(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 



