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 



