60 NOCTUIDJE. 



Genus POLIA. 



Type. 



Tolia, Oclis. Scliniett. Eur. iv. p. 73 (1816), non descr. ; 



Treit. t^i'luiiott. Kur. v. (2) p. T) (18:2a) cappa. 



Mamcstra, Odis. Scliinctt. Eur. iv. p. 7<)(1'"^1<J). "on descr.; 



Treit. Selimett. Eur. v. (2) p. 127 (182.')) pisi. 



Xan'hia, Oolis Selimett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (181()), non deser.... lutnago. 



FoiymLvis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 205 (1827) JiVu/ramma. 



Harmodia, Hiibu. Verz. p. 207 (1827) aun/'fa. 



Mehtvchra. Iliibii. Verz. p. 207 ( 1 827) persicarice. 



JElhrid, Hiihn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) sereiut. 



Astraprtis, Iliibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) (Jcn/iiia. 



Biataraxla, Hiibn. Verz. p. 211) (1827) splenrl ens. 



Biantha'cia, Boisd. Silberm. Eev. Ent. ii. p. 24G (1834) ... cucuha.li. 



Hccatcra. Guen. Noct. ii. p. 27 (18.")2) dysodea. 



Aplccta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 74 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non 



descr nchidom. 



Pas^wff, Wlk. sv. 1754(1858) r«rfw. 



Magma, \\\\i.\-&xiY. 1223 (18fi5) r;«//.s. 



Mefcra7ia, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385 plctvla. 



Haderonia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 320 (1895) subartichanica. 



Xnnihalia, Berg, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. p. 395 



(1894) lutcago. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint frinsjed 

 with long hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; 

 head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and nietathorax with 

 crests ; pectus and tibia clothed witli long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series 

 of cre.sts. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from 

 upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; (i, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. {Haderonia^. Antennae of male bipectinate, with long 

 branches, the apical part serrate. 



A. Fore wing black-brown with a reddish tinge cuUa. 



B. Fore wing grey-brown. 



a. Fore wing with grey annuli to stigmata, a black lunule 



in subniedian fold on inner side of subterminal line... arschanica. 



b. Fore wing with wliite annuli to stigmata, a dentate 



black mark in submediau fold before subterminal line subarschanica. 



1209. Polia culta. 



Mamestra culta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 347; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 204. 

 Hadcna, subviolacea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 55. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; 

 tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen 

 dull brown, the anal tuft more ochreons, the ventral surface 

 irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark red-brown thickly irrorated 

 with purple-grey ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to 

 vein 1, prominently black and filled in with yellow scales below the 

 cell ; antemedial line doable, oblique, waved, angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black at extremity and below 



