submedian fold and on inner margin ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold, some whitish on its outer edge: antemedial line oblique, waved, with some whitish on its inner side ; claviform a small black mark ; orbicular and reniform small, white defined by black, the former round ; post- medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line \\bitish or yellow, defined by a series of more or less conjoined black marks on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, tlie basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ; a dark diseoidal lunulo ; a more or less prominent waved ])ostmedial line ; a broad terminal band with difi'used inner edge; cilia white. ANARTA. ;« Ab. 1. moeschleri. Fore wing more distinctly marked with grey. — Labrador. Hah. Canada, Labrador, IJ d" , 1 $, Zeller & Fray Colls.; Nmc- WAY, mountains, Lapland 3 c? , 2 5 , Zeller & Leech Coils. Kcj^). 28-30 millim. 1174. Anarta richardsoni. Hadena richardsoni. Curt. Ross' Narr. 2nd Voy., App. p. 72, pi. A. f. 11 (1834); Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1890, p. 18, pi. 1. 1' 12 & pi. 3. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat. ISoet. N. Auk p. 2U3. Anarta aJ.gida, Let. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. v. p. 395, pi. x. f. 5 (1836) ; Diip. Lep. Fr. iii. Suppl. pi. 49. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., JSoct. f. 4U0. Anarta sept en tr ion is, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857). Anarta lannginosa, Smith, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 492 (1900). Anarta dovrensis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901). Anarta asiatica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901). Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey-white ; tegulte white at base and tips; patagia with white fascia; t;iisi black with white bands. Fore wing black-brown slightly irroniled with white, and with some olive-yellow in discal and submedian folds and on inner margin ; subbasal line black, waved from cosla to submedian fold, strongly defined with white on outer side and with a black spot beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black, waved, interrupted, defined by white on inner side ; claviform moderate, black, with yellow spot on it and a white spot beyond it ; Fig. 12. — Anarta richardsoni, J. \. orbicular and reniform white with some yellow on them, defined by black and with some black at centre, the former small and rounded or large and quadrate, open above and below : the postmedial lino dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less strongly suffused with grey; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, strongest at middle and submedian fold ; a terminal scries of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black-brown. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused with black : a black diseoidallunule ; a more or less visilib; waved ]iostraedial line ; a broad terminal band with rather diffused inner edge ; cilia white ; the underside with the terminal ])aiid obsolescent. 40 NOCTUID.^?. Ab. 1. dovrensis. Fore winsi: witli slight frrcy markings ; hind wing almost whollj- suffused with fuscous. — Dovretcld. Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing fuscous or grey-brown with slight grey markings, sometimes almost imiform in colour. — E. Siberia. Hah. Grinnell Land (Feilden), 1 J ; Gketinland, 1 $, Zeller Coll. ; Canada, Hudson's l^ay, Eepulse Hay (Rea), 1 6 , shore of Arctic Ocean (Sir T. RicIiardson\ 1 c^' > 2 5 , type septentrionh-, Labrador, ZoUer & Frey Colls., 5 c? , 8 2 ; Alaska ; Scandinavia, Dovreficld, Lapland, 1 J ; Novaya Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ , Grote Coll. E.iy. 34-38 millim. 1175. Anarta quadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.) Anarta quadrilunata, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soc. xvi. p. 244 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with white, brown, and blaclv hair : tarsi black ringed with white ; anal tuft yellow. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniforra represented by a dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule and broad terminal band Avith sinuous inner edge ; cilia white. Hob. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 1176. Anarta leucocycla. Anarta leucocycla. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296 ; Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. 1860, p. 367, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Haiidl. 1890, p. 19, pi. 1. f. 11 & pi. 3. f. 3; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey-l)rown. Fore wing black-brown sparsely irrorated with white ; an ill-defined waved white subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an ill-defined waved white antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former round ; postmedial line white, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurvcd at middle ; a waved white terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white. Hind wing yellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of cell and inner area suftused with black-brown ; a black discoidal ANARTA. -11^ lunule ; the terminal aru;i broadly black-brown, narrowing to tornws ; cilia yellowish white, brown at base ; underside similar, traces of a curved postmedial line, the terminal band narrower and with waved inner edge. Uah. Greenland, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 28 millim. *li77. Anarta etacta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 4.) Atmrta etacta, Smith, Proe. Wasli. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 493 (1900) ; Dyar, C:it. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish largely mixed with fuscous ; tegulae whitish at base, then blackish and with grey tips ; patagia with blackish line near margin. Fore wing grey mixed with fuscous and irrorated with moss-green ; the lines white edged with black scales and with double black spots at costa ; subbasal line bideutate ; antemedial line oblique, somewhat dentate and bent outwards above inner margin ; claviform well developed, defined by pale moss-green ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former moderate, round, the latter large ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costs ; subterminal line somewhat dentate, only defined by the fuscous shade on its inner side and by the area beyond it being greenish ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia chequei-ed white and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with terminal series of blackish lunules preceded by whitish ; the underside rather paler, with small discoidal spot. Uah. Alaska, Kukak Bay. Exp. 36 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.IS. Nat. Mus. *li78. Anarta nieml)rosa. Anarta memhrosa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 101 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294. 2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with grey ; tegular grey, with a terminal black baud. Fore wing dark grey, with the markings black ; the lines defined by clear blue-grey ; the subbasal line strong, uneven, followed by a blue-grey tinge extending to apex ; antemedial line distinct, strongly excurved in the inter- spaces ; claviform represented b\' a dift'used black patch extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform filled in with clear blue- grey and defined by black, a black medial shade passing between ihem; postmedial line fine, dentate, incurved below vein 4, dilated into a spot at submcdian fold ; terminal area bluish grey with a blackish patch on costa with three blue-grey points on it ; sub- terminal line pale defined by blackish shades most prominent towards costa, dentate on veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing fuscous with indistinct discoidal point and 42 UOCTUID-E. curved postmedial line ; cilia black and white ; the underside with discoidal spot and prominent waved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., New Kampsliire, White Mts. Exp. 33 millira. This species is unknown to me. Sect. III. (Anarta). Antennae of male ciliated. A. Hind wing bright yellow. a. Fore wing witli the ground-colour deep red mi/rtil'i. b. Fore wing witli the ground-colour blackish. a^. Fore wing with the reuiform filled in with whitish ... cordigera. h^. Fore wing witli the reniform not filled in with white ... mimuli. B. Hind wing yellowish, tinged with brown impingens. C Hind wing uniform brown phaa. D. Hnid wing white, sometimes completely sufi'used with fus- cous on upperside. a. Fore wing broad, triangular. a^. Fore wing without whitish aimuli to the reniform onelanopa. b^. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the reniform mimula. h. Fore wing nari-ow, elongate. «'. Fore wing pale olive-grey mausi. b\ Fore wint; fuscous semblica. 1179. Anar t a my r tilli . Noctua myrfilU, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 311 (1746); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 165. fi". 1-3; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 98; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 286. pi. 118. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit.Ent., Haust. iii. p. Ill ; Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 145 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218. Anarta acadiensif, Beth. Tr. Nov. Soc. Ins. IN'at. Sci. ii. p. 84 (1869) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. Anarta alj^ina, Eaetzer, Mitth. Scliweiz. ent. Ges. viii. p. 224 (1890). Head and thorax deep red, jialpi black at tips, lower part of Irons, base of tegulae, middle and tips of patagia, and metathoracic crest white, the vertex of head, tips of tegulaj, and greater part of Fig. Vd.— Anarta my rtiUi, J. thorax ochreous ; tarsi black banded with white ; abdomen black- brown with ochreous segmental lines, the dorsal crest and anal tuft red, the lateral hair ochreous, the ventral surface ochreous and reel. Fore wing deep red, pale olive-brown in parts; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with white; the antemedial line double, oblique, waved, filled in with olive-brown and white, the claviform a minute spur on its outer side ; the medial area with more or less white suffusion and promi- nent triangular spot on median nervure ; orbicular and reniform AN ART A. 43 small, olive-brown dcfliunl by deep red, the former roniid ; an indistinct medial line angled at median nervure ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, angled outwards on vein 1, defined by olive-brown on outer side, the veins beyond it more or less streaked with white, some white points on costa ; subterminal line prominent, white, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and excurved to tornus ; a tine dark terminal line ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing orange-yellow, the base, costal area, and a broad terminal band black-brown, a black fascia on vein 1 ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside with the costal area red traversed by a black line at inner edge of terminal band, a small black discoidal huiule. Ah. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the red almost entirely replaced by black. — Hyeres. Ab. 2. alphia. Pore wing obscure red- brown with the markings almost obsolete ; hind wing with the orange reduced. — Germany, Switzerland, Spain. Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; Bkixaix, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll., Hyeres {Yerhtiry); Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Switzer- land ; Spain; Italy; Russia, Livonia. Exp. 24-28 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 226, pi. 251. f. 1. Green, sometimes tinged with brown and with scattered pale yellowish or whitish marks, and dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular series of whitish spots. Food-plant, Erica. 8-9. 1180. Anarta cordigera. Noctua cordiqera, Thiuib. Miis. Nat. Ac. Ups. Diss. p. 72, pi. vi. f. 4 (1788) ' Esp. Schniett. pi. 18!). f. 2; Diip. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 118. f. 2; Hiibn. ]^\\v- Scbniett., Noct. ff. G74-5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat. Nijct. N. Am. p. 292. Isoctua alhirena, Hvibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 99 (1827). Anarta luteola, Grote & Rob. Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 493, pi. iii. ff'. 5, G (1865). Anarta cethiops., Lloff'm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 128. Anarta svjfum, Tutt. Brit. Noct. iii. p. 130 (1892). Anarta carhonaria, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92(1893); Alph. Eum. Mem. ix. p. 219, pi. 14. r. lU. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown slightly irrorated with grey. Fore wing black-brown, the basal and terminal areas suffused with blue-grey, the median area slightly irrorated with grey ; a slightly-waved black subdorsal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique slightly-waved antemedial line; clavit'orm moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the former small, round, the latter large, filled in with white, and with a dark lunule on its uj)per part; an indistinct medial shade; post- medial line minutely dentate, bent outward below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal interrupted dentate black lino, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia black intersected with grey. Hind wing orange-yellow; the base with diffused black streaks; the costal area black; a broad terminal black band; cilia whitish. 44 NOCTUIDJS. Underside of fore wing black-brown, with large curved yellowish discal patch. Ab. 1. cethio/js. Fore wing almost entirely black except the reniform stigma. Ab. 2. carhonaria. Like cethiops, but the underside of fore wing yellow with the marginal areas dark. — S.E. Siberia. Huh. Canada, Labrador; U.S.A., Colorado ; Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Spain, Aragon ; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Kussta, Finland, Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ; N.E, Siberia ; Amukland. Exp. 26-28 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 223, pi. 2.50. f. 3. Purplish brown mixed with black ; dorsal line whitish ; sub- dorsal line indistinct ; subspiracular line brownish ochreous marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccininm. 7-8. *1181. Anarta mimiili. Anar/a mhnidi, Behr. Cal. Ac. Sci. 18S5, p. G2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Amer. p. 2U5. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish. Fore wing blackish : the lines indistinct and slightly defined by whitish ; the subterminal line expanding into a spot at tornus. Hind wing yellow, with prominent black terminal baud. Hah, U.S.A., California. Exp. — ? Tliis si)eciesisunknowntome. Larva. Similar to that of A. myrt'dli. Food-plants : Eunanus tolmuei, Antirrliiniun Icingii, and MimuJus scropliularia. 1182. Anarta impingens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 14.) Anarta impingens, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294. Mamestra carta, M(jrr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. % (187-5). Anarta nivaria, Grote, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 107 (1875). Orthosia perpura, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 6G. c? . Head and thorax lilacine grey irrorated with fuscous ; abdo- men reddish brown. Fore wing lilacine grey irrorated with brown ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, strongly excurved at sub- median fold ; claviform represented by a slight blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, the former round, a strong diffused medial shade passing between them ; postmediul line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, theu strongly incurved ; sul)terminal line pale, defined on inner side by a brown shade and an ill-defined series of small dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark lunules. Hind wing yellowish, suffused with reddish brown, and with a diffused terminal brown band broad at apex, narrowing to tornus ; a dark discoidal lunule ; cilia yellowish ; the underside yellower, the discoidal luuulc prominent, a terminal scri(.'s of dark striffi. 2 . Much darker. ANARTA. 45 Hah. Canada, S. Br. Columbia {Lord Derby), 2 S type ; U.S.A., Colorado, 2 (^ , 1 $ , type nivaria, Grote Coll. Ex^t., J 30, $ iJ-t millim. 1183. Anarta phsea, u. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 15.) Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi ringed wntli white. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey and irrorated with white ; subbasal line represented by black striae from costa and median nervure ; a slight black streak in base of sub- median fold; traces of a waved antemedial line; claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, whitish, incompletely defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line indistinct, incomplete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line represented by whitish points with obscure dentate black marks on their inner side. Hind wing pale brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia white, brown at base ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Ilab. Arctic America, Victoria Land, Cambridge Bay (CoIUnson), 1^,1$ type. Ea'2). 34 millim. 1184, Anarta melanopa. Koctua 7nelanopa, Thunb. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42 (1791) ; Herr.-Scliaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 433-4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. Noctun alpicola, Quens. Acerbi's Trav. N. Cape, ii. p. 253, pi. 1. ft". 5, G (1802). Nocfua vidua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 403 (1827). Noctua iristis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 44(5 (1827). Noctua rupesiris, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 644-5 (1827). Pyralis rupestralis, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Pvr. f. 138 (1827). Anarta uiyro-lunata. Pack. Proe. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 40 (1867). Anarta wistrbmi, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 81. Head and thorax black, clothed with grej' and olive-yellow hair ; abdomen black, clothed with white hair, the dorsal crests olive- yellow. Fore wing grey, irrorated with dark brown and largely suffused with olive-yellow except on terminal area ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line waved, nearly erect, angled inwards in cell; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round or rather irregular, the latter large ; traces of a medial shade ; post- medial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by a series of dentate dark marks on its inner side and a more prominent ])atch with pale points on it at costa ; a terminal series of black stri;e ; cilia white intersected with brown. Hind wing Avhite, the inner half suffused with fuscous ; a large black-brown discoidal lunule and a broad terminal band with sinnous inner edge ; cilia ])uro white. Underside of fore wing white, with black discoidal lunule and excurved postmedial line ; hind wing with the costal and inner 46 NOCTUTD.IC. areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad terminal band. Ab. 1. vistroemi.' Fore ■\viug without grey irroration, the under- side with dark terminal band. Ab. 2. rupesiraUs. Hind wing entirely or almost entirely suffused with fuscous. Hah. Canatia, Labrador, Frey & Grote Colls., 4 J' , 4 2 ; U.S.A., New Hampshire, Mt. Washington (Dimmoch), 1 c? , Colorado, 1 c? , 1 2 , Natt Canon (Oslar), 3 c? , 1 2 , B. Park, New Mexico, Taos Peak, 2 c?, Grote Coll.; Britain, Shetland, Leech Coll., llannock (Salvage) ; Switzerland. Frey Coll. ; Italy, Alps ; Norway, Bergen, Zeller Coll., Dovrefield, Lapland, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Saveden. Exp. 20-30 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 219, pi. 250. f. 2. Rosy purple ; dorsal line ochreous-brown edged with dark grey and marked with reddish spots; subdorsal lino yellowish, black- edged, with series of black marks above and below it ; spiracular line pale yellow marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccinium. 6-7. *1185, Anarta mimula. Anarta mimula, Grote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 295. (5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing blackish tinged with olive ; the lines blackish, interrupted ; orbicular a minute annulus ; reniform with dark centre and yellowish-white annulus ; a white mark in submedian fold before the postmedial line ; subterminal line with interrupted white marks ; some white points on costa towards apex ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous with the cilia white, the discoidal spot and band of underside show- ing through ; a terminal series of black points. Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 25 millim. This specic« is unknown to me. 11 80. Anarta maiisi. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1(5.) Anarta mausi, Pi,ing. ined. Head and thorax pale olive-grey ; abdomen black clothed with white scales, dorsally tinged with olive. Fore wing pale olive-grey slightly irrorated with fuscous : an indistinct olive-brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold : a strong waved antemedial line ; reniform a small blackish lunule ; an indistinct antemedial line angled inwards in submedian fold ; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards again above inner margin ; subterminal line diffused on inner side, interrupted below vein 7, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a slightly darker waved olive terminal line; cilia white, with a dark line through them. Hind wing yellowish white; the inner area to middle of cell suffused ANARTA. LAhilESTH A. 4 / with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule ; a sinuous subterminal band diffused to termen. Underside nearly pure white ; fore wing with bliick streak in upper part of cell, large irregular discoidal spot, subterminal band angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, and waved terminal line from apex to above vein 4 ; hind wing with small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line obso- lescent except on costal half. Hah. E. TtJKKKSTAN, Altyn Tag Mts., 2 ? . Exp. 24 millim. Type t in Coll. Piingeler. 1187. Anarta zemblica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX, fig 17.) 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black with some grey hairs. Pore wing very narrow ; fuscous brown, with a greyish tinge and rather thinly scaled ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; traces of a waved antemedial line with a small black spot on it representing the claviform stigma ; orbicular repre- sented by a black point, reniform by a small lunule ; faint traces of a postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line represented by faint traces of dark marks ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white ; the underside with large white dark-irrorated patch extending on costa from near base to near apex and down to vein 2 : a black discoidal lunule. Hah. XovAYA Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exp). 28 millim. Genus LASIESTRA, nov. Type, L. jyhoca. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with long hair in front, tlie 3rd moderate ; Irons smooth ; e^es large, rounded, overhung by long cilia; head and tliorax clothed with rough hair and without crests; tibiiB fringed with rough hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the termen obliquely curved ; veins '6 and b from close to angle of cell ; t) from upper angle ; '.) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. Antenna; of male serrate and fasciculate. A. Fore wing with the termen and cilia clicquered while and black. a. Hind wing with the termen white moniana. h. Hind wing with the termen fuscous subdita. ]j. Fore wing witli the termeu and cilia not chequered white and bhick. «. Hiud wing with the cilia whitish phoca. b. Hind wing with the cilia yellowish. C(}. Fore wing with medial sliade, tlie pcjstniedial line d(!ntate i^romulsa. i'. Fore wing without medial sliade, tlio postmedial line not dentate iinifortnis. 48 XOCTUinTE. 1188. Lasiestra montana. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 18.) Folia montana. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 95. S . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and a few orange scales on thorax ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey with some black, especially on dorsum. Fore wing black irrorated with bluish grey, especially on basal area ; the markings rather deeper black, slightly irrorated with orange scales ; an indistinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian i'old : traces of a double, waved antcmedial line ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform ill-defined, white irrorated with black, tho former rounded, the latter with its lower edge indented ; traces of a dentate postmcdial line bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; a subterminal series of black and white lunulate marks slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous, leaving the termen whiter ; underside ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and diffused postmedial band. Hah. W. China, Ta-Chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c? type. Exp. 36 millim. *1189. Lasiestra subdita. (riate LXXIX. fig. 19.) Bianlhcecia subdita, Moschl. Wien. ent. Men. iv. p. 363, pi. 9. f, 7 (1860) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. (5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black ; tegulse with strong black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black, the medial area slightly tinged with brown in, below, and beyond cell; subbasal line waved from costa to below cell ; a straight black line below base of coll ; antemedial line strong, black, much excui'ved below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of the clavi- form ; orbicular and reniform very small, blue-white defined by black, the former round ; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved and parallel to postmedial line, which is strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by slight black marks before it towards costa and inner margin, and by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the termen and cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with a slight white streak on termen towards tornus ; cilia white with dark brown marks at base ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post- medial line. Hah. Canada, Labrador, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim, 1190. Lasiestra phoca, Dianfhitcia phoca, Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. viii. p. 197, pi. .o. f. 15 (1864) ; Sniilh, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129; Stand. C:a. Lep. pal. p. 1G2. LASIESTRA. 49 • Scntoqramma luteola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 57, pi. 2. f. 10 (1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. Head and thorax clothed with dull brown and grey hairs mixed ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown thickly irrorated with grey ; an indistinct antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; stigmata represented by very obscure grey marks with Fig. 14. — Ladestra phoca, (^ . \. darker marks between them; postmedial line somewhat dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, inwardly oblique to submedial fold near antemedial line, then excurvcd ; faint traces of a sub- terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian fold ; cilia grey with a brown line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ; the cilia grey ; the underside grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line, Ilah. Canada, Labrador, 1 cJ , Alberta, Calg,arj (WoUei/-Dod), 1 2 , Laggan, 2 5 . Ea-p. 34 millim. 1191. Lasiestra promulsa. (Plate LXXIX, fig. 20.) Mamestra promulsa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 97 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. Scofogramma infuscata. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii. p. 42 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.59. 5 . Head and thorax yellowish grey mixed with brown ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly irrorated with dark brown ; traces of a waved, dark subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an indistinct, waved, dark antemedial line ; stigmata absent ; a very indistinct diffused medial shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- terminal line only defined by the dark shade on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous and ochreous. Hind wing ochreous irrorated with brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous, with dark line at base ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim, VOL. V. K 50 NOCTUIDiE, 1192. Lasiestra uniformis. (riatc LXXIX. fig. 21.) Scof.oqramma unifonnis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 58, pi. ii. f. 12 (18'J4); Dyar,'Cat.. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. Head and thorax dull brown mixed with greenish grey ; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown tinged with greeni.sh grey ; an indistinct waved autemedial line ; stigmata very obscurely defined by brown and with rather darker marks between tbem ; postmedial line slightly waved, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved at vein 1 ; cilia rather paler, with a dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish, Avith a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey thickly irro- rated with brown, a large discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Alberta, Laggan ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ,S • Exp. 40 millim. Sect. II. Antenna; of male (uliatecl. A. Fore wing with the grouud-colour bluish or purplish grey. a. Fore wing without terminal series of small black spots dovrcnsis. b. Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots. a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey. a?. Fore wing not tinged with olive clvrn. b'^. Fore wing tinged wit h olive ddiciotta. h^ . Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey fcrplcxa. B. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-brown fcrsa. 1193. Lasiestra dovrensis. Bianihcecia dovrcnsis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1804, p. 182; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. W\. Dianthvecia (dtaica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 3G6 (1892). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi blackish, ringed with white ; abdomen brown irrorated with gre}'. Fore wing black-brown thickly irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line Fig. 15. — Lasiestra dovrensis, (^ . }-. defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to subraedian fold ; anteraedial lino irregularly waved, defiiied by white on inner side ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former grey, round or produced to a point on outer side, the latter dark ; postmedial lino highly dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then obli<iue ; subterminal line grey, defined by dentate LASIESTRA. 51 black marks on inner side, ang-led outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing black- brown with traces of a whitish postmedial line ; the cilia white at tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal shade. Ab. 1. altaica. Ilather larger ; fore wing with a very slight yellowish tinge, the black marks before subterminal line larger. Hah. NoEWAT, Saltdalen, Dovretjeld (Staudhifjer), 1 c? , 1 $ , (Ilamjma) 2d, 1 $ ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 d. Kvp. 34-3G millim. Subsp. 1. centeana. Bianthoecia Iccnieana, Stand. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892). Dianthoecia monyoliea, Stand. Iris, is. p. 257 (1896). Hind wiug white, with broad dark terminal baud ; underside of both wings with broad dark terminal band. Ab. 1. monrjolica. Underside of both wings without terminal band. JIab. Mongolia, Uliassutai ; S.E. Siberia, Kentei, 1 5 . 1194. Lasiestra elvesi. (Hate LXXIX. fig. 22.) Hadcna chvrd, Ilmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 200 (1894). Head and thorax violacous grey mixed with black ; tegular and ])atagia edged with black ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey. Pore wing violaceous grey, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with black ; subbasal line represented by double striiB from costa and cell ; antemcdial line double, waved ; claviform defined by black below and at extremity ; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined by black, the former rather quadrate, open above and below ; postraedial lino indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and obli([ue below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle and angled in^vards in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing dark fuscous brown, with very indistinct greyish subterminal lino ; the underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postnnedial line. Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 1 $ ; Sikhijt, 10,000 ft. ( Elites), typo t in Coll. Elwcs ; Euulajt (Dud'jeoii), 1 J. E,vp. 36 millim. 1195. Lasiestra deliciosa. Dinnthacia deliciosa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some black ; teguhio whitish, edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen olive-grey. Fore wiug olive-grey irrorated with fuscous, the markings blackish irrorated with yellowish scales ; subbasal line 52 KOCTUIBiE. double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; aiitcmedial line double, waved : claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round or quadrate, open above and below ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below cost a and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish, with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with very indistinct greyish subterminal line ; cilia white, with dark line through them ; the uuderside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Tibet, Kuku-uoor, 1 S ■> Amdo ; Kashmir, Earra Larcha (MacArthur), 1 c? , 2 $ , Kokser {MacArilmr), 2 J , 2 $ . Exp. 36-38 millim. *1196. Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 23.) Scotogrmnma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) ; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. 2 . Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure, from costa to submedian fold ; autemedial line waved, angled inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres, the former round ; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade ; post- medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia white at tips : the underside brownish white irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, British Columbia, in Coll. J. E. Smith ; U.S.A., Colorado. Exp. 30 millim. *1197. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 24.) Maineiifra i^crsa, Alpb. Rom. Meui. ix. p. 212 (1897) ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. p"!. p. 156. (5 . Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with olive- broAvn and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and cell ; LASIESTRA. — LA6I0NYCTA. 53 antemedial line double, slightly waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniforra greyish defined by black, the former round ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line rather strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark marks, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia yellowish, with a dark line through them. Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia whitish •with a brown line near base ; the underside pale brownish grey, with traces of a curved postmedial line. Hah. jN". Persia, Demavend, in Coll, Piingeler. E.ip. 36 millim. Genus LASIONYCTA. Type. Lasionycta, Auriv. Ent. Tyd. xviii. p. 285 (1892) scnelinriia. Proboscis fully developed .; palpi upturned, the 2ik1 joint clothed with long rough hair; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia; antennteof male sernite and fascieubite ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and b from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell uear base only. A. Fore wing with the cell filled in with black between the stigmata. a. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground- colour. a}. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with dentate black marks before them raiiiieri. b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line ill-defined, grey, with obscure dentate dark marks before it inconcinna. b. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the ground-colour coiijui/aia. B. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black between the stigmata. a. Fore wing olive-yellow mixed with grey and black bri/opfcra. b. Fore wing brown suffused with olive-yellow ; hiud wing yellow hirifla. c. Fore wing fuscous irroratod with grey scr(e/uif/ia. d. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey. a'. Fore wing with the orbicular grey with brownish centre •"* n^'fimcida. b^. Fore wing with the orbicular whitish firdilis. e. Fore wing with the ground-cohnir whitish. a}. Fore wing tinged with bhiish altaica. b^. Fore wing tinged with yellow in parts. a'^. Fore wing with the claviform minute arietis. b'^. Fore wing with the claxiform well-developed ochmcca. 54 NOCTTJID^. *1198. Lasionycta rainieri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2."5.) Mamcdra Tainwrii, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat, Miis. xxii. p. 4G2 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with ■whitish rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing blue-grey overlaying fuscous, the medial area darker ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some grey beyond it ; orbicular and reniforra grey, defined by black and with some black before and between them in cell, the former irregularly rounded, the latter rather small ; postmedial lino dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of grey lunules, defined on inner side by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Washington Terr., Mt. llainicr, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Ex]^. 42 millim. *1199. Lasionycta iaconcinna. (Plate LXXX. fig. 1.) Scotogramma inconcinna. Smith, Pr. U.S.Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130. 5 • Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulcc with whitish tips ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area suffused with black ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, grey defined by black, acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black and with fuscous centres, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part obscured by black, the cell before and between them filled in with blackish ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, rather strongly dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, grey, defined on inner side by obscure somewhat dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; traces of a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown and grey. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary, in Coll. Wolley-Dod ; U.S.A., Colorado. Exp. 40 millim. LASIONTCTA. 55 *1200. Lasionycta conjugata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 26.) Scofof/ratnma covjugafa, Smitb, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 41 (1899) ; Djar, Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. 2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulas with black medial band ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white mixed with fuscous ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submediati fold ; antemcdial line strong, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, elongate and extending to postmcdial line ; orbicular and reniforra grey defined by black, the former elongate, acute at extremities and open above and below, the cell between them filled in with black conjoined to some black on costa ; postmedial line black, dentate, with an inward curve from costa to vein 7, where it is angled outwards, strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by a dark patch before it on costa, and the area beyond it slightly darker on costal half, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; an indistinct terminal series of lunules. Hind wing grey sufi'uscd with fuscous ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. J^at. Mus. Ex^p. 40 miUim. *1201. Lasionycta bryoptera. (Flate LXXIX. fig. 27.) j^Jamcstra, hryopfera, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 292, pi. 9. f. 6 (1900) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Head and thorax olive-vcUow mixed with fuscous and grey ; tarsi ringed black and yellow : abdomen ochreous grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing olive-yellow irrorated with black, the veins streaked with grey ; subbasal line double, filled in with grey, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly waved ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniforra moderate, with blackish centres and grey and yellow annuli defined by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent outAvards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyoiul it on costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by blackish suffusion on inner side, somewhat dentate, angled out- wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal scries of black limules ; cilia yellow, with three black lines through them. Hind wing greyish, uniformly suffused with fuscous except the terminal area, which is yellowish ; a dark terminal line; cilia yellow, with a dark line through them; the underside yellow thickly irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hub. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type fin Coll. Piingeler. iS^rp. 38 miilira. 56 N0CTUI5.T:. *1202. Lasionycta lurida. DiantJicecia lurida, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 1. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some white ; tarsi ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen reddish brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Eore wing brown suffused with greenish- yellow scales, especially towards base ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial line, oblique below cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer side, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; the veins of terminal area with pale streaks ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing pale yellow ; traces of a sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal band, the former more distinct on underside ; a fine brown terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. Hah. Tibet, Xuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo. Exp. 36 millim. 1203. Lasionycta scraelingia. FJdogophora sJcrcBlhigia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 57, Noct. f. 624 (1845) ; Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 131, f. 26 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal, p. 159. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore wing blackish irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line black, angled outwards on median nervure aud euding in submedian fold ; ante- Fig. 16. — Lasionycta scrwlingia, cj . \. medial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side, rather oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent LASIONrCT.V. 57 outwards below costa, iucurved below vein 4 and touching lower edge of reniform, some white poiuts beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line represented by a series of whitis^h lunules defined by black marks before and beyond them, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia greyish ; the underside grey thickly irroratcd with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line, Ab. 1. alj^ncola. Bang Haas, ined. Fore wing with patch of orange scales beyond lower extremity of subbasal line ; clavii'orm large and extending to near postmedial line. — Altai. Hah. Sweden ; Lapland ; "W. Siberia, Altai, 1 $ . Exp. 36 miliim. 1204. Lasionycta subfuscula. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 28.) Anarta subfuscida, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soe. N. H. xvi. p. 244 (1873) ; id. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. pi. 1. f. 7 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204. 2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale violaceous grey thickly irrorated with black-brown ; the sub- basal line represented by indistinct dark spots below costa and in and below cell ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with fuscous centre and grey annulus ; a diffused medial shade; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, strongly dentate, and with a series of dark points beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line formed by a series of strongly dentate brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post- medial line. Ilah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, Colorado, 1 5 type. Exp. 34 millira. 1205. Lasionycta sedilis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 29.) Scotogramma sedilis. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 43 (18'J'J) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 150. $ . Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; antenna) ringed with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform 58 NOCTTTIDJE. indistinctly defined by black, elongate, acute at extremity ; orbicular and renit'orm large, the former prominent, whitish defined by black, the latter defined by black on inner side, very indistinctly on outer, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; medial shade pro- minent, black, diff'used, occupying most of median area ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to black and grey streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by a series of dentate black marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle, the area beyond it slightly whiter ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and whitish. Hind Aving fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ; cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial line. Ilal. U.S.A., rtah, Ogden (Snyder), 1 $ , Colorado. £".175. 38 millim. 120G. Lasionycta altaica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 30.) Polia altaica, Bang Haas, ined. List, 47. 2 . Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black ; teguloe with medial black line ; patagia and metathorax edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish grey-white irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line double, waved, black, from costa to vein 1 ; ante- medial line double, the inner line less distinct, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, defined by black: orbicular and reniform white defined by black and Avith fuscous centres, the former round, the latter constricted at middle; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind wing fuscous ; a whitish postmedial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; some white on ternien towards tornus ; cilia white, with a fuscous line through them; the imderside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a slight dark streak in base of cell, discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces of a diff'used subterminal band. Eah. W. SiBUKiA, Altai, 1 $ , type. Exj}. 42 millim. 1207. Lasionycta arietis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 31.) JSIamcsfra arietis, Grote, EiiU. U.S. Geol. & Gcog. Surv. Terr. v. p. 207 (1871)); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. c? . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi and sides of frons blackish ; teguho with slight blackish medial line ; prothoracic crest blackish at base ; patagia outlined by black ; tarsi with white rings : abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore LASIONXCTA. 59 wing white suffused with pale purplish fuscous; a slight yellow streak in submedian fold ; subbasal line double, black filled in with Avhite, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemcdial line black, prominently defined by white on inner side, irregularly waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, slightly defined by black : orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres and white annuli incompletely defined by black ; post- medial line black, prominently defined by white on outer side, irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, and confluent witli lower extremity of reniform ; subterminal line diffused, white, with series of black points on yellowish marks on it, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and incurved in submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused with brown ; a sinuous postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side ; cilia white, with brownish line through them ; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. ]Iah. U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 cJ , type. Exp. 3G-40 millim. 1208. Lasionycta ochracea. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 32.) Xylomiges ochracea, Riley, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 75 (1892) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. $ . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale red-brown ; patagia edged with brown ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish sparsely irrorated with black; the medial area suffused with brown except on costal and inner areas, leaving the veins whitish ; subbasal line black, minutely dentate, curved, from costa to submedian fold, where tliere is some yellow beyond it ; antemedial line black, interrupted, angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, with whitish annulus defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with yellow and whitish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter extending to well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line only defined by dentate yellow marks with black scales on them on inner side and the area beyond it brownish, angled outwards on vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black luuules ; cilia brown intersected with white, and with a dark line through them. Hind wiiig whitish suffused with brown ; a small discoidsil spot; postmedial liiie defined by whitish on outer side and angled inwards in discal fold ; a brown terminal line and line through the cilia ; the underside whit© with black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Cahforiua {Ikhi], 1 2 • ^'^'P- 3f millim. 60 NocTuiDJi;. Genus POLIA. Type, Tolia, Oclis. Scbnielt. Eur. iv. p. 73 (181G), non clescr. ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. f) (1825) cappa. Mamestra, Ochs. Sclimctt. Eur. iv. p. 7t) (ISl*^), non descr. ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 127 (182n) pi'^i. Xan'hia, Ochs Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (ISKl), iioii descr.... liifc<i(jo. Polymixis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 2(»5 (1827) fdhirdinma. Harmodia, Hubn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) compta. Melunchra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) perakaria. Mthria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) serena. Astra pet Is, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) denfiva. Liataraxia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) splendens. Bianthixcia, Boisd. Silberm. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 246 (1834) ... cucnhall. Hecaiera. Guen. Noet. ii. p. 27 (18r)2) dysodea. Aplccta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 74 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non descr nehidoM. Pasfona, Wlk. xv. 1754 (1858) rudis. Maqu-a, Wlk. xxxiv. 1223 (1885) nidis. Meferana, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385 pictida. Haderonia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 320 (1895) mhartichanica. XanthaNa, Berg, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. p. 395 (1894) bitcngo. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; Lead and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with crests ; pectus and tibiae clothed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 5, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I. {Haderonia). Antennas of male bipectinate, with long branches, the apical part serrate. A. Fore wing black-brown with a reddish tinge cuUa. B. Fore wing grey-brown. a. Fore wing with grey annuli to stigmata, a black lunule in submedian fold on inner side of subterminal line... arschanica. b. Fore wing with white annuli to stigmata, a dentate black mark in submedian fold before subterminal line suharschanica. 1209. Polia culta. Mamestra culta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 347; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204. Hadena subviolacea. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 55. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; tegula) with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen dull brown, the anal tuft more ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark red-brown thickly irrorated •with purple-grey ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1, prominently black and filled in with yellow scales below the cell ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black at extremity and below rOLTA. 61 and -wilh some yellow scales in it ; orbicular and reniform Iarj2;e, defined by brown, the former oblique, elliptical, the latter with some black and yellow in its lower extremity ; an indistinct medial line, excurved to vein 2, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, double, higlJy dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line grey, with ])atche3 of yellow scales on small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black luuules. Fig. ll.—ruliacidta, S. f- Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of a pale subterminal line towards tornus ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; termen of both wings crenulate ; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. subviolacea : with most of the patches of yellow scales absent. Bab. W. China, Omeishan, 1 (J type subviolaa'a, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 S, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 5 i Pcnjab, Dalhousie, 1 2 ^J'P® ? Sikhim Tibet, Yatong {Biwjham, Hobson), 2 d , 4 ? . Exp. 46-56 miliim. 1210. Polia arschanica. (Plate LXXX. fig. 2.) Eoss, xvii. p. 78, pi. 2. f. 45 Hadena arschavica, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent (1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 101. S . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulje with dark medial line ; patagia with blackish patch with some white on it: tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey-brown with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante- medial line double filled in with grey, slightly waved, and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former oblique oblong, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous, a browner shade in the cell before and between them ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 62 NOCTUID.'E. line p;rcy, deflnecl on inner side by blackish brown, becoming slight dentate marks at middle and a more prominent patch at submedian fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal scries of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous, with dark medial line and whitish tips; the under- side grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and rather diffused postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins. 2 . Fore wing more uniform grey, with the dark markings reduced. Hah. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 S •, Issyk-kul, Ferghana; E. TuiiKESTAN, Kuldja, 3 d" , 1 $ . Exjp. 38 millim. 1211. Polia subarschanica. (Plate LXXX. fig. 3.) Hadcna subarschanica, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 3:20, pi. 6. f. li^ (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. (5' . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with whitish grey ; tegula) with dark medial line ; patagia with whitisli patch ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing brownish grey ; a diffused, double, waved subbasal line filled in with white, from costa to submedian fold, a yellowish and black mark below it on inner margin ; a double, waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reni- form moderate, with whitish annuli defined by black and their centres with fuscous, the former oblique elliptical, the latter rather narrow ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line white, lunulate, defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, two below costa and one in submedian fold larger, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of a waved whitish subterminal line ; cilia whitish, with fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 J , Amdo. Exp. 36 millim. Sect. II. Antennjic of male bipectinate, with short brandies, the apical part serrate. A. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous -parvula. B. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous. a. Fore wing with the middle area tinged with rufous. a}. Fore wing without black on inner side of the white mark on subteiniinal line in submedian fold ccrvina. I?. Fore wing with the white mark on subterminal line in Bubmediau fold defined by black on inner side hisfralis. h. Fore wing with the medial area not tinged with rufous navia. 03 1212. Polia parvula. (riatc LXXX. fig. 4.) Mamcstra parvula, Horr.-Sehuff. Corresp.-Elatt zool.-iuin. Ver. Eegensb 1868, p. 118. Mamcstra distributa, Mciscbl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 4G (1886). c? . Head and thorax grey strongly tinged with rufous ; palpi black above towards base ; vertex of head and tips of teguloB tinged with green ; tegulae with slight medial line ; patagia with black lino near upper edge ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen palo purplish fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Pore wing greyish suffused with rufous, strongly to postmedial line, a slight greenish tinge at base ; a fine waved subbasal line from costa to submcdian fold ; a black antemedial line excurved below the cell, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, some- times filled in with black, and reaching to or near postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, with rufous centres and paler annuli defined by black, the former round or slightly produced on outer side, the latter rounded ; medial line represented by a striga from costa ; postmedial lino angled inwards below costa, then bent out- wards, dentate at veins 6 and 5, then strongly incurved, the veins beyond it streaked with black, some pale points on costa ; sub- terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of small dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal scries of small rufous lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas sufl^used with fuscous brown ; the cilia white, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown. 5 . More purplish grey and less rufous. Hah. Jamaica (Kat/e), 1 $ ; Cuba, Santiago (ScJiaus), 4 J , 2 5 . Exy. 30-32 millim. 1213. Polia cervina. Mamestra cervina, Smith, Ent. News. Philad. 1898, p. 247 ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegula3 with blackish medial line ; abdomen grey and brown. Fore wing blue-grey slightly tinged with brown ; a few black scales below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by an obscure dark mark on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform represented by a slight black streak on a ])iuk fascia extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black, tlie former rounded, some pink between and beyond them ; traces of a waved medial line obli(|ue from costa to below cell ; postmedial lino dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey, with white spot in G4 NOCTUIDiE. submerlian fold and sometimes some pink scales on its medial part, defined on inner side by a dark patch on costa and on outer by some small black spots ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked witli black, a terminal series of black strioB ; cilia dark brown and Fig. 18. — VoUa cervina, (^ . \. grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards inner margin ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous post- medial line. Hah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 S • Exp. 32 millim. 1214. Polia lustralis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.) Dinnfhoecia lustralis, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 223(1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 11.^). Tcpniocampa snfftisa, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 474 (1887); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with bluish white ; tarsi with ■white rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Pore wing red-brown, suffused and irrorated with bluish white except on disk, the sub- median fold rufous on medial area ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1, defined by white on outer side ; antomedial line oblique, waved, angled in wai'ds in cell and on vein 1, defined by white on inner side ; claviform small, slightly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform rather small, bluish white defined by brown and with a few brown scales at centre, the former round ; post- medial line minutely dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line bluish white, defined by brown beyond it in discal fold and on both sides in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark strige ; cilia grey, with a dark line through them. Hind wing brown, yellowish towards base ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside white, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal point and slightly curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada; U.S.A., Eastern States to Virginia, 2 c?, New York, Adirondacks, Wisconsin, 1 $ type, Colorado. E.vj). 3G millim. POLIA. 65 *1215. Polia naevia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.) 3famesira ncevia, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 248 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. (S . Dirty grey suffused with fuscous ; head blackish ; tegulae yellowish grey at base and with medial black line ; patagia with black line near edges. Fore wing with the subbasal line double, ending at the short black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with grey, excurved ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular large, with whitish annulus defined by black, oblique elliptical, and touching antemedial line ; reniform large and touching postmedial line above and below, ill-defined ; medial shade only visible at costa ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, the inner line minutely waved, the outer even, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line pale, defined on each side by lackish, most prominently towards inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7, slightly excurved at middle, and angled inwards at sub- median fold ; a terminal series of black strite ; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous, with darker terminal line; cilia whitish at base; the underside grey with dark irroration, a discoidal spot and waved postmedial line. Bab. U.S.A., Colorado. Exj). 30 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. Sfx'T. III. Antennae of male with very short fasciculate branches ending iu a bristle, the apical part serrate. A. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black, no distinct pale fascia from it to termen detracia. B. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with black, a distinct pale fascia from it to termen neoierica. 121G. Polia detracta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 6.) Hadcna, ddmcta, Wlk. xi. 752 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116, Mamestra claviplena, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 194 (1873). (S . Head and thorax dark red-brown nnxed with grey ; tegulce with black medial line ; patagia black at tips ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brown, the dorsal crests black at tips, the ventral surface irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey ; a black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold tilled in with grey ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular and reniform fjrey defined by black and their centres ])y brown, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurvi-d, some pule points beyond it ou VOL. V. J.- 66 NOCTUIT)^, costa ; subterminal line grey, defined on each side bj' some black scales, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of terminal are;i with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black stria; ; cilia brown and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside pale irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line, 5 . Darker and much less suffused with grey. Bah. Canada ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Trenton Falls ( DonhJer(ai/\ 1 c? type, Evans Centre (Grofe\ 2 c? , 1 $ , type ehivipJma, New Jersey, "Wisconsin, Virginia, New Mexico. E.vj^. 34 millim. Larva. Head brown, with dark brown reticulations and curved vertical bands. Body narrower in front, joint 12 enlarged. Eeddish brown, finely marbled on a luteous ground. Dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, narrow, obscured. Cervical shield shining brownish black, cut by dorsal and subdorsal distinct pale-yellow lines, the part of the shield below the subdorsal line luteous. Spiracles black ; feet of the colour of body, — H. G. D. 1217. Folia neoterica. Mamestra neoterica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. 1898, p. 244 ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. (5 . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tegulae with blackish medial lino ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black-brown ; a rather ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; an indistinct waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on outer side; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate, rather indistinctly defined by black, and with a brownish-white fascia from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reuiform with Fig. Id.— Folia neoterica, c?. \. brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter sometimes with ill-defined pale fascia beyond it ; postmedial line rather indistinct, crcnulate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on cc'sta ; sub- terminal line grey, defined on inner side by very indistinct black POLTA. 67 marks and by a dark patch on eosta, angled outwards at vein 7 and exciirved at middle, the area beyond it somewhat darker ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale at tips ; the ui'derside grey irrorated with brown, an indistinct discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. Bah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 c? . Eay. 32 millim. Sect. IV. Auteimie of male serrate and fasciculate. A. Protlioras with divided crest. «. Fore wing grey-white irrorated witli fuscous discalis. h. Fore wing more or less strongly tinged with brown. «.'. Fore wing whitish suifused and irrorated with brown imhrijera. h^. Fore wing purplish-grey suffused and irrorated with browu. a^. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown, a''. Fore wing witb the reniforui angled inwards on median nervure v lu/aHtf. IP. Fore wing with the reniforni not angled in- wards on median nervure lavguida. 1-. Hind wing entirely tinged with brown. a^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on med ian nervure Jnnci macula. h^. Fore wing with the reniiorm not angled in- wards on median uei-vure ptirpurissata. (^ , Fore wing grey-bro wu crotchi. 1218. Polia discalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 7.) Mamesfra discalis, Grote, U.S. Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii. p. 707 (1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. Bluish white ; head, thorax, and abdomen with black mixed ; tegulae with blackish medial line ; patagia tipped with blackish. Fore wing thickly irrorated with black ; a double dentate subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an antemedial line defined by white on inner side and angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; elaviform small, defined by black or absent ; orbicular and reni- form large, defined by blackish and with blackish suffusion between them, the former round or elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and extending to below cell ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 3 ; subtcrrainal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with small dentate dark marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, slightly irrorated with fuscous especially towards tcrmen ; the veins brownish ; a fine dark terminal line ; the under- side with postmedial series of points on the veins. Bab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( iVoUt'i/-Dod), 1 5 , Br. Columbia, Sicamon's Junction (Mias Micardo), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado, Clear Creak Canon, 1 $ type, (J?n<cf) 1 $ , Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 J, 1-2 (J8 KOCTUID^. 2 5 , Xew 3Iexico, AlLiUjUerque (OJar), 1 J , 2 5- ^-W' 58 millim. Larva (Original). — Head shining brown with dark brown reticu- lations, the u])i)cr vertical band broad. Body cjiindrical, uniform, dull brown, indefinitely shaded with blackish ; abroad diffuse dorsal baud, faintly widened into quadrate patches on the segments, containing a broken yellowish-white dorsal line; a narrow trans- verse dusky bar on joint 12. Blackish oblicine stripes extend upward and backward from the s])irack's, ill-defined. No shields. A general feeder, adapted for concealment on the ground. — H. G. D. 1219. Polia imbrifera. (Blate LXXX. fig. 8.) Ai)lectaimhrifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 76 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with black medial line ; patagia with whitish patches ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey, largely or almost entirely suffused with brown and irrorated with black; a double black subbasal line, interrupted at cell and connected with base by a slight streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line defined bv whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inw^ards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brownish centres and whitish anuuli defined by black, tlie former round ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then dentate ; post- medial line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; postmedial area whitish towards subterminal line, Avhieh is whitish defined on inner side by an irregular series of dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind v\ing whitish suffused with dark brown especially on terminal area ; the some- what dentate postmedial line defined by pale cohmr on outer side ; cilia pale ; the underside paler, with dark discoidal luuule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Uah. Canaua ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Xew York, Trenton Falls ( Donhleday), 2 c? , 1 $ ,type, Evans Centre, 2 c? , 2 $ , Colorado. Exp. 54 millim. *1220. Polia nugatis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 9.) Mamcstra nugatis, Smith, Ent. NewsPhikd. ix. p. 240 (18U8); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 15(i. 2 , Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; tegulte with medial black line ; patagia with some black scales near uj)per edge ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base, greyish at extremity. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, some fouA. 69 ochreoa3 white in submedian fold from base to claviform and in discal fold from i-eniform to near snbterminal line ; a bbick streak below base of cell ; snbliasal line obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, strongl}' angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin, and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform elongate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter emitting a long spur inwards on median nervure to helow former; a diffused blackish fascia in and below lower end of cell from lower augle to subterminal line ; a whitish streak from claviform to subterminal line and slight streaks above veins 2 and 3 ; postraedial line only traceable at costa and towards inner margin, where it is dentate; subterminal line white, deHned by fuscous brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, to termen at veins 4, .'3, and inwards in discal and subterminal folds ; a terminal series of black lunules ; a fine whitish, line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, ^Montana, Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 46 mi Him. 1221. Polia languida. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 6.) Mamestra languida. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. See. xxi. p. 54, pi. ii. f. fi (1894) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. Ibb. Head and thorax purple-grey with some blackish irroration ; frons with black band ; tegula3 tipped with white ; abdomen pale brownish grey. Eore wing purple-grey irrorated with fuscous ; a dark shade on costal area and in cell to postmedial line, becoming bright rufous beyond the cell; subba^^al and antemedial lines repre- sented by blackish points on costa ; claviform very small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with rather pale centres defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from below costa to vein 5 and towards inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and strongly dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish ; the under- side white irrorated with black. Ilah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Odar), 1 d , 1 ?• Ei'p. 37 millim. 1222. Polia juncimacula. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.) Mamestra juncimacula. Smith, Eull. J3rooklyn Ent. Soc. v. p. ('u (1882); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.51. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tcgula; with medial black line ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; <0 'HOCTVIDJE. abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, and with some rufous at base of costa and inner margin, in submedian fold, and in discal fold from middle of cell to near siibterminal line ; a slight black streak at base of rein 1 followed by others on subcostal and median nervures and in submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, gre}"^, strongly angled outwards below costa and in submedian fold, inwards on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1 ; claviform small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former irregularly obIi(]ue elliptical, with dark point at centre, the latter a large narrow lunule, with brown line at centre and with its lower edge angled inwards on median nervure to the orbicular ; jjostmedial line very indistinct, dentate, with darker points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by rufous, with irregular rather dentate black marks, longest below veins 5 and 2, the line angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing white, with traces of diffused subterminal band or wholly suffused and irrorated with brown ; the underside with the costal and termiiial areas irrorated with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 $, Durango {Oslai-), 1 J. Exjy. 54 millim. 1223. Polia purpurissata. Eurois purpurissata, Grote, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 82, pi. 1. f. 5 (1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. Mamestra crydina, Djar, Can. Eiit. 1904, p. 32. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; frons Avitli two black bars ; teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with brown, and suffused with dark brown Fig. 20. — Folia imrpurissata, (^ . \. on costal area and in cell ; an indistinct ])ale subbasal line inter- rupted at cell and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in Avith grey, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards POLIA, 71 above inner margin ; traces of a small claviform defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former moderate, round, often with dark point in centre, the latter large, with its centre defined by fuscous and with some rufous beyoud it ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ; l)ostmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line grey, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark reddish-brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing reddish brown, darker towards termen ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irro- rated with brown, a dark discoidal point, punctiform postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band, Hab. Canada, Renfrew Co., (5 (^,3 $, Alberta, Calgary ( TFoZZ^y- Dod), 1 (S ,Br. Columbia, Kaslo ; U.S.A., JN'.E. and Middle States, Massachusetts, iJaffalo, 1 c5' , New York (Hill), 1 $ , Utah. Exp. 44-58 milim. Larva (Original). — Head light brown, the usual darker reticu- lations ill-defined but large and confluent. Body cylindrical, uniform, dull brown, the markings faint and nearly obsolete. Cervical shield and anal plate darker, not chitiuized. Dorsal and lateral darker geminate lines, and a broad pale substigmatal band with darker edges, are very faintly traceable. Spiracles black. A general feeder on low plants. — H. G. D. 1224. Polia crotchi. (Plate LXXX. fig. 11.) Mamesfra crofchii, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Eut. S(jc. iii. p. 29 (1880) ; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116. Maineslra fuscidoita. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 213 (1891). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegulae with medial black line ; patagia with some black scales above ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown, the dorsal crests large. Fore wing grey suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; a subbasal black streak above inner margin ; ante- medial line obsolete ; claviform defined by black, very elongate and pointed at extremity, its lower edge running back towards base and downcurved ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, open towards base or outer side or both, the latter angled inwards on median nervure and dilated below the cell, sometimes connected with former ; traces of a minutely dentate ])0stmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, 1, defined by dentate black marks on inner side at middle and by the area beyond it being darker except at apex ; the veins streaked with black towards termen ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal two-thirds paler; cilia white 72 XOCXUlDiE. mixed with brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule. Ab. l.fuxcuhnfa: darker. Hab. U.S.A., Oregon (Crotch), 2 c? , 1 2 , type, Colorado, 1 c? , Glenwood Springs {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 § , California. Exp., (S 38, 2 42 millim. B. Prothorax with spreading erest. a. Fore wing witli black streak below base of cell. a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the lower end of reniform. «-. Fore wing with the elaviform large and elongate ... proxima. b-. Fore wing with the elaviform short and broad griseaia. b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line separate frona the reui form orientalis. b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a^. Fore wing with the jjostmedial line incurved below yein 6 oriza. b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 5. a'"^. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight in sub- median interspace, the reniform angled inwards on median uervure rubeiis. b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved in sub- median interspace, the reniform not angled inwards on median nervure lepidula. c^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved or oblique below vein 4. a-. Fore wing with the antemedial line obliquely curved, distincta. b~. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved. a^. Fore wing with naore or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond the elaviform. a*. Fore wing with distinct white patch on inner area beyond the postmedial line litcrata. b*. Fore wing without distinct white patch on inner area beyond the postmedial line , lutcago. b^. Fore wing without pale dentate patch beyond the elaviform. «'. Fore wing with the ground-colonr pale ochreous brown. «\ Fore wing not suffused with fuscous, the markings indistinct canifics, b"". Fiivf wing suffused with fuscous, the markings blue k discolor. b^. Fore wing with the ground-colonr rufous or pale reddish brown. u^. Fore wing with the terminal area darker than the ground-colour. a°. Fore wing with the reniform concave on inner side detcrminafa. b". Fore wing with the reniform convex on inner side. n''. Fore wing pale rufous coltimhia. b''. Fore wing rufous tinged with dark brown mcditata. b*. Fore wing with the medial area paler than the ground-colour. «'. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous ... leucogramma. a*. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brow n juuhusa. POI.TA. 73 c*. Fore \vin2; with the ground-coloui- dark grey. a*. Foi'e wing tinged with purple. a". Fore wing with white .spot oil reniforni ... orisabcna. b°. Fore wing without white spot on reniform. a''. Fore wing without red suffusion in discal and subiuedian folds, reniform convex on inner side h)-acMola. b'. Fore wing with red suffusion in discal and subnaedian folds, reniform concave on inner side ruhrifusa. h". Fore wing not tinged with purple. a*^. Fore wing with the reniform angled in- wards on median nervure lomhrosa. b^. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median nervure. a?. Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than the ground-colour. d^. Fore wing without pale patch on inner area before subterminal line plicafa. 6*. Fore wing with pale patch on inner area before subterminal line gnaia. b"^. Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the ground-colour xclaina. d^. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive- brown tcnehra. e*. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey or whitish. w'. Fore wing with the orbicular minute, indis- tinct ■piisilla. i*. Fore wing with the orbicular large. a°. Fore wing with white points on lower ex- tremity of reniform. a? . Fore wing with hardly any ochreous tinge, and with distinct dentate fuscous marks before subterminal line scrraiilinca. b''. Fore wing with distinct ochreous tinge, the dentate marks before subterminal line indistinct ; size larger spalax. b^. Fore wing without white points on lower extremity of reniform insole its. 1225. Polia proxima. Nociua proxima,-B.nhn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 409 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 264, pi. 89. f. 5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Haclena cana, Ev. Bull. Mo.sc. Soc. 1841, i. p. 29, pi. 3. ff. 7, 8 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Koct. f. 82. Hadena ochrostigma, Ev. Bull. Mosc. Soc. 1842, iii. p. 545 ; Herr.-Scluiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 165, 166. Noctua extensa, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 231 (1844). Head and ttorax blue-grey mixed with black-brown ; tegulte with medial blackish line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown or dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, filled in with blne-grcy, waved from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line douljlo, excurved in interspaces, bent inwards in cell and angled inwards on vein 1 \ chiviform defined /4 KOCTUID^, by black, largo and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli defined by black, open above, the former oblique elliptical, the latter large ; a waved medial shade ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, inwardly oblique below vein 6 and touching reniform and claviform, slightly angled outwards on vein 1, the veins beyond it streaked Avith black and with a series of white points on them ; subterminal line grey, slightly defined on each side by brown, with a more prominent patch with white points on it on inner side at costa, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown in- tersected with white. Hind wing reddish brown, with fine dark terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside white, thecostal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and slightly waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. ochrostigma. Fore wing with slight fulvous spots beyond claviform and reniform. Ab. 2. extensa. Fore wing with the medial area suffused wdth black. Ab. 3. cana. More uniform brownish grey, the markings less distinct. Ab. 4. vniformis. Fore wing obscure grey, almost uniform in colour. — Ulliassutai. Hub. Germany, Silesia, Bohemia, Saxony ; Switzkeland, Valais, Zeller & Frey Colls, ; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll, ; Kussia, Finland, Leech Coll,, Urals, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E, Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Amurland. Exp. 32-40 millim. *1226. Polia griseata, (Plate LXXXVI, fig, 7.) Mamesfra griseata, Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas, xxii. p. 467 (1900); Dyar, Cat, Lep. N, Am. p. lot). Head and thorax purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; head "with blackish tuft between antennae ; tegulaB with blackish medial line; patagia edged with black on outer side; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; a brownish shade on medial area and on outer part of postmedial and terminal areas except at apex ; subbasal line double, blackish, interrupted ; a sliglit black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line greyish, not defined by black, excurved ; claviform defined by black, short, broad, acute ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey annuli defined hj black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal line white, defined by the dark shading on each side of it, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold ; a fine dark line at base of cilia, which are grey intersected with fuscous. Hind w ing fuscous, paler at base ; the cilia whitish ; the underside paler grey irroratcd with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and curved post- medial baud. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Hall Valley. Exp., J 30, $ 23 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from tjpe iu U.S. Nat. Mus. 1227. Polia orientalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 12.) Dianthtj:cia orientalis, Alph. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Eoss. xvii. p. 71, pi. 2. f. 52 (1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IGl. Bianthxcia uniformis, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 256 (1896). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish except at tips ; tegulse with two dark lines ; patagia edged witli black above; tarsi with white rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with bi'own ; a Avaved black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by black stria) from costa and cell, defined by whitish on outer side ; antemcdial line oblique, waver], defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white anuuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical, the area between and beyond them suffused with brown ; traces of a curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark streaks interrupted by pale points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa and a ])ale oblique band arising from apex ; subterminal line whitish, defined by slight somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side and some fuscous on outer, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins -1, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. uniformis. Fore wing more uniform brownish grey.— Mongolia. JIab. W. Turkestan, Tura, 1 d , 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai Mts., Urga, 1 d • Exp. 34 millim. 1228. Polia oriza. Cel(Bna ori::a, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 26. f. 28 (1889). S • Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with white ; tcgula) yellowish at base and tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen rufous mixed with white. Fore wing wliitish, mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial area, darker red-brown ; subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, angled outwards at median nervure and defined by white on outer side ; the antemedial line double filled in with white, strongly angled outwards below costa, then very oblique and sinuous ; orbicular white with rufous tinge iu centre, V-shaped, open above, '6 jjoc'tuid.t:. its lower extremity connected by a white fascia with the reniform, which is U-shaped, open above, with brown centre and white annulus ; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongljf bent outwards below costa, incurved, oblique and slightly sinuous below vein 6, joining the antemedial line above inner margin, some diffused white on its outer edge and some white points on costa ; subtermiual lino only defined by the area beyond it being Fig. 21. — ToUa orha, cJ. \. more purplish grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle, joined by an oblique dark streak from termen below apex; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with red-brown, a rufous terminal line ; the underside with tbe costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 (S type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Ea-j). 30 millim. 1229. Polia rubens. Celana rubens, Druce, Eiol. Ceutr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 274, pi. 26. f. 25 (1889). Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with a few white scales ; tegulae with black line near tips ; jxitagia partly edged with black ; abdomen dark purplish brown. Fore wing purple-brown suffused with grey ; an olive-green streak in eubmedian fold to postmedial line ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with grey, waved, from costa to subraedian fold, where it is connected with base by a black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, strongly angled outwards below costa, then obliquely waved and bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform more or less elongate, strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with white annuli slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with yellowish centre, narrow, stronglj'^ angled inwards on median nervure, slightly in female ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, oblique from below costa to vein o, then strong!}- incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it greyish, shading to rufous before the grey subtermiual line, which is prominent, angled inwards below costa and in submedian fold, outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine grey line at base of cilia. Hind wing while, the costal area tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas rOT.TA. also in female; a fine terminal brown line; the iindersifle with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and trace.^ of a curved postmedial line. If ah. Mexico city (Godman, Hoec/e), 1 c? , 1 $ , Jalapa (//^o^^ej, 1 (S tj'pe, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp., c? 28, $ 32 millim. 1230. Polia lepidula. Maniestra kpidula, Smith, Proe. U.S. JN'at. Mus. x. p. 463 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Aui. p. 115. Celcena perta, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 2G. f. 26 (1889). 5 . Head and thorax bright rufous, tegulae and patagia edged with grey, the scales on vertex of bead and thorax tipped with grey ; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing ferruginous and bright chestnut; the costal area except at base, the medial area except beyond the reniform and between cell and submedian fold, and the terminal area darker brown ; a nearly straight subbasal chestnut line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on outer side ; the antemedialline defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform minute, defined by chestnut ; orbicular grey, oblique obloi\g or elliptical ; reniform whitish, diffused above and with small dark brown spot on it at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below tosta, excurvcd to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it dark brown ; cilia chequered reddish brown and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the cilia yellowish white ; the under- side white irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Texas, California, Los Angeles ; Mexico, Las Vigas {Hoege), 1 § i)-]ie per ta, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim. 1231. Polia distincta. Achatia (Listbwta, Hiibn. Saiiiml. Ex. Schmett. i. ))1. 194 (1827) ; Grote & Eob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 107, pi. iii. f. 72 ; Suiith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116. Dicopis vith, French, Can. Eut. xi. p. 76 (1879). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; palpi black at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulsB with black medial line and dark tips ; patagia edged above with black scales : tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double white stria; from costa and cell ; antcincdial line double tilled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved, its inner [)art pale 78 NOCTtriDJE. olive below the cell and also its outer part below vein 1 ; elaviform short and broad, defined by black and with a black streak from it to postraedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, grey tinged with reddish brown and defined by black, the former rounded, open above and below, the latter extending to below cell, the cell before and between them and the area below it suffused with brown ; traces of a medial line angled outwards below costa and on median nervurc and inwards to antemedial line above vein 1 ; postmedial line double filled in with white, somewhat dentate and ]troduced to slight points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line irregularly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some sranll dentate black marks defined by olive and fuscous suffusion beyond it except at apex and toruus and by a patch before it between veins 3, 4 ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal series of small triangular black marks ; cilia chequered olive and white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with dark discoidal point and curved puuctiform postmedial line. Hab. Canada ; U.S.A., E. States, 1 c? , 1 2 , Illinois, Central States, Texas, Dallas {Boll), 2 (5 , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim. Larva. Marten, Tr. Dept. Agr. 111. 18, app. 136 (1880). Head green. Body green marked with greenish white; a faint dorsal line edged with dark green, subdorsal line distinct, stigmatal line faint.— H. G. D. *1232. Polia literata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 13.) Cucullia literata, Fisch. de Waldheim, Bull. Mosc. 1840, i. p. 86, pi. 3. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. $ . Head and thorax grey and dark broken mixed ; tegulae with dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown. Fore wing whitish, almost entirely suft'used with ochreous brown, dark brown, and some grey, leaving patches of white below the cell beyond subbasal line, as a dentate mark beyond the elaviform and on inner area beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique from costa to below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 : elaviform defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former white, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and white annulus ; postmedial line black defined by white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale defined by brown on inner side, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, towards which it is slightly defined by black, the area beyond it greyer ; a terminal series of black lunules : cilia \\ ith a black line at base. Hind wing reddish POLIA. 79 brown irrorated with grey ; cilia whitish, with a brown line tlirough them ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. S. llussrA, Sarepta, in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 46 millim. 1233. Folia luteago. Nocfua luteago, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 8() (1777) ; Hiibn. Samnil. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 184 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 24(>, pi. 23. ff. 3, 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Noctua brunneago, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 106. ff. 2, .3 (1796). Kodua argillacea, Hiibn. Sainml. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. .590 (1827). Noctuo^ olhicna, Geyer, Satuml. Eur. Scbiuett., Noct. ff. 829, 830 (1834). Dianfh(ecia harrdtii, H. Doubl. Ent. Ann. 1864, p. 124, f. 3. Diantha-cia andalusica, Staud. Stelt. ent. Zeit. 1859, ji. 214 ; Eamb. Cat. Lep. S. And. pi. xi. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Head and thorax yellow mixed with fulvous ; abdomen fulvous yellow. Fore wing yellow, suffused in part with fulvous, especially on costal and medial areas; subbasal line pale, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, the inner line Fig. 22.— Folia luteago, c? . \. indistinct ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by rufous, with more or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and reniforra well-developed, yellow defined by rufous and with slight brownish centres, the former rounded ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyoud it rather darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small dark luruiles ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing yellow suft'used with fuscous brown ; the underside yellow irrorated with brown ; a discoidal lunule and ctirved postmedial line. Ab. 1. arf/i.llacea. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; fore wing grey suffused with dark brown, especially on medial area ; the markings black ; a black mark below base of cell bisected by the subbasal line ; claviform connected with postmedial line by a dark streak ; orbicular, rcniform, and a 80 NOCTTJTDJ-:. patch on base of vein 2 gvej : hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous white. Hah. Bkitain, Ireland, Leech Coll.; Guernsei {F. E. Lowe); France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Austria, Zeller & Leech Colls. ; Spain, Andalusia, Castille; Corsica; Lxalt ; Algeria ; Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 34-44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 2()1, pi. 165. f. 2. Pale ochreous with a slight pinkish tinge ; dorsal line indistinct, fuscous ; head reddish pink with blackish markings. Food-plants : roots of Silene muritima and injlata. 7-9. 1234. Polia canities, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 14.) cJ . Head and thorax pale brownish white irrorated with dark brown ; pal}»i banded with fuscous ; abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous brown sparsely irrorated with white ; traces of a double subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform faintly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform almost obsolete, defined by a few yellow and dark scales, the former round ; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent oittwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line formed by a series of very obscure yellowish and dark lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and escurved at middle ; fine pale lines at base and through middle of cilia. Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside with discoidal point, curved postmedial line, and terminal fuscous band. Uah. U.S.A., California, 1 S • Exj_^. 32 millim. 1235. Polia discolor. (Plate LXXX. fig. 15.) Scotoijramma discolor. Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. \ii. p. 42 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. cJ . Head and thorax clothed with pale reddish broAvn and black scales and hairs ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown mixed with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, almost entirely irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line repre- sented by an oblique scries of three groups of black scales ; ante- medial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very obscurely defined by black ; orbicular round, very indistinct, with pale annulus ; reniform represented by an obscure X-shaped black mark ; postmedial line irregularly dentate and formed by a series of black lunules, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub- terminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate black rOLTA.. 81 marks, angled outwards afc vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside paler, irro rated with brown and black, a black discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S • Exp. 30 millim. 1236. Polia determinata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.) Mamestra determinata, Smith, Proc. U.S.Nat. Miis. xiv. p. 209(1891); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. (S . Head and thorax reddish brown and grey, the scales tipped with grey ; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous whitish, suffused and irrorated with rufous, most strongly on medial area; the median nervure, the costal area beyond antemedial line, and the terminal area dark brown irrorated with white ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line single, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter concave towards base and with fuscous spot in its lower extremity ; traces of a waved medial lino ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with reddish brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia white, with a strong brown line through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? , foothills (Brace), in Coll. Schaus. Eap. 34 millim. 1237. Polia Columbia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 17.) T(/>niocampa Columbia, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 472 (1887) ; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202. S . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ; abdomen reddish ochreous, sometimes darker, with the anal tuft redder, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with grey ; the lines rather indistinct, the veins with brownish streaks ; traces of a subbasal lino from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then waved ; orbicular and reniform moderate, greyisli defined by rufous, the former round, the lat(er with some fuscous in lower part; a medial rufous shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved VOL. V. Q 82 XOCTUID^. below vein 4 ; some grey points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line pale, defined by the area beyond it being greyer, excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind wing brownish ochreous, browner towards termen ; the cilia ochreoua at base, then with brown line and whitish tips ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a disooidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( WoUey~Dod), 5 S , K^.W. Br. Columbia. Ea-2J. 34 millim. 1238. Polia meditata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 18.) Dianfhoecia meditata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 104 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. Head and thorax dark red-brown more or less strongly irrorated with grey ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft of male paler. Pore wing red-brown, sufiuscd with fuscous and slightly irrorated with grey ; traces of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with greyish annuli incompletely defined by brown, the former rather obliijue elliptical ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being somewhat darker and suffused with grey, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of terminal area dark ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark brown, sometimes yellowish towards base ; cilia with fine pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area sometimes tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada (Norman), 1 J; U.S.A., Eastern States to Vir- ginia and Mississippi, 1 c? , 1 $ , type, Kansas. Exp. 34 millim. Larva. Head brown, with broad curved black bands in front and black reticulations. Body sordid reddish brown, dorsal space broadlv paler, enclosing dorsal rounded lozenge-sliaped dark patches ; sides dark ; lines obscurely indicated, the substigraatal broad, scarcely paler than ground-colour. Cervical shield shining black, luteous-dotted centrally and cut by distinct dorsal and more diffuse subdorsal orange lines. Feet black. Tubercles minute. — H. G. D. 1239. Polia leucogramma. (Plate LXXX. fig. 19.) Dianthoecia leucogramma, Grote. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liO (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. (S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen reddish brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with black ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to POLIA. 83 submedian fold filled in with grey; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved and angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; cla\iform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black and with some grey in centres, the former round ; a medial black shade darkening the cell between the stigmata ; jiost- medial line double filled in with whitish, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some small dentate dark marks between veins 5 and 1, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; some white suffusion on terminal area ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing brown, darker towards termen ; cilia white, with brown line at base ; the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., California, 1 c^ , Grote Coll. Exp. 32 millim. *1240. Polia mohosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 20.) Hecatera mohosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 412 (1897). J . Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, black, and white scales ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen grey-brown, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, largely suffused with rufous and in parts with fuscous ; the veins streaked with fuscous and white ; a double, waved, black Bubbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved antemedial line angled outwards below costa and excurved above inner margin ; claviforra black ; orbicular with ruibus centre and white anuulus defined by black, rather small, rounded ; reniform with white centre defined by brown and white annulus defined by black, angled inwards on median nervure ; the postmedial lino dentate and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent out- wards below costa and inwards below vein 4, then defined by whitish on outer side; some white points on costa towards apex; the subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it grey irrorated with fuscous ; a ter- minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal half; the cilia whitish: the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Jfab. EcuADOK, Loja, typefc? in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 20 millim. *1241. Polia orizabena. (Plate LXXX. fig. 21.) JJa/Jena orisabena, Scliau.s, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) : Druce, Biol. Centj.-Am., Het. ii. p. 5G8. J . Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with purplish G 2 8-1 ^•oc•TUID.E. fuscous ; tarsi -with pale pinkish rings ; abdomen purplish pink, brown towards extremity, the basal crest dark. Fore wing black- brown suffused with puplish pink and with a grey gloss ; an in- distinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with paler colour, angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then recurved to inner margin ; the medial area rather darker ; the claviform very ob- scurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, the former greyish, the latter rather concave towards base, with pinkish an- nulus and ])rominent white spot on its outer edge ; the postuiedial line indistinctly double tilled in with pinkish, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below vein 4 to near antemedial line, some pale points beyond it on costa : the subterminal line represented by whitish points on black streaks extending to termen, the terminal area rather darker; some pinkish points at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous white suffiised with brown, the area below the cell whiter ; a terminal series of dark strite ; the underside with the costal area tinged with pink, a black discoidal spot and waved postmedial lide. Hab. Mexico. Orizaba, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30 millim. 1242. Polia brachiola. (Plate LXXX. fig. 22.) Mamestra hrachiolum, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 6 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. i. p. 123. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey ; tegulse with slight black medial line. Fore Aving grey suffused and irroratc'd witli black-brown and with a slight purplish tinge ; a waved subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on outer side ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, angled inwards in cell and tilled in with grey ; claviform very small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, incom- pletely above, the former small or moderate, rounded ; an indistinct waved medial line, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; post- medial line double, dentate, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the postmedial area grey except at costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus, with some black marks on inner side from vein 5 to inner margin, slightly defined by black on outer side ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base in male ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 cJ , 1 $ , type, xirizona. Exp. 34 millim. < '.r ^■■'^'! roLIA. 85 1243. Polia rubrifusa, u. sp. (Plate LXXX. tig. 23.) (5'. Head aud thorax fuscous mixed with some black, the scales tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brown mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing dark grey thickly irrorated and suffused with black and with a slight purplish tinge ; the inner and postmedial areas tinged with vinous red, tlie discal and subraedian folds on medial area suffused with deep red ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ; clavifbrm absent ; orbicular aud reniform small, reddish with slight white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter concave on inner side and with some fuscous in its lower part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to veiu 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa on a fuscous patch extending to subterminal line, which is pale reddish defined on inner side by minute dentate brown marks and by some fuscous on outer, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine terminal black line ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing pale suffixsed with brown, the terminal half dark brown ; the cilia brown at base, whitish at tii)s ; the under- side white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal luuule and curved postmedial line. I/ab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Bculah, 1 c5' . -Et^J. 34 millim. *1244. Polia umbrosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 24.) Seotograynma umhrosa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 470(1887) ; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, l;30. 5 . Head and thorax blackish mixed with grey ; frons with black bar ; teguke with ill-defined dark medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown nuxed with grey. Fore wing grey mostly suft'used and irrorated with fuscous brown, the medial area rather daiker ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double tilled in with whitish, waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavitorni moderate, indistinctly defined by black and with some pale reddish brown beyond its extremity : orbicular and reniform with indistinct greyish annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure aud with a faint reddish tinge before and beyond it ; traces of a waved medial line ; post- medial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins,, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some wbite points beyond it on costa ; subtermiiud lino wliite, hardly defined on imuT side. 86 NOCTUIDiE. minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with a brown line through them. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous, especiiilly on the veins and terminal area ; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside white, the costal and termiual areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34 millim. 1245. Polia plicata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 25.) Mamestra plicata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 243 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155. Mamestra negvssa, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 219 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing gvey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; the cell and area just beyond and below it tinged with rufous ; the veins with some- what darker streaks ; an indistinct subbasal line defined hy grey on outer side, angled outwards in cell and extending to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey ; claviform small, grey indistinctly defined by brown, or rather larger and better defined ; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; traces of an oblique waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey-brown with fine dark terminal line ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {WoUey-Dod), 1 J , 1 5 ; U.S.A., Colorado in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 40 millim. *1246. Polia gnata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 8.) Mamestra gnata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smitl^, Cat. Noct. N.Am. p. 116. S ■ Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulte with black medial line ; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing dark grey suffused with yellowish brown ; the lines double ; subbasal line indistinct ; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique from costa to median nervure ; claviform defined by black, small ; orbi- cular and reniform well developed, with pale annuli defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; a slight medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely waved, l)enl outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the i'OLlA. 87 area beyond it grej'er, with a prominent pale patch on inner area before subterniinal line, which is pale defined by the area beyond it being darker, incurved at discal and submcdian folds. Hind wing white, the veins and termeu tinged with brown ; the under- side with dark irroration. Huh. U.S.A., New Mexico, Arizona. E.rp. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. *1247. Polia selama. Mamestra selama, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous tinged with grey. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with grey and with a silky texture ; the markings black defined by grey ; no black streak below base of cell ; claviform absent ; terminal area grey ; an indistinct black terminal line ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; cilia whitish, with a dark line through them. Bab. U.S.A., Texas. Exj). 28 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1248. Polia tenebra, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig, 26.) J' . Read and thorax brown mixed with white and black scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with grey and slightly tinged in parts with dull olive; subbasal line double, waved, interrupted at middle, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line irregularly waved, oblique, defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, with white annulus, the latter indistinct, irregular ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmcdial line defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish and fuscous with a black line at base. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darkest, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmcdial line, and some terminal lunules ; cilia whitish with a dark line near base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown. Hab. Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 d type. Exi>. 30 millim. 88 NocTTJin^T:. *1249. Polia pusilla. (Plate LXXX. fig. 28.) Thargelia ptisilla, Piinj?. Iris, xiii. p. 118, pi. iv. f. 10 (1000); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 254, add. S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grej'-white mixed with pale olive-brown and black ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey- white snfFused with olive-brown and irrorated Avith fuscous ; the subbasal line represented by an obscure striga from costa and two from cell ; antomedial line very oblique and rather irregular from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards to the postmedial line above inner margin, defined by whitish on inner side ; claviform an ill-defined whitish mark ; orbicular a small ill- defined whitish mark with dark point at centre ; reniform whitish, ill-defined except on inner side, where its centre and circumference are defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with white, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line formed by a series of whitish and dark dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing whitish, uniformly suffused with fuscous : cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated w ith brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Tkanscaspia, Askhabad, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim. 1250. Polia serratilinea. Mamestra serratHinea, Ti-eit. Schniett. Eur. v. 2, p. 38 (182.'i); Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 430, pi. 99. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 395 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. Mamestra polyoclon, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 365 (1827), nee Clerck. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey ; tarsi fuscous with" pale rings. Fore wing grey irrorated and suff'used with ochreous brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line defined by grey on inner side ; claviform defined by brown and often filled in with brown ; orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly defined by brown, the former irregularly rounded, the latter with two white points on outer side at lower extremity and one on inner ; a curved waved medial line approximated below the cell to the postmedial Hue, which is strongly dentate and produced to grey points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ])ale points beyond it on costa ; a dentate whitish subterminal line defined by somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a series of whitish points at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area ; cilia ochreous white with a brow-n line through them ; the underside wliitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly roLiA. 89 irrorated with browu, a slight discoidal liimile and curved post- medial line. Hah. Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Austria, Zeller Coll. ; Hungaet, Frcy Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai, Leech Coll. Exp. 46-56 millim. Larva. Grey with a dark head. On low-growing plants in spring. 1251. Polia spalax. jSIamestra, spalax, Alph. Slett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 168 ; id. Eom. Mem. v. p. 144, pi. 6. f. 5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. 5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with yellowish or dark brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with browia. Fore wing grey, more or less tinged with ochreous and thicklj' irrorated with fuscous brown ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by fuscous, the former irregularly rounded, with slight whitish annulus, the latter irregular with whitish points on edges, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish dentate marks slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of fuscous lunulcs ; cilia with ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line, the tips whitish and fuscous. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ; the cilia with ochreous and fuscous lines at base and white tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins. Hab. B-trssiA, Urals ; Persia, Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan, 2 § , Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul, Ala Tan ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 34-36 millim. 1252. Polia insolens. Dianthctcia, insolens, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. p. G5 (1874) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. TeniocaJnpa carina, Morr. Pi-oc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 158 (1874). Head and thorax clothed with whitish and pale brown hair ; abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish or luteous, suffused and irrorated with dark brown or nearly uniform pale d>dl brown ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled out- wards below costa; claviform very indistinctly defined l)y brown; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish or ochreous, the former round : postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below c^sta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line almost evenlv 90 NOCTUID.E. curved, defined on inner side by a series of dentate fuscous marks and by the area beyond it being rather darlcer ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia wbitish, with a dark line through them. Hind "wing whitish suffused with brown ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a brown dJscoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., California, 3 $ type, San Francisco (Stretch), 3 S , 1 ? . Exp., J 40-44, ? 46-52 miUim. Sect. V. Antennae of male cihated. A. Prothorax with divided crest. a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a'. Fore wing with the sublerminal line dentate ou veins 4, 8, and forming a distinct ^-va&rk. c^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines conjoined by a black streak in subinedian fold. c?. Fore wing with pale dentate mark beyond the clavifonn. a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous white 'peregrina. i*. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey con tigua. P. Fore wing without pale dentate mark beyond the claviform. (iK Fore wing with the postmedial area dis- tinctly paler tban the medial area. a^. Fore wing with the basal streak broad... grandis. ¥. Fore wing with the basal streak narrow, w-latinum. b*. Fure wing with the postmedial area hardly paler than the medial area, fl*. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red . invalida. P. Fore wing tinged with purplish red. a". Fore wing with the snbterminal line wliite thalassina. P. Fore wing with the subterminal line grey suhjuncta. b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not conjoined by a black streak in submedian fold. a^. Fore wing with the areas at base of costa, beyond the reniform, and the postmedial area bright rufous nevadm. P. Fore wing more uniform brown. a*. Fore wing with whitish annuli to stigmata, altaica. P. Fore wing without whitish auuuli to stig- mata, a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line wliite suasa. P. Fore wing with the subterminal line grey aliena. c^. Fore wing ochreous grey consanguis, \a.r. b^. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal line. a^. Fore wing with the terminal area not darker than the ground-colour passa. b-. Fore wing with the terminal area darker than the ground-colour , ptochica. roLiA. 91 b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or greyish ochreous. a^ Fore wing witli the orbicular V-shaped vau-orbicidans. h'\ Fore wing with the orbicular rounded consanc/uis. b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour red-browu. a^. Fore wn)g without pale streaks on the veins ... fuscimfa. 6^. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins venata. c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour blackish. a?. Fore wing without ochreous points on subtor- minal line •••■• mortua. ' h-. Fore wing with ochreous points on subtermiual line persicarice. d}. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark purplish grey more or less completely sufl'used with fuscous. a^. Fore wing with pale postmedial patch in sub- median interspace. a^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and the subterminal line flesli-colour glaucopis. b^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and the s'ubterininal line white cristifera. b^. Fore wing with the whole postmedial area pur- plish grey. a^. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous. a*. Fore wing with the inner area concolorous. rj?. Fore wing with the reniform large, ■whitish mamestrina. ¥. Fore wing with the reniform smaller, grey ingravis. b^. Fore wing with ochreous-brown fascia on inner margin nagaensis. h^. Fore wing with grey streak below costa fcrrispara. c^. Fore wing with the costal area pinkish ochreous •••• eostigera. e\ Fore wing with the ground-colour pale purplish grey more or less suffused with red-brown. a^. Fore wing without distinct diirk mark on sub- terminal fold mongolica. 6^. Fore wing with angulate dark mark on sub- terminal line in snbmedian fold formed of two spots advena. c^. Fore wing with lunulate dark mark on sub- terminal line in snbmedian fold tincta. p. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour whitish grey. a^. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax not varie- gated with white. a^. Fore wing with prominent oblique dark medial shade on costal half, a*. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled inwards in discal fold, and witli prominent black streaks between it and termen latex. b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards Iti discal f ild, and with- out black streaks between it and termen... rogenhoferi. b^. Fore wing with the medial shade waved, indistinct. a*. Fore wing tinged and irrorated with brown. a'\ Fore wing with the upper subterminal black spot in submedian interspace elongate nchidosa. 92 NOCTUIDiE. h". Fore wing with the upper subterminal black spot in submedian interspace short, nimhosa. h*. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous... mystica. '■. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax variegated with white. a^. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform broken up into small spots, «■*. F^ore wing with white annulus to reniform on inner side; subterminalline notstrongly defined by black scotochlora. b*. Fore wing with the white annulus to reni- form obscured by a black hniule on iuner side ; subterminal line very strongly defined by black goliath. P. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform entire, a'. Foi'e wing without white sjDOt beyond the claviform. a°. Fore wing with the orbicular moderate, with brown centre adjuncia. h^. Fore wing with the orbicular small, with white centre dilatata. 6'. Fore wing with white spot beyond the claviform. a'. Fore wing without brown centre to orbicvdar variolata. b'. Fore wing with brown centre to orbicular, glaciata. 1253. Polia peregrina. Hadena peregrina, Treitsch. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 330 (1825) ; Frr. Beitr. Eur. Schmett. pi. 70. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Koctua bUnna, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 706 (1827). Isocf.ua trimenda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 789-791 (1827). Noctua contribuUs, Bois. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 357, pi. 122. f. 1 (1827). Hadena salsolce, Embr. Ann. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 258, pi. 6. f. 1. Head and thorax ochreous-white mixed with pale rufous ; tegular with medial black line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomeu ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous-white suffused with pale reddish brown ; a slight black stieak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by double black striae filled in with whitish from costa and cell, intersecting the black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, angled outwards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, incompletely defined by black, a whitish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 often defined by black below ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, the veins beyond it slightly streaked with black, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous, with dentate black marks on its inner side at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and excurved to tornus, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous except POLIA. 93 at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous-white, the veins and termiual area more or less tinged with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunula and curved postmedial series of points on the veins. Hah. Britain, I. of Wight ; S. France {Zdler), Frey & Leech Colls. ; jS". Italy ; Dalmatia ; Turkey ; S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia. Exp. 36-40 millira. Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 180. Yellow, with numerous small brown annuli most prominent on dorsal area, some of them I'orming the dorsal and subdorsal lines ; lateral and stigmatal lines yellow, the former edged by brown striae above ; head reddish brown with yellowish points. Food-plants : Chenopodium, Salsola, and Mesemhr)jantJiemum. 1254. Polia contigua. Nociua contiqua, Scliiif. Wien. Verz p. 82 (1776) ; Ginel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2543 (1788); Vill. Linn. Eut. iv. p. 468 (1789); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 85, 609 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 289, pi. 91. f. 2; Frey, Beitr. i. pi. 16; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. ii. p. 184; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua arite, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 160. f. 8 (1786). Noctiia s-partii, Bralim, Ins. ii. p. 32.3 (1791). Mamestra subcoiit ig iia, £v. Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 155; 1856, ii. pi. 2. f. 1, iii. p. 19. Head and thorax purplish-red mixed with grey and black ; frons with black bar, teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the anal tuft sometimes ochreous. Fore wing grey mixed with brown and fuscous, the medial area tinged with rufous, an olive shade beyond the reniforra, the postmedial area greyer ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a whitish patch at base of costa with the waved subbasal line on it, from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved antemedial line filled in with grey and strongly excurved below the cell ; claviform defined by black and with black streak from it to post- medial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round or oblique elliptical, white and with whitish patch below it, the latter with brown centre and greyish annulus often more or loss angled inwards on median ncrvure ; traces of a waved medial line ; l)Ostmcdial line double, the outer line indistinct, minutely dentate and with slight black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where there are small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area beyond it brown except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with i)inkish white. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal 94 NOCTUID^, area ; a fine terminal dark line ; the cilia white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with hrown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Ah. 1, suhcontigua. Darker. — Urals, Ipask. Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Fe.\nce, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zoller & Frey Colls. ; N". Spain ; N. Italy ; Russia, Urals ; Armenia ; Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan (Pryer), 1 c? • Exj). 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Le]5. Brit. iv. p. 170, pi. 156. f. 1. Dull yellowish green, suffused with orauge-ochreous and mottled with reddish brown, above forming dorsal series of V-shaped marks ; spiracular line reddish brown. Food-plants : Oak, Birch, Solidago, etc. 8-9. 1255. Polia grandis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 30.) Hadena grandis, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 120 (1840) ; Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 105, pi. 8. f. 10 ; Sinitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Xylophania libera, Wlk. ix. 179 (1856). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; frons with blackish bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale reddish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tijts, the anal tuft with a fulvous tinge. Fore wing purplish grey largely suffused with bright rufous and dark brown ; a sinuous black lino below base of cell ; traces of a pale curved subbasal line from costa ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ; claviform short and broad, defined by black and with black streak from below it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey aniiuli defined by black, the former round or elliptiLal, the latter extending to below cell ; an indistinct irregularly waved medial line, oblique from costa to below cell where it is angled ; postmedial lino double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it lilacine grey ; subtermimil line white, defined on inner side by some rufous, with straight inner edge from below costa, some small dentate black marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with black ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish tinge : the cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with reddish brown, a dark discoidal spot, slightly waved postmedial line, and diffused subter- minal band. Hah. Greenland ; Canada ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Maine, New York, Trenton Falls (Douhh'day), 2 J , 1 $ , type libera, Evans Centre ( Grote), 1 <S , 1 $ , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado. E.rji. 48 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head shining red-brown, the reticulations and bands darker, but narrow and broken. Body grey-brown, peppered with black on a whitish and reddish ground, all the markings POLTA. 95 obsolete. The substigmatal band shows fainth', broad, pale, its edges ■whitish ; subventral region and feet pale, without the dark dots. Tubercles blackish. Cervical shield darkened, not chitinized. A general feeder, hiding on the ground. — H. G. D. 1256. Polia w-latinum. Noctua w-latinum, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 492 (1767); Esp. Schinett. iv. pi. 1.36. f. 2. Kodiia genistcB, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. .355 (1792); Scriba, Beitr. iii. p. 241, pi. 15. ff. 13, 14 (1793); Hiibn.Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 611, 612; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 285, pi. 91. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. ii. p. 183; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Fhala-na dives, Donov. Brit. Iiis. x. p. 71, pi. 352 (1801). Noctua rectilinea. Hew. Lep. Brit. p. 189 (1809). Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish brown ; frons with black bar; teguloe with black medial line; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark tips, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white with slight brown irroration ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell with some rufous below it ; subbasal line represented by two dark striae from costa ; the antemedial line double, waved, strongly excurved below cell ; the medial area suffused with bright rufous from costa to submedian fold ; the claviform broad, defined by black and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the latter with some brown in its lower part ; an indistinct irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight black streaks interrupted by white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where there are two small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area beyond it brown except at apex, with black streaks in the inter- spaces ending in terminal lunules; cilia intersected with white, llind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially towards termen ; the cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ; the underside wnth the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown and the apex tinged with purplish, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial and subterminal more or less prominent lines. I lab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zcller & Frey Colls. ; Spain; Italy; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta,Zeller Coll. ; Armenia; Persia ; W. SiBKRiA, Altai; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai, Issyk-kul; E. Tur- kestan, Hi'; E. Siberia. Exp. 44-46 millini. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 190, pi. 158. f. 2. Hull brown, sometimes greenish or purple-tinged, dorsal and sub- 96 XOCTUIBiE. dorsal lines dark-edged, indistinct : a dorsal series of darker diamond- and wedge-shaped marks; head marked with black. Food- plants : Genuta, Polygonum, Stellarta, etc. 7-9. 1257. Polia invalida. (Plate LXXX. fig. 31.) Mamesfra invalida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 225 (1900) ; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119. 2 . Head and thorax grey- white mixed with black ; tegulse with medial black line ; patagia with black line near upper edge : tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with black. Fore wing grey- white, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with fuscous ; a rather ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line very indis- tinct, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform very large and broad, defined by black and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, with white annuli defined by black, the former round ; a dilfused medial line ; postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and a whitish patch in submedian interspace ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by long dentate black marks and on outer by black streaks in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind wing white nearly evenly suftused with brown, the cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 2 , California, Placer Co., Sierra Nevada. Eaj). 42 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head pale luteous, the reticulations and vertical bands broad, dull brown, concolorous. Body rich red-brown, heavily reticulated on a lighter ground. Dorsal, subdorsal, and broad sub- stigmatal lines pale, whitish, darker-edged, not cut by the heavy oblique subdorsal shades of blackish brown. Of these, the pair on joint 1 2 are not confluent, being cut by the dorsal line and their square posterior termination is narrow. Cervical shield and anal plate darkened, not chitinized, cut by the pale subdorsal line, but only narrowly so by the dorsal line. A general feeder. — H. G. D. 1258. Polia thalassina. Noctua thcdaRnna, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 1 19 (1775) ; Diip. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 292, pi. 91. f. 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 182; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Nochia humeralis^. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190(1809). I^octua gcmina, Hiibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 483 (nee 482). Noctua achates, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 610 (1827). Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with medial black line ; abdomen yellowish mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark roLiA. 97 tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous grey largely suffused with rufous ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa ; a double irregularly-waved autemedial line filled in with grey ; claviform prominent, defined by black and with a blackish streak from it to poatmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former rounded ; an indistinct waved rufous medial line ; postmedial line indistinct on costal half, minutely dentate and produced to short black streaks with grey points on them on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side by dentate black marks except towards costa and with some black points on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown ; a dark terminal line ; the cilia yellow ; the under- side greyish, the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. achates. Fore wing more uniform rufous. Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Spain, Catalonia ; Italy ; Dalmatia ; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Finland, Leech Coll. ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 173, pi. 156. f. 2. Pale pinkish brown freckled with dark brown ; a double dorsal series of oblique dark marks ; dorsal line indistinct ; spiracuiar line pale, edged above by white or black, or wholly black. Food-plants : Birch, Lonicera, Polygonum, etc. 7-8. 1259. Polia subjimcta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 32.) Hadena suhjuncta, Grote & Bob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 198, pi. 3. f. 71 (1868); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Head and thorax purpHsh grey mixed with dark brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black band ; tegulse with black medial line ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tips. Foi'e wing grey-brown with a slight purplish tinge ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell with some rufons suffusion above it ; ante- medial line black, oblique, waved ; claviform large, defined by black and with some rufous suffusion below it ; orbicular and reniform large, grey, the former round, defined by black except above, the latter defined on inner side and below, its lower part suffused with fuscous, the area beyond it suffused with rufous to apex ; postmedial lino bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4 and indistinct, then black, dentate and incurved ; subterminal line pale, with some dentate black marks before it at middle, the one above vein 3 elon- gate, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen oi* veins 4, 3, VOL. V. H 98 NOCTUID^. the area beyond it rather darker with black streaks in the inter- spaces. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown, nearly uniformly suffused in female ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the under- side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line. Ilah. Canada ; U.S.A., N., E., & Middle States, 2 S , Xew York, Albany (Br. Bailey), 2 2 ? Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Durango {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 5 , New Mexico. Exp. 40-44 millim. Larva. Head brown, faintly reticulate, the sutures pale. Body greenish, finely marked in brown, forming faint oblique dark sub- dorsal shades and a short transverse bar on joint 12. Lines obsolete except the substigmatal, which is broad, yellow-edged above, red- filled and diffuse below. Feet pale ; spiracles white. — H. G. D. 1260. Polia nevadae. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 1.) Mamestra nevadce, Grote, Bull. Euff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 84 (1870) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 118. Mamestra canadensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 4G4 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N.Am. p. 118. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulre with black medial line. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish tinge, some whitish irroration on costa and inner margin ; the base of costal area ochreous-white doAvn to the sinuous black streak below base of cell ; some rufous suffusion in submedian fold and in discal fold from middle of cell to subtcrminal line ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side ; clavi- form small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former moderate, oblique elliptical, defined by black except above, the latter defined by black on inner side, extending to below cell, its lower part suffused with fuscous; postmedial line almost obsolete, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subtcrminal line white, with small dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot. Hah. Canada, New Brunswick, Ottawa, 1 6 , Calgary {Wolleij- Dod), 1 J ; U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 cS type. Exjy. 40 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head reddish luteous, reticulations narrow, not prominent, the vertical bands distinct. Body dark brown, reddish- tinted, mottled ; subdorsal oblique shades join the broad dark dorsal band, which is widened into an ill-defined open lattice. The pair on joint 12 are confluent, truncate behind. Dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, broken, the latter reddish-edged below. Substigmatal band broad, white, partly red-filled. Cervical shield and anal jjlato darkened, not chitinized, the former trilineate in pale. A general feeder. — H. G. D. rouA.. 99 1261. Polia altaica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 2.) Hadena altaica. Led. Verb., zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, 1853, pi. 2. f. 6; Stand. Cat. Lap. pal. p. 156. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with slight dark medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with brown ; a slight blackish streak below base of cell ; subbasal line defined by whitish on outer side, curved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey : claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey detiiied by black, the former round, with brownish centre, the latter with grey lunule on brown centre ; an indistiuct curved medial shade ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white defined by fuscous marks on inner side at discal and sub- median folds, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and nearly to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darker with a pale patch on termen near tornus ; a dark terminal liue ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hah. W. Siberia, Altai, 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. TxjrkestajST, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi; Mongolia; S.E. Siberia, Kentei. Eay. 46 millim. 1262. Polia suasa. Noctua masa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 83 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,Noct. f. 426; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 101. f. 7. Noctua dissimilis, Xnoch, Beitr. i. pi. 4. ff. 1-4 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua w-latinum, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 136. f. 3 (1786), nee Hiifn. NoctxM leiicographa, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 150. f. 3 (1786). Noctua dens-canis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190 (1809). Noctua per mixta, Geyer, Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 803 (1837). Ma'/nentra aliena, Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 323, pi. 30. f. i. (1836). Mamcdra conjlucns, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 245 (1844). Hadeiia pavida , Guen. Noct. ii. p. 101 (1852), nee Boisd. Mamestra extincta, Staud. Eoiu. Mem. vi. p. 425 (1892). (S . Head and thorax brownish grey with a purplish tinge ; frons with black bar ; tegular with black medial line ; palpi blackish ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous or greyish at base, dark brown towards extremity. Fore wing ochreous or grey- brown ; a black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indis- tinct, double filled in with grey, excurved in interspaces and angled inwards on the veins ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rounded or quadrate, open above ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct, n2 100 HOCTUID^. dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the veins beyond it with slight black streaks and pale points ; subterminal line white or yellowish, indistinct towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, some dentate dark marks before it at middle and the area beyond it dark except at apex ; a terminal series of blackish lunules ; cilia intersected by pale colour. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside with the costal area darker, a dark discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line. 2 . Darker and more uniformly coloured. Ab. 1. conjiuens. Fore wing dark and nearly uniform in colour. Ab. 2. extincta. Dark ; fore wing with yellow marks. Hah. Beitain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Frey Coll, ; Geemanx, Zeller Coll. ; Austeia, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Russia, Livonia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Tueket; E. Sibeeia, Amurland, IJssuri. Exp. 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 177, pi. 157. f. 1. Green or brown dotted with white and freckled with dark grey ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, variable; spiracular line ochreous yellow edged above with brown or black, below with light reddish. Food-plants : Rumex, Chenopodium, Plantago, etc. 7-8. 1263. Polia aliena. Kocfua aliena, Ilubn. Eur. Scbmett., IS'oct. f.441 (1827); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Mamestra amurensis, Staud. Kom. Mem. vi. p. 421 (1892). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish ; frons with dark bar ; tegula3 with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly suffused with rufous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, more strongly excurved in submedian interspace, the outer line blackish; claviform slightly defined by black, with a pale patch beyond it before the indistinct waved medial line ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, the former round, defined by black, the latter defined on inner side only ; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; the terminal area rather darker ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal scries of small black lunules ; a fine grey line at base of cilia, which are intersected with grey. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown ; the inner area paler ; the cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. I] ah. Fe4nce, Sand Coll. ; Belgium ; Geemany, Zeller Coll, ; POLIA. 101 Austria, Frey.Coll. ; Switzerland; N. iTALr; Russia, St. Peters- burg ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi; E, Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 (S . Exp. 46 millim. Ab. 1. amurensis. Much darker. — E. Siberia, Japan. Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 227. Brownish grey, marbled, the ventral surface greenish yellow, dorsal and subdorsal lines pale. Food-plants : Trifolium. montanum, Cytisus nigricans, Anthyllis vulneraria, etc. 7-9. *1264. Polia passa. Mamestra 2MSsa, Morr. Proc. Bost, Soc, N. H. xvii. p. 139 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. 2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with reddish and irrorated with fuscous ; tegulfe with black medial line ; abdomen greyish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell; the lines indistinct; subbasal line traceable ; antemedial line double, curved, waved ; claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, pale, incompletely defined by black, the former somewhat oblique ellip- tical, open above, the latter ill-defined below, the area beyond it tinged with reddish ; postmedial line almost obsolete on costal half, incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it strongly irrorated with white ; subtermiual line white, very even, defined on inner side by fuscous, especially towards inner margin. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside dull fuscous with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. I/ab. U.S.A., California. Exp. 34 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1265. Polia ptochica. (Plate LXXXI. tig. 3.) Mamesfra ptochica, Fung. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. <S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous ; palpi with the second joint fuscous at sides; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line repre- sented by a black striga from costa and two prominent oblique black stritc from cell met by a streak in submedian fold; antemedial line waved ; claviform brownish defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, grey defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform brownish ; traces of an oblique medial lino from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a lunulatc terminal black line. Hind wing white 102 NOCTTTID^. suiFused with brown especially on terminal area; 'the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Transcaspia, 3 c? ; E. Tuekestan, Kungess, 1 (S , Hi, type t in Coll. Piingeler. ^.r^j. 32 millim. *1266. Polia vau-orbicularis. Mamestra vau-orbicularis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. c? . Greyish ochreous-brown with fuscous and black suffusion and irroration ; head with the vertex rather darker ; tegulae with a broad medial band ; abdomen rather paler. Fore wing with the _ lines indistinct ; subbasal line double, angled outwards on subcostal nervure, an oblique striga just beyond it from cell to vein 1 ; ante- medial line double, oblique, nearly even, the outer part with a more prominent spot at costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, open above and defined by a prominent black V-shaped mark ; reniform with yellowish annulus defined by black but open above and below, narrow ; medial shade broad, diffused, angled at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double, with a series of yellowish points beyond it on the veins, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side by a series of black spots, angled outwards at vein 7, then even ; a terminal series of small black lunulas ; cilia yellowish with a fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous, rather paler at base ; the underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and postmedial line. IJab. U.S.A.. Oregon, Corvallis. Exj). 35 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1267. Polia consanguis. Hadena consanguis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 97 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 199 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Apamea unchclUa, Wlk. ix. 251 (1856). Hadena languida, Wlk. xv. 1728 (1858). Mamestra zachii, Bhtsch. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 406. Hecatara impura, Snell. Midden-Sutuatra, Lep. p. 43, pi. 50. f. 5 (1880). Hadena stolida, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 4. f. 2. Apamea cana, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 79, pi. 165. f. 8 (1891). Mamestra ahbas, Baker, Trans. Eut. Soc. 1894, p. 40, pi. 1. f. 8. Head and tegulae grey mixed with rufous ; thorax purplish red- brown largely mixed with black ; tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore Aving pale ochrcous brown thickly irrorated with rufous, the cell and area below and beyond it suffused with fuscous on medial area ; the subbasal line represented by black stria; from costa and cell ; the antemedial line double, irregularly waved; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with fuscous centres and pale brownish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter POLIA. 103 slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, lanulate, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4, and angled outwards on vein 1, some pale Fig. 23. — Folia consangiiis, ^. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semibyaline whitish, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, a curved postmedial series of short dark streaks on the veins, the area beyond it suffused with brown. Ab. 1. languida. Fore wing browner, uniformly irrorated with black. Ab. 2. undicilia. Fore wing brown irrorated with black, the medial area suffused with black. Hah. Congo (Curror), 1 $ type combinata ; Egypt; Sokotea, Homhil, 1 $, Adho Dimellus, 1 c5' (Grant); Bpv. E. Africa, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 $, Naitolia (Betton), 1 d, Mwani (Betton), 1 d" ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 d ; JN'ATAt, (Gi(cinzius), 1 cS fjpe languida, Estcourt (Bidchinson), 1 d, Durban {Leigh), 1 5 ; Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 S ; Maukitius, Cuepipo {Tidlock), 1 (S ; Syria; Japan, Yoko- hama {Pn/a; Manley), 5 (^,3 §, type stolida; W. China, Chang-yang {Pratt), Ic?; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 3 d", 1 $, Simla {Harford), 4 (S , 2 g, Dharmsala {Hocking), 8 d , 5 2 ; SiKiiiJi {DuOgeon), 2 c? ; Nilgiris {Hamj)Son), 2 S type cana; Ceylon {Templeton, Green), 2 c? tyP^ undicilia \ Sumatra; Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 2 S , 1 $ ; N. S. Wales, Sydney {Eaynor), 2 d , 1 $ . Ex2). 30-40 millim. 12G8. Polia fuscirufa, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 4.) Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey and sometimes with some black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen groy- brown. Pore wing dull or bright red-brown, striated with fuscous and irrorated with black ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a waved antemcdial lino; clanform sometimes sliglitly defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, tlic latter with slight pale annulus ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below 104 IfOCTUlD^. costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, the area beyond it somewhat darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind Aving fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half pale ; the cilia ochreous white, with dark line near base ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Bk. E.Aprica, Athi-ya-Mawe (iiei/on), 1 c? , Kikuyu (Craw- sJiay), 1 $ , Machakos (Cratvshaij), 1 $ type, Quaso (Betton), 1 $ , Eb Urru {Betton), 1 $ ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 $ . Exj). 36-38 millim. 1269. Polia venata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 5.) 2 . Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with black ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface and anal tuft mixed with ochreous and rufous. Fore wing bright purplish red mixed with some ochreous and irrorated with black ; veins streaked with white ; subbasal line defined by ochreous on outer side, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, and angled outwards below costa and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black with some brown irroration in centre, the former round, the latter with blackish centre and white annulus to lower part; an obscure waved medial line angled at lower angle ol cell ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lines formed of ochreous lunules with diffused black marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous with ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces of basal half ochreous white ; cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated witli fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and difi'used subterminal band. Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lari {Betton), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim. 1270. Polia mortua. Mamesfra moritia, Stgr. Stetfc. ent. Zeit. 1S88, p. 249 ; id. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 426, pi. 8. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Mamestra afra, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 326. Mamesfra nigerrima, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 302 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 202. Hadena kala, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 17 (1900). Head and thorax black-brown : tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous ; the dorsal crests black ; the anal tuft of male ochreous. Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated roLiA. 105 with a few black scales ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; an obliiiue blackish streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, waved, and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and rcniform defined by black, the former round, the latter with ochreous spot on its outer edge at middle and two white points at lower extremity ; a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double towards costa, strongly dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it at costa ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, with some obscure dentate dark marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with brown, darker on inner area and terminal half ; a pale line at base of cilia ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas suffused and irroratcd with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Amueland, Ussuri, 1 d , 1 $ ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Washau {Pratt), 1 J , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 c? , Kwei- chou, 1 (S ; Punjab, Simla, 1 § , Murree (Harford), 1 § , Thandiani (Yerhury),4: c? , 2 $ , type nir/errima ; Tibet, Yatung (Hohson), 1 J , 2 $ ; Sikhim. Exp. 46 millim. 1271. Polia persicariaB. Noctua pcrsicarics, Linn. Faun, Suec. p. 3f9 (1761); Esp. Schniett. iv. pi. 121). ff. 1, 2 ; Eiibn. Samml. Eur.'Schnaett., Noct, f. 64; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 102. f. 4 ; Steph. Ill, Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 196 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Noctua acci])trina, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 129. f. 4 (1788). Mamestra unicolor, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 91 (1871). Head and thorax black slightly mixed with brown ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish except the basal one which is rufous. Fore wing black slightly irroratcd with brown ; the lines double fillod in with brownish ; the subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, with black point at centre, the latter filled in with white and with some rufous at centre ; an indistinct waved, curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- tei'minal line represented by a series of dentate black marks with small ochreous spots on them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with a series of white points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half fuscous ; an indistinct pale subterminal line towards tornus. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of both wings tinged with rufous, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line with fuscous band beyond it. 106 NOCTUID^. Ab. 1. acciptrina. Fore wing Avitb the reniform not filled in with white. Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Fray Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Turkey, Leech Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate (Andretvs), 1 S, Tokio (Fenfon), 1 d, 1 ?, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 $ ; W. China, Kwei-chow, 1 J , Wa-shan {Pratt), 1 S , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c^ , Ni-tou, 1 (5* , Wa-ssu-kow, 1 $ , Omei-shan, 2 $ , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 2 • Exp. 40-54 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8(5 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 214, pi. 160. f. 3. Green to brown ; dorsal line whitish, traversing a double series of oblique dark marks, darkest on somites 4 and 5 ; spiracular line whitish, sometimes edged above with oblique dark marks ; 11th somite dorsally humped. Food-plants : liumex, Pteris, Chrysan- themum, etc. 8-9. 1272. Polia glaucopis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 6.) $ . Head and thorax black-brown ; teguloe with slight black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crests largo and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, sufi'used and thickly irrorated with black ; a double black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, slightly waved, and with prominent rufous patch before it on inner area ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and defined by black, the former round with greyish annulus, the latter with j'ellowish annulus ; an indistinct slightly waved medial line ; post- medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey with whitish patch on inner area ; subtcrrainal line whitish, defined on inner side by rufous, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and tornus ; a sinuous black terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fascous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside whitish tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot and waved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. (/. J. Walker), 2 $ , type. Ex]^. 40-44 millim. 1273. Polia cristifera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 7.) Acronycta cristifera, Wlk. xv. 1654 (1858) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 121. Mamestra luhcns, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 113 (1875). Mamesira rufida, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 62. Head and thorax black -brown mixed witli white ; tegular with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests large and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, more or less strongly suffused with black and irrorated with white especially on costal area; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined by whitish on POLIA. 107 outer side; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and grey anuuli defined by black, the former round ; a curved, irregularly waved, medial line ; post- medial line strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then iucurved, with a grey patch before it in submedian interspace and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white lunules with dentate black marks on their inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. luhens. Fore wing with some rufous on inner area before antemedial line ; reniform with white annulus ; the post- medial area greyer ; the subterminal line continuous and defined by rufous on inner side. Hah. Caitada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barmtmi), 1 d" type ; U.S.A., Maine, New York (Bailey), 1 c5' , 2 $ , type luhens, Washington, 1 § , Oregon, Colorado. Kvp. 46-50 millira. 1274. Polia mamestrina. Epunda mamestmia, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. yii. p. 59, pi. 128. f. 5 (1889) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204. c? . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ; antennae and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dark grey with a purplish tinge, some pale grey at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, where it has some yellow scales on it; antemedial line double, irregularly waved ; claviform short, broad, defined by black and a few yellow scales ; orbicular and reniform large, irregular, defined by black, the former rounded, with fuscous centre and grey annulus, the latter filled in with grey-white except on inner side; an irregularly dentate medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to streaks on the veins, indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of black and white dentate marks and a prominent curved while mark in submedian fold and produced to termen as streaks in the inter- spaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia black, with tine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suftiised with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the under- side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal luuule and sinuous postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins. Bah. Punjab, Dharmsala {lloclcing), 2 S, type. Exii. 52 millim. 108 NOCTUlB^. 1275. Polia ingravis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 8.) Mamestra ingravis, Smith, Ent. News PLilad. vi. p. 337, pi. xv. f. 10 (1895). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with bluish grey ; tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, the dorsal crests with black tips, the ventral surface often tinged with rufous. Fore wing fuscous suffused and irrorated with purplish grey ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform weU-developed, greyish defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rounded or elliptical ; an indistinct difi'used medial line ; postmedial line some- what dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey, the costa brownish with some pale points on it ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered pale and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal area blackish, the cilia pinkish, white at tips ; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark scales, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Calgary ( WoUey-Dod), 6 c? , 2 § , Br. Columbia, Fraser R. {St. John), 1 $ . Exp. 38 mimm. *1276. Polia nagaensis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 9.) Hadena nagaensis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894). 5 . Head and thorax dark purplish grey ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen dull brown. Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown tinged in parts with fuscous ; the costal area tinged with red from ante- medial line to near apex ; the inner margin with pale ochreous- brown fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where there is some black suifusion on each side of it ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved and obsolete below vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform dark grey, with slight ochreous annuli defined by black, the former rather pear-shaped, the latter large and strongly angled inwards on median nervure, the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform suffused with black ; postmedial line double at costa, below which it is bent outwards, then indistinct, strongly dentate and oblitiue below vein 2 ; subterminal line ochreous, with some ill-defined dentate black marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia white at tips ; the underside greyish suffused POLIA. 109 •with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial Hue. Hah. Assam, Naga Hills, 6000 feet {Boherty), typef ? iu Coll. Elwes. Exp. 40 millim. 1277. Polia ferrisparsa. (Plate LXXXT. fig. 10.) Hadena fcrris2)arsa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894). Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; tegulse with blackish medial line; patagia edged with black scales above; tarsi black, riuged with grey ; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests mixed with black. Fore wing brownish grey, irrorated with black and suffused in parts with fuscous ; a pale grey fascia on subcostal nervure from base to postmedial line, the median nervure and base of veins arising from it streaked wdth grey ; subbasal line represented by black striae from costa and cell, defined by grey on outer side and with slight black streaks below it towards inner margin ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, the outer line strong, the inner indistinct, waved ; claviform with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and ochreous-white annuli defined by black, the former small, rounded, the latter narrow, the cell between them and the area beyond the reniform suffused with black ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to white and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line ochreous white, even, prominent, defined on inner side by irregular, diffused, dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base ; the cilia whitish, with fuscous line at base ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal luuule and diffused postmedial band. Hab. Punjab, Kulu Sultanpur ((?. Young), 1 S , Simla (Harford), 2 6,22, type, (Nurse) 1 $ , Dalhousie (Harford), 2 $ . Exj). 42 millim. 1278. Polia costigera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 11.) Arp-otis costigera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350; Hmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii. ■p. 200. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegula3 with medial black lino ; patagia edged with some black scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with black ; the costal area pinkish ochreous to the postmedial line ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and two from cell ; antemedial line doubh% waved, oblicjue, obsolescent on costal area except for a dark point; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, 110 NOCTUID.I;. with grej' centres and ochroous annuli defined by black, tlie former round, the latter almost V-shaped ; an indistinct waved medial shade except on costal area ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some pale points beyond it ou costa ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by brown patches on each side of veins 5 and 2 and usually rufous marks above veins 6 and 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia with black line through them and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G^. loMnr/), 1 o, Simla (Beid), 1 2 type, Dharmsala {Hocking), 2 ,5 , 6 5 ; Assam, Khiisis. Ex_p. 38-42 millim. 1279. Polia mongolica. Mamestra adjiincta, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18-^8, p. 249 ; id. Eom. M6m. vi. p. 423, pi. 6. f. 8 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1.5.5 (nee Boisd.). Mamestra mongolica, Staud. Iris, is. p. 253 (18915) (adjuncta.) Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish grey, leaving the cell and area beyond and below it , redder ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to submedian . fold ; antemedial line doable, waved, oblique, bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by brown, or obsolete ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish, the former round, the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub- terminal line grey, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side and with the area beyond it rather darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold. Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area rather darker ; cilia white at tips ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated with brown, a diffused dark subterminal band. Ab. 1. monfjolica. Rather greyer, with the lower part of reniform defined by whitish on outer side. Hab. W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi : Mongolia, Uliassutai, Urga, 1 d ; Tibet, Amdo ; Amurland, Ussuri, 2 J , 3 $ , Kentei, 1 d" ; Japan, Oiwake (Pnjer), 4 J ; Corea ; CniXA, Shanghai {Pri/er), 1 ? , Chang-yang, 1 c? . Ex^). 46-56 millim. 1280. Polia advena. Noctua advena, SchifT. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776) : Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 178. ff. 4, 5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 81 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 392, pi. 96. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. iii. p. 28 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. VOtlA . 1M Kocfua nitens, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 188 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut., Ilaust. iii. p. 28. Nodua unicolor, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 71 (1892). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia with some dark scales near upper edge ; tar.si with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red- brown, more or less completely suffused with purplish grey, leaving some red in and beyond end of cell ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to siibmedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform minuta or well-developed, defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the latter more or le.ss angled inwards on median nervure and Avith some whitish on lower part of annulus ; medial line indistinct, waved, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side, sometimes forming dentate marks especially in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7, slightlj'- dentate at veins 4, 3, and strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous brown towards base, the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish ; the under- side pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. unicolor. Uniform reddish. liab. Britain, Leech Coll ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Siberia ; Amurland. Exj^. 46-64 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. lofi, pi. 154. f. 1. Pale brown; sides darker, freckled with grey ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged ; spiracles bright red-brown, black-edged. Food- plants : Sonchus, Achillea, Pohjgonum, etc. 8-4. 1281. Polia tincta. Noctua tincta, Brabm, Ins. Xal. ii. p. 393 (1791) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 389, pi. 96. f. 3 ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 29 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. Koctua irimacidosa, Esp. Schmett. ir. pi. 131. f. 5 (1788). Noctua argentina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 186 (1809). N(xtiia hepatica, Iliibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 77 (1827). Mamestra ohscurata, Staud. Iris, x. p. 335 (1897). Head and thorax white mixed with brown, thorax with some rufous on dorsum; frons with black bar; tegukc with black line at tips ; patagia edged with black; tarsi black ringed Avitli white ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery grey suffused wath purplish brown especially on medial area ; the lines double, filled in with whitish ; the subbasal line waved from costa to 112 NOCTUlDJi;. vein 1 ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well-develo])ed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former grey, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and grey annulus ; a diffused, slightly waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa aud incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa bcj'ond it ; subtenuiual line whitish, defined on inner side by dark marks below costa at middle and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing almost uniformly suffused with reddish brown, leaving slight white spots on termen at vein 2 aud submedian fold ; cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line and diffused postmedial band. Ab. 1. ohscurata. Smaller and darker. — Amurland. Hah. Bkitain^, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Atjsteia, Frey Coll.; N. Italy; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga ; E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland. Exjy. 48-52 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 160, pi. 154. f. 2. Pale reddish brown, finely freckled with black and white ; dorsal line slender, whitish, black-edged ; head brown. Food-plants : Birch, Vaccinium, grasses, etc. 9-5. 1282. Polia latex. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 12.) Apkda latex, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 78 (1852) ; Siiiitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 121. Apamea demissa, Wlk. si. 728 (1857). Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and black; frons with black band ; tegulse with black medial line ; dorsal crest blackish ; tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests small and dark. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown and black, the veins streaked in places with black ; an indistinct waved subbasal line, bent inwards above vein 1, a patch of black suffusion beyond it from costa to median nervure ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, the inner line indistinct ; claviform well-developed, rather indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, rather ii: completely defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical, and approximated to the latter, which has its centre defined by brown and is tinged with blood-red on inner side and suffused by a brown shade on inner side of postmedial line, running obliquely from middle of costa to postmedial line at vein 2 ; an indistinct, oblique, waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather indistinctly double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being rather darker, angled inwards at discal aud submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at roLiA. 113 mifldle, and with black streaks beyond it above veins 1, 5, and 6 ; a terminal series of small black lanules. Hind wing whitish suffnsed Avith brown, a waved blackish terminal line ; the under- side white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and indistinct waved postmedial line. Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 c? , Orilla (Bush), 1 c? type demisf^a ; U.S.A., N. & E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 c? , New York (Douhledajf), 1 (^ type, Evan's Centre (Grute), 1 c? , 2 2- ^•'7'. 42-50 millim. Larva. Head pale brown, the usual reticulations and vertical bands, besides a large blotch on the face of each lobe, dark brown. Eody dead-leaf brown, dotted with darker ; joint 2 darkly shaded ; intersegmental dorsal dots, slight spots above the sul)basal line, which become heavy on joints 12 and 13, of the same dark colour. Subdorsal line obscure, showing a yellowish speck below tubercle ii. A narrow dark brown snprastigmatnl line ; a narrow dorsal bar on joint 12. Feet coloured like the body. — H. G. D. *1283. Polia rogenhoferi. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 13.) Mamesfra rcgenhoferi, Moschl. Stet.t. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 269 (1870); Smith, Cat. Xocl. N. Am. p. 114 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. cJ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and black ; tegulse with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous and grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing grey-white, slightly tinged with fuscous and thickly irrorated with black, the scaling rough ; subbasal line represented by double black strife filled in with white from costa and median nervure ; ante- medial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, bent inwards in cell, then waved; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish defined by black, the former round, the latter with white point on its inner side at lower angle of cell ; medial shade strong, oblique from costa to median nervure, then indistinct, waved ; postmedial line strongly dentate and produced to black streaks with white points on them on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of black and white dentate marks, those above and below vein 5 stronger, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, connected by diHused fuscous with the terminal series of l)lack lunules. Hind wing whitish irrorated with fuscous brown ; a diffused irregular subterminal band and terminal series of black striae ; the underside with black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside. Hah. Canada, Labrador, W. 2tlanitoba, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. 40 millim. 114 NOCTUIDJK. 12S4. Polia neljulosa. Noctua nehnlom,'S.'i\in. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 418(1707); Frr. Eeitr. pi. 52; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. JS^ocfua bimaculosa, Esp. Schraett. iv. pi. 132. ff. 1, 2 (1788); Steph. Ill, Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28. Koctua tJ/apsi, Brahm, Ins. ii. p. 135 (1791). Noctua grandis, Donov. Brit. Ins. x. pi. 34. f. 1 (1801). Noctua ■pleheia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 78 (1827). Aplecta asJcolda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 79 (1890). Aplecta robsoni, Collins, Ent. Rec. ii. p. 264 (1891). Mamestra lama, Stand. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896). Mamestra asiatica, Staud. Iris, x. p. 334 (1897). Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; palpi with blackish patch at sides; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing whitish, irrorated and more or less tinged with brown; subbasal line 'double, waved, strongly angled inwards in cell, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a slight black streak before it ; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very large, defined by black, the former rather quadrate, the latter with its inner side rather irregular and its centre defined by brown ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to dark points on the veins, bent out- wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate dark marks, the one in submedian fold prominent, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal area, usually leaving some whitish on termen between veins 6 and 1 ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal ureas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. robsoni. Fore wing uniform glossy black. Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing dull grey, size somewhat smaller. — C. Asia. Ab. 3. ascolda. Rather browuei', a large form. — E. Siberia, Japan. Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Geemanv, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Turkey ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-kul, Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai Mts. ; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Kentei, Ussuri ; Japan, Yokohama (Manley), 2 d, 1 ? , Oiwake {Pnjer), 3 d , 1 $ ; Corea, Korniroff {Fletcher), 1 $ . Exp. 54-60 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 165, pi. 155. f. 1. Light brown, darker at sides ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series of dark diamond-shaped marks ; supraspiracular line indistinct, darK.. Food-plants : Birch, willow, elm, etc. 9-5. ror.iA. 1 lo 1285. Polia nimbosa. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 14.) Aplecfa nimbosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 77 (1852) ; Smith. , Cat. Noct. N. Am . p. 114. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black ; palpi black towards tips ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with black line near tips ; patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi black above towards extremity ; abdom(>n whitish, dorsally tinged with brown or fuscous. Eore wing white irrorated with fuscous and black ; an ill-defined waved subbasal line angled inwards in cell and ending at vein 1, the costal area and cell from it to subterminal line tinged with fuscous ; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, their centres obscurely defined by fuscous, the former round ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, strongly dentate, double at costa, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined by an irregularly dentate black line on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, leaving the area beyond the sinuous post- medial line paler ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white; the underside white, with dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial, line, and diffused subterminal band. Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States, Trenton Falls {Doiibledaij\ 5 J , 1 $ , type, Colorado. Exp. 58-62 millim. 1286. Polia mystica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 15.) Mamcstra mystica. Smith, Ent. News Philad. is. p. 242 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ; frons with black bar; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-white, thickly irrorated with black ; a rather indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an irregularly waved antemedial line bent inwards in cell ; claviform indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former elliptical, somewhat oblique, the latter strongly constricted at middle ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate blackish marks on inner side at costa, discal and submedian folds, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of prominent black lunules. Hind wing grey, irrorated and sufiused with fuscous : a postmedial fuscous band and the terminal area darker ; the cilia white, with a fuscous postmedial line through them ; the underside whiter, with fuscous postmedial line and subterminal series of diffused patches. IIG >'ocTnD.T;. Ilah. Canada, Maiiitobn, Winnipeg (Cctriivrit/Jil), 1 (S , 1 5, Alberta, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 1 c? • J^-rj^- 50 millim. 1287. Polia scotochlora. (Plate LXXXI. fig. IG.) Polia scotochlora, K!oll. Hugel's Kasclimir, iv. p. 482 (1848) ; Ilinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 203. Polia sfevensii, Gucn. Noct. ii. p. 38 (1852). Head and thorax clothed with black and white scales ; antenna) and tardi black, ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey and fuscous, Fore wing grey-white, irrorated with black and tinged with olive-f ascous, especially on medial and. terminal areas ; sub- basal line double, waved, interrupted, from costa to vein 1 ; aute- medial line double, waved, bent inwards in cell ; claviform defined bv black, its extremity usually indented ; orbicular and reniform white defined by black and with some fuscous at centre, both large and with irregular edges, the former somewhat quadrate ; a dentate medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmcdial line double filled in with white, dentate, bent outwards bclov\^ costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line white, dentate, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark ; a terminal series of small quadrate black spots defined by white ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown leaving a white patch on termen above tornus ; cilia white, with a dark line through them ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line, Hab. Kashmir; Punjab, Murree (Harfoi-d), 1 c? , 2 §, Simla, 1 2 , Dalhousie, 1 $ , Thuudiani (Terburi/), 1 c? , 2 $ ; SiKnur Tibet, Yatong {Blnrjliam), 1 5 , Exp. 50-56 millim. ] 288. Polia goliath. Dichona gnlia/k, Obertlj. Et. Ent. v. j). C>S, pi. C. f. 7 (1880); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Head and thorax white ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ; frons with black bar ; vertex of head with black marks ; tegukie with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; pro-, meso-, and metathorax with black marks ; tibia} and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white, dorsally sufiused with fuscous, forming more or less distinct segmental bands, the dorsal crests tipped with black, the anal segment edged Avith black before the anal tuft. Fore wing white, variegated with pale olive irrorated with black ; a black striga from near base of costa and black streak above base of inner margin; subbasai line double, from costa to vein 1, the two parts widely separated, especially in cell, where the inner is angled in- wards and the outer outwards ; antemedial line double, oblique, angled outwards below costa, then irregularly waved and angled inwards ou vein 1 ; claviform with bhicki.<h centre and whitish animlus more or less coiii])lett'ly dciiiied by black ; orbicular and rcniforin large, defined by black, the former with small black spot at centre and incompletely defined above, the latter with large black lunule on inner side and white annulus broken up into small spots below by the veins ; a medial black shade on costal area and in cell, then an oblique dentate line ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incui'ved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- terminal line whitish, irregularly waved, defined on inner side by a prominent irregularly dentate black line forming dentate marks below costa and at middle and a double spot in submedian inter- space ; a terminal series of small black spots and a fine waved line ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, more or less tinged with fuscous ; slight black streaks on veins 4, 3, 2 beyond middle ; a dift'used terminal band leaving some white on termen towards tornus ; a black terminal line, the cilia white; the under- side with the basal half of costal area suffused with fuscous, a large discoidal lunule and slightly waved postmedial line somewhat angled at vein 6. JIah. E. SiBEKiA, Ussuri ; Japatt (Pn/er), 1 c? ; Corea, Gensan (Ifo), 1 c? ; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 c?, 2 5 , Omei-shan, 2 2 ■ Exj). 60-70 miliim. 1289. Polia adjuncta. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 17.) Chariptera adjuncta, Boisd. Ann. Soe. Enf. Fr. x. p. 243 (1841), non descr. Guen. Noct. i- p. U)9 (185-2) ; Smitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with pale brown; palpi blackish ; frons with black band ; tegular with black medial line ; patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brown tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests large and dark. Pore wing olive-grey, the basal, medial, and terminal areas suffused with black ; a waved black subbasal line on a white patch and curved inwards above vein 1 ; a double, oblique, waved antemcdial line partly filled in with white ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform white, with olive-brown centres and rather irregular black outlines, the former somewhat quadrate ; a curved dentate medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line dentate, white defined by black on inner side, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules with white before them ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing yellowish white, more or less strongly suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area, a dark luuulate terminal line ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States, 2 d , 3 ? , typo 118 KOCTtJlDJE. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, 1 J {Snow). Exp. 40-4-4 millim. Larva. Head luteous, reticulate and banded with brown. Body robust, joint 12 enlarged ; soft olivaceous green, dorsal and sub- dorsal lines pale, obscure ; dark green oblique patches on joints 5, B, and 12, on the latter broadening below over subdorsal region. Oblique lines indicated on the other segments. Faint reversed dark shades subventrally, forming a baud on thorax, edged above by the elsewhere obsolete white substigmatal line. Cervical shield dark, with three white lines. — H. G. D. *1290. Polia dilatata. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 9.) Mamestra dilatata, Smitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Pyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 5 . Head yellowish, with grey tuft between antennte ; tegulse white, with broad black medial line and fuscous tips ; patagia white, mixed with black and olive scales and edged with black ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing white, mixed with fuscous, yellowish, olive, and black scales ; the costal half of basal area white, the inner half grey ; subbasal line double, black, interrupted in cell, its outer side below the cell forming an oblique mark defining the white area ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, oblique towards costa and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, with white centre defined by black ; orbicular small, round, with white centre defined by black ; reniform well developed, Avith grey centre and white annulus defined by black ; medial shade only traceable at costa and inner margin ; post medial line double, black filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line white, interrupted, irregular, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and somewhat dentate marks at middle, and by some fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia white, with series of black lunules at base and olive lunules at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler at base ; cilia white, with fuscous line through them on costal half ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad post- medial line. Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to mo ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. *1291. Polia variolata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 10.) Mamestra variolata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467(1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. S . Head and thorax yellowish tinged with olive, the patagia and thorax with white blotches, the tegulse with black medial line ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey, tinged with ochreous and olive-brown ; costal half of basal area with the basal half white, the outer black, the white area traversed by the dark roLiA. 119 double subbasal line ; antemedial line double filled in with white, irregularly waved ; claviform iudistinctl)' defined, with a white patch beyond it at base of vein 2 ; orbicular large, white, irregular ; reniform narrow, with ochreous centre and white annulus defined by black ; medial shade represented by two black lunules on inner area ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a dark patch at costa and some spots at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black Innules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Washington. Exp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. *1292. Polia glaciata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 11.) Mamestra glaciafa, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. S . Head and thorax fuscous brown mottled with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey, suffused with fuscous and olive-brown and irrorated with white ; the lines distinct, double filled in with white ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and median nervure ; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, angled outwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black and followed by a white spot ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; a distinct waved medial line ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line white, defined on each side by blackish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark ter- minal line ; the underside pale irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial line. Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona. Erp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing irom type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. B. Protliorax with spreading crcat. a. Abdomen of female with the extremity blunt, the ovipositor not exserted. a^. Fore legs of male with tiiick tufts of long hair, the tarsal .joints fringed with long scales. 1293. Polia pennitarsis. Hadena pennitarsis,Vi\k. xv. 172G (18.^8). d . Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, sap-green, and black 120 XOCTUID^. scales; pectus rufous; legs blackish, the tarsi with wliite rings; abflomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown, suffused in parts with sap- green ; the base green ; subbasal line double filled in with green, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with green, incurved in cell and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform short and broad, dark brown defined by black ; orbicular and reuiform with brown centres and green annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle and expanding below ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, slightly bent .y Fig. 2-f. — Tolia 'pcnmiarsis, <^ . \. outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some o-reen points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line green, defined by dark brown suffusion on inner side and narrowly edged by black on outer, minutely and irregularly waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia green and brown. Hind wing with the basal half brownish white, the terminal half dark reddish brown ; cilia ochreous white, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside with the basal area pale irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 J . Exp. 36 millim. Type t J in Mus. Oxon. i\ Legs of male uormal. ci'^. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on ■veins 4, '6 and forming a distinct ^-mark. a^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. (7*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. (fi. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled outwards above inner margin 'praclita. If. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly angled outwards above inner margin prodcniformis. I'oi.iA. 1:^1 b*. Fore wing without black sh'cak below bnse of fell. a'. Fure wing with the po»tmeclial line incurved between veins 5 and 2. a". Fore wing with the orbicular small, narrow, oblique elliptical furcnla. ¥'. Fore wing with the orbicular well-developed. (0 . Fore wing with tlie orbicular rounded emrsmanni. b' . Fore wing with tlie orbicular oblique elliptical, schncideri. b'. Fore wing with the postuiedial line oblique waved below vein 5. a^. Fore wing with the postmedial area tinged with purplish. a'. Fore wing with the anteinedial line very strongly angled outwards above inner niart;in. ■perdeiitota. I'. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled outwards above inner margin. (fi. Fore wing with white annidiis to orbicular, a". Fore wing strongly tinged with purplish I'ed farnhamL h^. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red ftirca. i"*. Fore wine: with the orbicular pinkish suavis. h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area whitish ... liquida. Ii\ Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a'\ Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown radix. i■^ Fore wing pale pur])lish grey-brown allantica. f 3. Fore wing grey largely suffused with dark brown, vklva. d'. Fore wing purplish grey splendens. f>K Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. «■'. Fore wing purplish red. a^. Fore wing without dentate white mark on stib- terminal line above tornus olcracca. b''\ Fore wing with dentate white mark on subter- minal line above torn us jjisi. h'. Fore wing purplish grey witii some red suffusion, tacoma. c\ Fore wing fuscous brown. a". Fore wing with llie orbicular and reniform pro- minently defined by black, the postmedial line dentate below vein 4 satancUa. b^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform ill- defined, the postmedial line strongly incurved and not dentate below vein 4 quadrata. d'. Fore wing ochreous grey tingcfl with rufous sofl.u. b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a distinct ^''^f^'k. a^. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-shaped. a*. Abdomen without pink lateral stripes. a\ Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey. a". Fore wing with the ante- and ))ostmedial lines connected by a more or less prominent black streak in submedian fold. a". Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. o^. Fore wing strongly irrorated with brown ... gufriiia. /'". Fore wing not strongly irrorated wit li brown, dentina. b''. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. r/'*. Head and tegulie not white, a". Fore wing with the claviform defined by black. 122 NOCTTID-K. «'". Fore wing williout black stre'ik in >ub- niedian fold Ironi subterminal line to terinen. «". Fore wing without lilnok stre;ik in suu- itiedian fold between postinedial and subterminal lines. a^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line glauca. //'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line f/asiva. h^ ' . Fore wing with blaok streak in submedian fold between postmedial and subterminal lines paranica. I/". Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold i'rom subterminal line to ternicn. «'^. lliud wing of male wholly tinged with brown cuneata. h^'^. Hind wing of male white, the terminal area suffused with brown. ft'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line caujuina. b^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line. a^\ Fore wing moderately broad ; renifurin extending well below cell vidua. b^^. Fore wing narrow ; reniform extending slightly below cell pensilis. b^. Fore wing with the claviform forming part of the black streak spgrcgafa. //. Head and tegulre white cnivdti. ¥'. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not connected by a black streak in submedian fold. «". Fore wing with lunulate white mark beyond the claviform albomarginafa. b''. Fore wing without lunulate white mark beyond the claTiform. ci^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2 mista. b^. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. 0^. Fore wing with some yellowish in submedian fold at base and beyond claviform muiilata. b'\ Fore wing without yellowish in submedian fold, a'". Fore wing with the claviform small, acute at extremity, a". Fore wing wholly suffused with red- brown bcani. i". Fore wing with the costal area, cell, and terminal area suffused with red-brown. a'^. Fore wing with the orbicular large Icgitima. 6'-. Fore wing with the orbicular small dodi. b^°. Fore wing with the claviform large, rounded at extremity. a^K Fore wing without prominent white annuli to stigmata. a}-. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with blackish lilacina. b^'^. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with blackish illoba. roLiA. 123 b^K Fore wing with prominent white nnnuli to stigmata didyota. . Fore wing with the ground-colour dull brown to black or reddish brown. i^. Hind wing more or less completely tinged with brown. «'. Fore wing with the medial area concoloroiis or slightly darker. cC^. Fore wing with tJie inner postmedial area concolorous. a'. Fore wing without pale patch on sub- terminal line in submedian fold. «'°. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled in with black, fl^^. Fore wing with the claviform present. a}'-^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median nervure calbertai. b^~. Fore wing with the renii'orm concave towards base yavisa. c^-. Fore wing with the reniform convex towards base. «". Fore wing with the subterminal line greyish, indistinct. a}^. Hind wing not reddish brown. a^". Fore wing dull grey-brown goodelli. b^". Fore wing black-brown sadales. h^K Hind wing reddisli brown chalcia. ¥'\ Fore wing with the subterminal line prominent, wliite cctypa. //". Fore wing with the claviform absent, a'-. Fore wing dull brown. u}''\ Fore wing with the reniform pale, witliout white points on its lower edge. a}*. Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line iioverca. i'*. Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line boUeri. b^^. Fore wing with the reniform fuscous with pale points on its outer edge ... mania. b^^. Fore wing black-browu. a^^. Fore wing with the subterminal line white, interrupted obscura. 6". Fore wing with the subterminal line ochreous, concolorous r/wrcns. b'". Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with black atrircna. //". Fore wing with pale patch on subterminal line in submedian fold. «'". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal line white assunilu. b^". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal line ochreous. «^'. Fore wing witli white points on outer edge of reniform ai/a. '>". Fore wing with white lunule on outer edge of reniform nervina. b^. Fore wing with more or less distinct pale patch on inner postmedial area, a". Fore wing with tiie orbicular round. a"\ Fore wing witli grey annuli to the stigmata pannosa. 124 NocTriii.r.. /;'". Fore wing wilhout gri'v aiiiiuli to tlic stigmata dipicn/ffidia. P. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a slight ochreous s-treak '. xanihocn^ma. h''. Fore wing with the medial area whitisli mc-^of/fawa. b^. Hind wing pure white, the teniiinnl area more or less tinged with fuscons in female. a~. Fore wing with the renil'orm filled in with wliite .' spn/n-i. L~' . Fore wing with the renil'orm not Ulled in with white. «". Fore wing with the subterminal line incurved at discul fold. f/^. Fore wing not striated with fnscou-; riipresceiTs. Ifi. Fore wing striated with fuscous iiiesomelana. //**. Fore wing with the subterminal line nut incurved at diseal fold ftircilinca. <■'. Fore wing with the groimd-colour oolireous brown. (('\ Fore wing with dentate black marks bcfure subterminal line. ci'. F^ore wing with dark marks on terminal aroa, beyond subterminal line 'iiiagdlana. h' . Fore wing with the terminal area pale, without dark marks bej'oud subterminal line Ichnmi. h'\ Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line. «". F'ore wing witli slight pale streaks in diseal and submedian folds den fa. h~. F'ore wing without pale streaks in diseal and submedian folds iflrcfehi. d\ Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish. a^. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused viith fuscous. a'^ . Fore wing not suffused with green. (1^. F'ore wing with diffused medial shade ^x//i7/.s-. IP. Fore wing with the medial area from costa to median nervnre darker than ground- colour Imirjiclara. c^. Fore wing with tiie whole medial area darker than ground-colour. a^. F'ore wing with the ground-colour almost pure white, ft^". Fore wing without medial line. a}^. Fore wing with prominent white streak above vein 5, arising from reniform doira. /;". Fore wing without prominent white streak above vein 5 arising from reni- form sfcnof IS. ft'". Fore wing with waved medial line cappa. b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- white. a^". Fore wing witli yellow mai'kings on reni- form and subterminal line dj/sodca. b^". Fore wing without yellow markings on reniform and subterminal line. fi'^'^. Fore wing with the elaviform elongate... maderce. h^^. Fore wing with the clavifurm short serena. U . Fore wing largely suffused with green. cfl. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the ground-colour. 125 a^. Fore wing with the stigmata not defined by black olivocincta. b^. Fore wing witli the stigmata defined by bhick marea. b'^. Fore wing witli the medial area darker llian the ground-eoh)ii r ^uhjecta. b^. Hind wing wholly I'nscous coi/Jusa. e^. Fore wing with the ground-colour green psittacita. /;'. Abdomen with pink lateral stripes ■pictula. VK Fore wing with the reniforni ?mall, narrow, and usually more or less angled inwards on median nervure, rarely absent or represented by a black lunule. «■*. Hind wing not bright yellow. rt'. Fore wing with the postinedial line incurved or oblique from vein 5 to inner margin. a!^. Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure streaked with white spiciilosa. ft". Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure net streaked with white. ((^ . Hind wing of male white, the terminal area suflused with liiscous rcnicjtra. b~. Hind wing of male wholly tinged with fuscous. a^. Fore wing reddish brown, the postmedial area pale rufous. ifi. Fore wing wilh promment white annulus to reniform. rt'". P'ore wing pale rufous to fuscous brown... sfric/a. fti". Fore wing bright brown ferrcalix. //. Fore wing without white annulus to reui- form larea. ft". Fore wing grey more or less suffused with fuscous black, especially on medial area. a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines separate at inner margin ; stigmata well developed olivacea. h^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost touching at inner margin ; stigniata almost obsolete vau-mpflia. r~*. Fore wing fuscous brown with some ochreous on postmedial area subpicta. h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line iiu'urved or oblique from vein 4 to inner margin. cfi. Hind wing white, the termen more or less tinged with fuscous. es])ecially in female. a' . Fore wing with the grouud-colour white tinged with green or ochreous. «■*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a black lunule poUrt^/i,-;. ft**. Fore wing witli tiie reniforni white lau(labili,-<. h''. Fore wing with the ground-colour white not tinged with green or oclireous mnnnica. c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- white, a"*. Fore wing with tlie ante- and postmedial lines approximated on inner margin, a". Fore wing with the antemedial line very oblique quadrilincn/a. P. Fore wing with tiie aniemedial line neai-ly erect viffufn. 126 NOCTtriDiB, J/. Fore wing witli the ante- and postniedial lines not approximated on iinier margin. aP. Fore wing not suffused with black. rt^". Fore wing with the lines double. a}^. Fore wing tinged with olive and with black streak above tornus incurra. b^^. Fore wing not tinged with olive and without black streak above tornus inteiitata. h^°. Fore wing witli the lines single ciiiica. h^. Fore wing suffused with black on medial area hodcva. r^. Fore wing almost wholl3- suffused with black alhofjuifafa. d~ . Fore wing witii the ground-colour reddish brown mixed with grey crecta. e' . Fore wing with the ground colour fuscous grey with yellow streaks in discal and submedian folds da'h. i". Hind wing yellowish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous riujosa. c^. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous. a'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more or less tinged with green mririnitiiicta. V . Fore wing grey, the medial area brown, er**. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin present mediana. //. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform absent fasciafa. c' . Fore wing whitish suffused with rosy pink ... roseosaffusa. d'. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish or dark brown renisi.gna. c". Fore wing fuscous brown with white spots. cC^. Fore wing tinged with green; the reniform angled inwards on median nervure goniophara. b". Fore wing not tinged with green, the reni- form not angled inwards on median nervure. rudis. e'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from vein 13 to inner margin esnpis. b^. Hind wing bright yellow. a'. Hind wing with the terminal band rather narrow and not expanding on apical area bohcmanni. I?. Hind wing with the terminal band broad and expanding on apical area i^ecrdcns. 1294. Polia praedita. Koctua frec'dda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. r)9.5 (1S27) ; Led. Ann. Soc. Ent. Eelge, xiii. pi. 1. f. 11 (1870); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing grey, the antemedial and medial areas tinged with fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line defined by white on outer side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then nearly erect ; claviform almost obsolete, a dentate whitish mark beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white annnli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above; the median nervure and veins rising from it POLIA. 127 defined bj- fine white streaks ; terminal area brown except at apex, extending to inner side of the subterrainal line which is white, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous punctiforra postmedial lino. Hab. S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 d" , Zellcr Coll. ; Akmenia : W. Tur- kestan-, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkbstan, Khashgar ; Kasemir, Nubra (McArtliur), 2 S . E.vp. 34: millim. *1295. Folia prodeniformis. (Plate LXXXL fig. 18.) Mamesti-a prodeniformis. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 404 (1887) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117. § . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grej- and black ; teguloe with black medial line ; abdomen reddiwh brown, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Pore wing whitish with a slight violaceous tinge, suff'used in parts with reddish brown and fuscous, especiall}' on medial area and costal area before subterminal line ; a black streak below base of cell interru])ted by the black- edged white striga representing the subbasal line, with a whitish patch beyond it outwardly edged by black ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, obsolete on costal area, angled inwards on vein 1, then very strongly outward above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by black, a dentate whitish mark beyond it on vein 2 ; orbicular and rcniform with white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above and forming a U-shaped mark with its arms ])roduced outwards above, the latter with its outer part tinged with pale rufous and its lower with black ; an indistinct medial line obliquely incurved from costa to below end of cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 5, slightly excurved below vein 2 ; subterrainal line white, defined on inner side by irregular dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with black except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous and whitish. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown. I/ah. U.S.A., Xew Mexico, Hot Springs, in coll. J. ]i. Smith. E.vp. 34 millim. 129G. Polia furcula. (riate LXXXT. fig. 19.) Mametitra furcula, Stand. Stett. cnt. Zeit. 188'J, p. 36; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. Ifil). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; tegute with two more or less prominent black lines ; patagia with some 128 xocTuiD.r.. black scales on upper edge ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge and slight brown suffusion, the medial area brown except towards costa and inner margin ; subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell filled in with white ; anteraedial line double filled in witli Avhite, waved from costa to vein 1, then strongly angled outwards, some- times almost to postmedial line ; claviform large, brown defined by black, acute at extremity, a bidentate white mark above it on vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, white with slight brown centre, the latter brown with slight white annulns ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, angled outwards below costa and sharply at vein 5, then incurved and angled on veins 2 and 1 ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with brown ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white ; the veins, base, and inner area suffused with brown ; a broad terminal fuscous-brown band ; cilia white ; the underside sparsel}' irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule, crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Bah. W. TuRKESiiN, Issyk-kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan, Hi; Kashmir, Kardong, 14,000' \McArtJmr), 4 J, Digha Pass, 15,000' (JllcArthur), 4 c? . Ex^y. 30 millim. *1297. Polia eversmanni. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 20.) Mamestra eversmanni, Staucl. Iris, xii. p. 367, pi. 6. f. 14 (1900); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IGO. 2 . Head and thorax grey tinged with fulvous and mixed with some black scales ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen whitish tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft with ochreous. Pore wing grey, tinged with purplish and suffused with brown, especially on medial and terminal areas; subbasal line double, dentate, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and more strongly out- wards above inner margin ; claviform large, fuscous brown defined by black, acute at extremity, a prominent bidentate whitish mark beyond it on base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by black, the former rounded, whitish with brown centre, the latter greyish with whitish annulus ; a medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate; a double postmedial line, bent out- wards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved between veins 5 and 2 and at inner margin ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black lunules : cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, -the reins, basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous; the terminal POLIA, lli9 area black; the cilia white; underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal point, the terminal area black. Hub. E. Turkestan, Korla, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim. 1208. Polia schneideri. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 21.) Mamestra Kchiieidcri, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 368 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-hrovvn ; subbasal lino represented by double black striiB from costa and cell ; a double black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa and strongly above inner margin, slightly excurved between those points ; claviform brown defined by black, acute at extremity, a bidentate whitish mark above it on vein 2 ; orbicular oblique elliptical, with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ; reniform rather narrow, fuscous grey defined by black ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 4, then bisinuate, the area beyond it paler with some whitish points on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, anoled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suff'used with black ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia pale brown, with darker lino through them and inter- sected with ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the base tinged with brown, the veins, discoidal lunule, and terminal half brown; cilia white ; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and broad sub- terminal band. Hdh. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Korla, Kuldja, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 J . Exp. 40-44 millim. 1299. Polia perdentata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 22.) Hadena perdentata. ITmpsn. Motlis Ir.d. ii. p. 198 (1894). Mamestra bifida, Puug. Iris, xv. p. 149, pi. 5. f. 3 (1902). Head and thorax purplish brown slightly mixed with grey; tegulae with two black lines near upper edge ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous. Fore wing dark purplish grey suffused in parts with brown ; sub- basal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell filled in with grey ; a dentate black mark on inner area before the antemedial. line, which is double and filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa and strongly above inner margin, waved between those points ; claviform largo, defined by black, a pale bidentate mark above and beyond it on vein 2 ; orbicular small, obli(jue elliptical, with brown centre and ochreous annulus defined VOL. V. K 130 xoCTUiDJi:. by black; reniform large, fuscous grey defined by black, with brown, and ochreous line on inner side; an indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double filled in "with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then oblique and minutely waved, augled inwards above inner margin, the area beyond it rather paler except at costa, on which are some pale points ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, the area beyond it rather darker except at apex, angled outwards to termen at veins 7, 4, 3, a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia grey, with blackish line through them and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing fuscous brown with darker terminal line, the cilia pale with brown line through them ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hah. W. TuRKKSTAN, Alexander Mts., typef hifida J $ in Coll. Piingeler ; Kashmir, Kokser (McArthur), 1 $ type ; Punjab, Kulu, 1 c? . Exp. 42 millim. 1300. Polia farnhami. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 23.) Mamesira farnhami, Grote, EuU. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 103, pi. 3. f. 2 (1873); Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 116. Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; teguhe with medial black line and some black scales at tips ; patagiawith some black on upper edge ; abdomen yellowish brown, trie dorsal crests darker. Eore wing purplish, the veins with dark screaks ; the subbasal line represented by double black stria) filled in with grey from costa and cell, and^with some brown beyond it above vein 1 ; anttmcdial line double, black filled in with pale brown, waved and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform narrow, defined by black, the former oblique elliptical with rufous centre and whitish annulus, the latter with whitish line on inner side, followed by rufous, then purplish ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate, with a whitish mark before it below the orbicular, bidentate on vein 2 and subniedian fold ; the medial area from subcostal nervure to submedian fold browner ; postmedial line double, black filled in with pale brown, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then oblique and dentate, somo whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, interrupted by an oblique whitish fascia from apex, angled outwards to termen at vein 7, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, the area beyond it rather browner ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line and terminal series of small lunules. Hah. Canada, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? type, {Coclcerell) 1 ? , Glenwo )d Springs. Exp. 44 millim. 131 1301. Polia furca. Mamesfra furca, Ev. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 154; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schiiiett., Koct. f. 628; SUud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Bianthmcia coUeti, Sparre-Schneider, Sieb. Euum. iii. p. 56 (1876). d" . Head and thorax grey mixed with some red-brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegulae with two black lines near upper edge; patagia edged with black above ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tufr and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wiug grey suffused with pale purplish ; the subbasal line represented by double black strife from costa and cell filled in with whitish ; a blackish shade on inner area before the double antemedial line, which is filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and waved between those points ; claviforni large, dark brown defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular small, ellip- tical, white defined by black and with slight brown centre, a whitish line on its outer edge confluent with the bidentato white mark on vein 2 before the medial line, which is oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; renifoim with grey centre and whitish annulus de- fined by black, rather narrow ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then oblique and minutely waved, the area beyond it purplish grey with some white points on costa ; subterminal line whitisli defined on inner side by some black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, the area beyond it blackish except at apex, angled out- wards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with white line at base and intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half whitish; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, waved postmedial line and slight diffused subterminal band. Huh. Noeway; W. Tuekestan, Saisan, lssyk-kul,Kuruk Tag, 1 S , Alexander Mts., 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Tuekestan, Hi, Korla ; Mongolia, Uliassutai ; Tibet, Xuku-noor ; E. Siberia. Exp. 42 millim. 1302. Polia suavis. Mamestra suavis, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 428, pi. 7. f. 4 (1892) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169. S • Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown ; tegulae with medial dark line ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; tarsi with whiti:^h rings ; abdomen grey tinged with pale reddish brown. Fore wing purplish pink suffused and irrorated with blackish, leaving the postmedial area and an apical patch purplish ; subbasal line double, black filled in with purplish pink, slightly waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled in with pink, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black, a dentate pinkish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former pinkish, oblique elliptical, the K ill 132 xoctthd^ii. latter purplish grey, its centre defined by fuscous, slightly angled inwards on median ncrvure and almost touching former ; an in- distinct medial line, oblique t'rom costa to below cell ; postmedial line double, filled in with purplish, dentate, bent outwards below costa, and obliqne below vein 5, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side, forming somewhat dentate marks below costa and at middle, angled •outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small dentate black marks; a whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish sufFased with brown ; cilia whitish ; underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, dentate postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band. Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor ; E. Siberia, Ussuri, 1 S • Exp. 38 millim. 1303. Polia liqnida. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 24.) Mamestra liquida, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 58 (1S81); Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 116. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulas with dark brown medial line followed by rufous ; patagia with some black scales above ; abdomen grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing blue-grey ; the subbasal line represented by black spots below costa and cell, defined by blue-grey on outer side, the costal area beyond it suffused with red-brown to subterminal line, on medial area extending to submedian fold or vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in with blue-grej', angled outwards below costa, then oblique waved ; claviform well developed, defined by black and filled in with fuscous ; orbicular and reniform rather narrow, with brownish centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, with a grey streak below it on vein 2, often developed into a prominent wedge-shaped mark ; postmedial line double, filled in with blue-grey, minutely dentate and produced to black points on the veins, bent ou' wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it blue-grey except towards costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal line white, defined by a red-brown line on its inner side and by the area beyond it being red-brown except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white suffused with brown, leaving an ill-defined whitish postmedial band ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point. Hah. U.S.A., Washington, ] c? , 2 $ type, Oregon, Colorado, Exp. 40-44 millim. 1304. Polia radix. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 25.) Agrofis radix, Wlk. x. 3.32 (]8r)6) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17. Mamestra dimmocki, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 187.^. p. 4"20. Mamcsfra desperata, Smith, J'roc. I^.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 221 (1891). MLii. , 133 Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegula3 with black medial line ; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing deep red-brown slightly suffused with grey ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved subbusal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbi- cular and reniform large, slightly defined by black, the former irregularly elliptical, the latter extending to below coll ; an irregular medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dcfineil by greyish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish, defined by somewhat dentate red-brown marks on inner side, angled outwards below cotta and dentate nearly to tcrmen on veins 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barnston), 1 cJ type, Nova Scotia (Redman), i 5 , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 (^ , 2 J ; U.S.A., Maine, 1 $, New Hampshire, White Mts. (VimmocJc), 1 2 type dimmocJci, Colorado, California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 40 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head heavily reticulate with black, the pale luteous ground appearing in small dotted patches. Body light grey-brown, the tubercles, a series ot cuneiform subdorsal patches, and a stigmatal shade blackish. The subdorsal patches are a little oblique, sharply terminated behind, and the pair on joint 12 are confluent. Faint yellowish dorsal and subdorsal lines. Cervical shield and anal plate darkened. Snbstigmatal band broad, slightlj' paler than the ground-colour. A general feeder. — H. G. D. 1305. Polia atlantica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 26.) Hade7ia w-latinum, Guen. Noct. ii. p, J04 (part.), nee Iliifu. Mamestra atlaniica, Grote, Bull. Bufi'. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 12 (1874); Sniitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117. Mameitra discolor, Spejer, Slett. ent. Zeit. xxxvi. p. 142 (1875). cj . Head and thorax grey-browu with a reddish tinge ; palpi blackish at sides, frons with black bar ; tepulae with black medial line ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with reddish. Fore wing grey- brown sutt'used with rufous, except the costal area to beyond middle; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a subbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1, excurved below cell ; claviform moderate, defined by black and filled in wilh brown ; orbicular and renifurra with greyish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter extending to below cell ; a dark shade beyond lower angle of cell ; some pide points on costa towards the subterminal line, which is yellowish white, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to terraen on veins 4, 3, some dentate black marks before it 134 TfOCIVIDM. at middle and the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of email black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, darker on terminal area ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Uab. Canada (Norman), 1 c? , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 d , 1 $ ; U.S.A., E. States, 2 S type, Massachusetts, 2 S, Wisconsin, Yirginia. Exp. 36 millim. 1306. Polia vidua. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 27.) Mamestra vidua, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 17; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. c5' . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; frons with black bar above ; tcgulae with black line near lips ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, the medial area more strongly suffused with brown except on costal area ; subbasal line black, slightly angled outwards on median nervure, ending on the rather wedge- shaped black streak below base of cell ; autemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform largo, m ith brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, its lower extremity nearly touching the latter, which is somewhat concave on inner side ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line black, defined by whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subtcrminal line white with slight dentate brown marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it rather darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Eah. W. TuKKESTAN, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, 1 S . Exj). 30 miUim. 1307. Polia splendens. Noctua splendens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 400 (1827) ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 396; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Head and thorax bright purplish red to pale dull rufous ; tegulae with slight medial line ; abdomen ochreous tinged with purplish red or rufous. Fore wing bright purplish red to pale rufous, the veins and costal area irrorated with white ; a dark rufous streak below base of cell; subbasal line indistinct, white, waved, from costa to submediau fold: antemedial line waved ; claviform small to moderate, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform irrorated with white and with fine white annuli defined by ruibus, the former oblique, irregularly elliptical, a sinuous medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial line POLIA. 135 slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fino, white, defined on inner side by a prominent dark rufous shade except towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate oa veins 4, 3. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, the basal and inner areas paler ; the cilia ochreous, sometimes tinged with purplish pink ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused with red, a small discoidal lunule and carved post- medial line. Uah. Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; IIussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Rumelia ; E. Siberia, Amurland, 1 $ , Ussuri ; Corba,. Exp. 36-40 miUim. Larva. Streckfuss, Ent. Nachr. vi. p. 279. Gi'ound-colour very variable, pale brassy or yellowish green to blackish or dark olive-green, thickly irrorated with white points; dorsal and subdorsal lines formed of larger white dots ; lateral line yellow or white, with the black-edged white spiracles on it ; the ground-colour darker above lateral line and on each side of sub- dorsal line ; each somite with four dorsal black dots, forming straight lines on thoracic somites, on medial somites triangular marks, and on terminal somite a quadrate mark, each somite also with two dots above and below lateral line ; head brownish or yellowish. Food-i»lants : grass, litimex, PhoiUtijo. Differs from M. oleracea in the lateral stripe being broader, sharply defined below, and usually more yellow ; the cervical shield without the four black dots. 1308. Polia oleracea. Nocfua oleracea, Linn. Svst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1858); Esp. Schraett. iv. pi. 165, tf. 4-8 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 20, pi. 101. f. 6 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 193 ; 8taud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua spinaci(B, Bork. Eur. S(-liinett. iv. p. 454 (1792). Mamestra variegata, Aust. Le Nat. iii. p. 142 (1885). Head and thorax rather dull red-brown slightly irrorated with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous sufi'used with brown. Fore wing rather dull red-brown ; the veins and costal area irrorated with white ; a small white tuft at base ; faint traces of a waved white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct antemedial line excurved in interspaces and angled in- wards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform slightly defined by rufous ; orbicular small, irregularly rounded, with whitish annulus ; reniform indistinctly defined by brown, open above, with an orange spot in its upper part ; traces of an oblique medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, often i)roduced to a series of white points on the veins, bent out- wards below co.sta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some \vhite points beyond it on costa subterminal line white, indistinct towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish white. 136 >'OGTUID.y. slightly tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused ■with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown and tinged with purplish pink, a small diicoidal spot and curved postmedial series of strise on the veins. Ab. 1. varier/ata. Much paler. — Morocco. Bab. Britain, Scotland, England, Lcecli Coll., Ireland ; France; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Algiers, Leech Coll.; Morocco, Tangier (Meade-Waldo), 1 $ ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia: Syria; W. Tdrkestan, Tura, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai Mts. ; E. Turkestan, Hi. E.vjy. 42 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 186, pi. 158. f. 1. Green or brown, white-dotted ; warts black ; spiracular line yellow, edged above with dark grey. Food-plants : Urtica, Rumex, Elm, Brassica, etc. 7-9. 1309. Poliapisi. NocUia pisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 167. ff. 1-5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 429 : Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 17, pi. 101. f. 5 ; Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 192 ; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 167. Mamestra splendevs. Stepli, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 192 (1828). Mamestra pollens, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 35. Mamestra riokavaarce, Hoffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 127. Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ; abdomen rufous, the anal tuft often ochreous. Fore wing bright purplish rufous, sometimes partly tinged with yellow, a waved Fig. 25. — Poliapisi, ^j". }. greyish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved antemedial line, incurved in cell ; claviform slightly outlined with brown ; orbicular and reniforni large, incompletely defined by brown, the former round, the dark medial shade passing between them ; postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, prominent, especially in discal and submedian folds, where it has dark marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; cilia with two pale lines through them. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with POLIA. 137 brown, the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and traces of a pale subterminal line. Ab. 1. racavaarce. Dark purplish grey-brown instead of rufous. — Finland, Lapland, E. Siberia. Ab. 2. pallens. Fore wing pale brown with a yellowish tinge, the markings less prominent. — Iceland ; W. Turkestan. Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feaxce, Sand Coll.; Gkrmant, Zeller and Frey Culls. ; LrALY ; Iceland; Scandi- navia, Zeller Coll. ; Uussia, Finland, Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; Mongolia, Urga ; S.E. Siberia, Dauria, Ussuri. Exp. 36-42 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 183, pi. 157. f. 2. Green or purple-brown with black dots ; subdorsal line yellow, black-edged ; spiracular line yellow or pale greenish, black-edged above ; head pale green or pinkish ochreous ; legs sometimes pinkish. Food-plants : Fteris, Cytisus, Scahlosa, etc. 8-10. 1310. Polia tacoma. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 28.) Mamestra tacoma, fUrack. Lep. Ehop. & Het, Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900);