104 ICOOTUIDiE. 



costa, excurved to vein 4, thon incurved, some pale points on costa 

 beyond it ; subtcrminal line indistinct, pale, the area beyond it 

 somcwliat darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and cxcurved 

 at middle ; a terminal series of minute black lunulos ; a tine pale 

 line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of 

 basal half i)ale ; the cilia ochreous white, with dark line near b;Lse ; 

 the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irroratcd with 

 brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Br. K.Ai'RICa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 J, Kikuyn (Craw- 

 s7ta?/), 1 $ , INLacliakos {Crawshay), 1 j type, Quaso (Betton), 1 $ , 

 Eb Urru (Betton), 1 $ ; Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $ . 

 Ex^. 36-38 millim. 



1269. Polia venata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 5.) 



2 . Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with black ; 

 tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface 

 and anal tuft mixed with ochreous and rufous. Fore wing bright 

 purplish red mixed with some ochreous and irrorated with black ; 

 veins streaked with white ; subbasal line defined b}' ochreous on 

 outer side, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, and angled outwards 

 below costa and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black with some brown 

 irroration in centre, the former round, the latter with blackish 

 centre and white annulus ro lower part; an obscure waved medial 

 line angled at lower angle ot cell ; postmedial line defined by 

 ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it. 

 on costa ; subterminal lines formed of ochreous lunules with diffused 

 black marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly 

 excurved at middle, a termanai series of small black lunules ; cilia 

 fuscous with ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing fuscous, 

 the interspaces of basal half ochreous white ; cilia ochreous with a 

 fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and 

 terminal areas tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and dift'used 

 subterminal baud. 



Hab. Bk. E. Africa, Lari (Betton), 1 $ type. Exj>. 42 millim. 



1270. Polia mortua. 



Mamcstra mortua, Stgr. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1S88, p. 249; id. Eoni. Mem. vi. 



p. 426, pi. 8. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 15(5. 

 Mamcstra a.fra, GrsEs. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 326. 

 Mamcsfra nigerrbna, Wan*. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 302 ; Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 202. 

 Hadena kala, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 17 (1900). 



Head and thoi'ax black-brown; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen 

 fuscous ; the dorsal crests black ; the anal tuft of male ochreous. 

 Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated 



