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 ; 



