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NOCTUln.E. 



1188. Lasiestra moutana. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 18.) 



Polia montana. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1000, p. 95. 



c? . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and a few orange 

 scales on thorax : tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey with some 

 black, especially on dorsum. Fore wing black irrorated with bluish 

 grey, especially on basal area ; the markings rather deeper black, 

 sliirhtly irrorated with orange scales ; an indistinct, double, waved 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; traces of a double, waved 

 antomedial line ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform ill-defined, white irrorated with black, the 

 former rounded, the latter with its lower edge indented ; traces of 

 a dentate postmcdial line bent outwards below costa and obli(iue 

 below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; a subterminal 

 series of black and white lunulate marks slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunulcs ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused 

 with fuscous, leaving the termen whiter ; underside ochreous whitish 

 irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and diffused postmcdial band. 



Uah. W. China, Ta-Chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ^ type. Evvju. 36 millim. 



*1189. Lasiestra subdita. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 19.) 



Bmnfhacia subdita, Mosclil. Wien. ent. Men. iv. p. 363, pi. 9. f, 7 (1860) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. 



cJ . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black ; teguloe with 

 strong black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; 

 tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown. 

 Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black, the medial area 

 slightly tinged with brown in, below, and beyond cell ; subbasal 

 line waved from costa to below cell ; a straight black line below 

 base of cell ; antemedial line strong, black, much excurved below 

 cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of the clavi- 

 form ; orbicular and reniform very small, blue-white defined by 

 black, the former I'ound ; medial line oblique from costa to lower 

 angle of cell, then incurved and parallel to postmcdial line, which 

 is strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by slight black marks 

 before it towards costa and inner margin, and by the area beyond it 

 being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 the termen and cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark 

 fuscous brown with a slight white streak on termen towards tornus ; 

 cilia white with dark brown marks at base ; the underside grey 

 thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post- 

 medial line. 



Nab. Canada, Labrador, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim, 



1190. Lasiestra phoca. 



Bianfhcecia pkoca, Moschl. Wieii. ent. Moii. viii. p. 197. pi. n. f. 1.5(1864); 

 Suutb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 12'J ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. I<i2. 



