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. 



