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. 



