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below vein 4 ; some grey points on costa towards apex ; snbterminal 

 line p:ile, detincd bj- tbe area beyond it being greyer, excurved at 

 vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in diseal and submedian folds. 

 Hind wing brownisb ochreoiis, browner towards terraen ; the cilia 

 ocbreons at base, then with brown line and wbitish tips ; the 

 nndorside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with 

 brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 5 S i X.W. Br. 

 Columbia. Exp. 34 millim. 



1238. Poiia meditata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 18.) 



Bianfhoecia meditata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 104(1873); 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown more or less strongly irrorated 

 with grej' ; abdoruen grey-brown, the anal tuft of male paler. 

 Fore \Aing red-brown, sufi'used with fuscous and slightly irrorated 

 with grey ; traces of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to 

 submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with 

 grey, oblique, waved; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular 

 and reniform moderate, with greyish annuli incom])letely detined by 

 brown, the former rather oblique elliptical ; postmedial line dentate, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some 

 grey points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal line defined by the area 

 beyond it being somewhat darker and suffused with grey, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of 

 terminal area dark ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark 

 brown, sometimes yellowish towards base ; cilia with tine pale line 

 at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with 

 brown, the costal area sometimes tinged with rufous, a dark 

 discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada {Normmi), 1 ,$ ; U.S.A., Eastern States to Vir- 

 ginia and Mississippi, 1 d" , 1 $ , type, Kansas. Exp. 34 millim. 



Larva. Head brown, with broad curved black bands in front 

 and black reticulations. Body sordid reddish brown, dorsal space 

 broadly paler, enclosing dorsal rounded lozenge-sbaped dark patches ; 

 sides dark ; lines obscurely indicated, the substigmatal broad, 

 scarcely paler than ground-colour. Cervical shield shining black, 

 luteous-dotted centrally and cut by distinct dorsal and more diffuse 

 subdorsal orange lines. Feet black. Tubercles minute. — H. G. D. 



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1239. Polia leiicogramma. (Plate LXXX. fig. 19.) 



Dianthoecia leucogramma, Grote, Bull. BufF. Soc. JNat. Sci. i. ^. liO (1873) ; 

 Smith, Cat. A'oct. N. Am. p. 115. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen 

 reddish brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown 

 irrorated with black ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to 



