184 KOCTTTID^. 



with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line 

 represented by double black strite filled in with pale colour from 

 costa and median nervure ; antemedial line double, filled in with 

 pale colour, nearly erect, obsolescent on costal half; medial area 

 darker ; claviform short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform 

 small, with greyish annuli defined by black, the former round, the 

 latter narrow ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line 

 indistinctly double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below 

 costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial area paler 

 except at costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal line 

 pale, defined by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at 

 middle, defined by black towards inner margin and with a black 

 streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; a terminal series 

 of black striae. Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly 

 tinged with brown. 



Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Las Vigas, Hot Springs. Exp. '24 

 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing 

 from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci. 



*1388. Polia incurva. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 14.) 



Mamestra incurva, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 466 (1887) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N, Am. p. 126. 



Head and thorax dark grey ; tegulse with black line ; abdomen 

 brownish grey. Fore wing dark grey, irrorated with fuscous and 

 slightly tinged with olive, the medial area rather darker ; subbasal 

 line double, ending in a slight black streak ; antemedial line double, 

 slightly excurved in interspaces; claviform small, defined by black: 

 orbicular and reniform small, with obscure pale annuli defined by 

 black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow ; post- 

 medial line double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below 

 costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, strongly below vein 4 and 

 becoming confluent with lower edge of reniform ; subterminal 

 line pale, slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 slightly excurved at middle, in submedian fold interrupting a short 

 black streak extending to termen. Hind wing white ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with fuscous. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Las Vigas, Arizona. 

 Ea-^y. 25 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a 

 drawing from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci. 



*1389. Polia intentata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 15.) 



Mamestra intcnfata, Smith, Ent. News, is. p. 245 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 1.56. 



Head and thorax pale to dark fuscous grey irrorated with black ; 

 tegulse with indistinct medial line and daik tips; patagia with 

 dark edges ; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing pale 

 to dark fuscous grev irrorated with black : the medial area with a 



