172 noctcid.t;. 



from it to postmeclial line ; orbicular a white aiinulus with, small 

 green centre ; reniform a small white lunule with black bar before 

 it ; a rather ill-defined and irregular black medial line somewhat 

 angled outwards at median nervure : postmedial line double, the 

 outer indistinct, dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line 

 minutely waved, white defined by olive-green on inner side, ex- 

 curved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards in submedian 

 fold, olive-green patches with blackish marks on them on its 'outer 

 side at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia olive-green intersected with white. Hind wing pale 

 yellowish, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia olive at 

 base, white at tips ; the underside with the costal and apical areas 

 irrorated with brown, a discoidal point. 



Hah. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1 (S •, Castro Paraiia, type t 6 folia 

 in Coll. Schaus. Exjj. 34 millim. 



1370. Polia marea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 11.) 



Mamestra marea , Sc-liaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894); Druce, 

 Biol. Centi-.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476. 



Head ochreous mixed with a few black hairs, the palpi black at 

 sides ; thorax purplish rufous, some of the scales tipped with black 

 and white ; the tegulfe black at base ; tarsi black ringed with 

 white ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the dorsal 

 crests tipped with black, the hair at sides and anal tuft rufous. 

 Pore wing whitish, the basal half suffused with, reddish brown 

 with pale blue-green fasciae on costal area, in submedian fold, and 

 on inner margin, the antemedial area with some rough white- 

 tipped scales ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian 

 fold; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform green, defined by 

 black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, 

 green with some dark irroration and green above it on costa, the 

 latter constricted at middle, with black centre and incomplete 

 green annulus strongly defined by black ; postmedial line miuutely 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some fuscous beyond it from vein 4 to inner margin 

 and some white points on costa ; subterminal line defined by 

 ferruginous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle, the area beyond it green except towards apex and with 

 diflfuscd black streaks on the veins, which have white points at, 

 their extremities ; cilia red-brown intersected by fuscous. Hind 

 wing white, the veins and terminal area suftused with fuscous ; 

 cilia white, with a brown line on apical half; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 $ ; Costa Kica, type f d in Coll. Schaus. 

 Exp. 34 millim. 



