74 NOCTUID^. 



by black, large and extending to jiostmedial line ; orbicular and 

 renit'orm with fuscous centres and wliitish annuli defined by black, 

 open above, the former obliciuc elliptical, the latter large ; a 

 waved medial shade ; postmedial line doul)le, bent outwards below 

 costa, inwardly oblique below vein G and touching reniform and 

 claviforra, slightly angled outwards on vein 1, the veins beyond it 

 streaked with black and with a series of white points on them ; 

 subtermiual line grey, slightly defined on each side by brown, with 

 a more prominent i)atch with white points on it on inner side at 

 costa, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown in- 

 tersected with white. Hind wing reddish brown, with fine dark 

 terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside white, 

 the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal 

 spot and slightly waved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. ochrostigma. Fore wing with slight fulvous spots beyond 

 claviform and reniform. 



Ab. 2. extensa. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with 

 black. 



Ab. 3. cana. More uniform brownish grey, the markings less 

 distinct. 



Al). 4. unifornus. Fore wing obscure grej', almost uniform in 

 colour. — Ulliassutai. 



Hah. Gekmany, Silesia, Bohemia, Saxony ; Switzektand, Valais, 

 Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Scandinavia., Lapland, Leech Coll. ; liussiA, 

 Finland, Leech Coll., Urals, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; 

 AV. TuKKESTAN, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai ; W. Siberia, Altai ; 

 E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Amurlaud. Exp. 32-40 millim. 



*1226. Polia griseata. (Plate LXXXVI. tig. 7.) 



Mamesfra griseata. Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 467 (I'JOO); 

 Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. loti. 



Head and thorax purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; head 

 with blackish tuft between anteniue ; tegulna with blackish medial 

 line ; patagia edged with black on outer side ; abdomen brownish 

 grey. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; a brownish 

 shade on medial area and on outer j»art of postmedial and terminal 

 areas except at apex ; subbasal line double, blackish, interrupted ; 

 a slight black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line greyish, 

 not defined by black, excurved ; claviform defined by black, short, 

 broad, acute ; orbicular and reniform rather small, Avith grey 

 annuli defined by black, ttie former oblique elliptical; postmedial 

 line double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal 

 line white, defined by the dark shading on each side of it, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold ; a fine dark 

 line at base of cilia, which are grey intersected with fuscous. Hind 

 wing fuscous, paler at base ; the cilia whitish ; the underside paler 



