132 xoctthd^ii. 



latter purplish grey, its centre defined by fuscous, slightly angled 

 inwards on median ncrvure and almost touching former ; an in- 

 distinct medial line, oblique t'rom costa to below cell ; postmedial 

 line double, filled in with purplish, dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, and obliqne below vein 5, some pale points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterrainal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side, 

 forming somewhat dentate marks below costa and at middle, angled 

 •outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small dentate black marks; a whitish line at base 

 of cilia. Hind wing whitish sufFased with brown ; cilia whitish ; 

 underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, dentate 

 postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor ; E. Siberia, Ussuri, 1 S • Exp. 

 38 millim. 



1303. Polia liqnida. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 24.) 



Mamestra liquida, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 58 (1S81); Smith, Cat. Noet. N. 

 Am. p. 116. 



Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulas with 

 dark brown medial line followed by rufous ; patagia with some 

 black scales above ; abdomen grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore 

 wing blue-grey ; the subbasal line represented by black spots below 

 costa and cell, defined by blue-grey on outer side, the costal area 

 beyond it suffused with red-brown to subterminal line, on medial 

 area extending to submedian fold or vein 1 ; antemedial line double 

 filled in with blue-grej', angled outwards below costa, then oblique 

 waved ; claviform well developed, defined by black and filled in 

 with fuscous ; orbicular and reniform rather narrow, with brownish 

 centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique 

 elliptical, with a grey streak below it on vein 2, often developed 

 into a prominent wedge-shaped mark ; postmedial line double, 

 filled in with blue-grey, minutely dentate and produced to black 

 points on the veins, bent ou' wards below costa, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it blue-grey 

 except towards costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal 

 line white, defined by a red-brown line on its inner side and by the 

 area beyond it being red-brown except at apex, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of 

 minute black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing 

 white suffused with brown, leaving an ill-defined whitish postmedial 

 band ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated 

 with brown, a dark discoidal point. 



Hah. U.S.A., Washington, ] c? , 2 $ type, Oregon, Colorado, 

 Exp. 40-44 millim. 



1304. Polia radix. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 25.) 



Agrofis radix, Wlk. x. 3.32 (]8r)6) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17. 

 Mamestra dimmocki, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 187.^. p. 4"20. 

 Mamcsfra desperata, Smith, J'roc. I^.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 221 (1891). 



