POLIA. 105 



with a few black scales ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; an oblique blackish streak above inuer mar^jin 

 before the antemedial line, which is double, waved, and angled 

 outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by 

 black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, 

 the latter with ochreous spot on its outer edge at middle and two 

 white points at lower extremitj' ; a medial line oblique from costa 

 to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double towards costa, 

 strongly dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some whitish points beyond it at costa ; subterminal 

 line indistinct, greyish, with some obscure dentate dark marks 

 before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, 

 suffused with brown, darker on inner area and terminal half ; a pale 

 line at base of cilia ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and 

 terminal areas suffused and irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal 

 spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Amukland, Ussuri, 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho 

 {Pratt), 1 S , Washan (Pratt), 1 d , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 d , Kwei- 

 chou, 1 d ; PuxJAB, Simla, 1 $ , Murree (Harford), 1 $ , 

 Thandidni (Yerbury), A cJ , 2 § , type nirfert-ima ; Tibet, Yatung 

 (Hohson), 1 6,2'^ ; Sikhim. Exp. 46 millim. 



1271. Polia persicarise. 



Noctua persicaricB, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 319 (1761); Esp. Schmett. iv. 



pi. 129. ff. 1, 2 ; Hiibn. Saiuuil. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 64 ; Dup. Lep. 



Fr. vii. pi. 102. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 196 ; Staud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. 

 Noctua accixitnna, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 129. f. 4 (1788). 

 Mamesira unicolor, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 91 (1871). 



Head and thorax black slightly mixed with brown ; tarsi ringed 

 with white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey, the dorsal crests 

 blackish except the basal one which is rufous. Fore wing black 

 slightly irrorated with brown; the lines double filled in with 

 brownish ; the subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 the antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined 

 by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former 

 round, with black point at centre, the latter filled in with white and 

 with some rufous at centre ; an indistinct waved, curved medial line ; 

 postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line represented by a series of dentate black marks with 

 small ochreous spots on them, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with 

 a series of white points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 terminal half fuscous ; an indistinct pale subterminal line towards 

 tornus. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of both 

 wings tinged with rufous, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial 

 line with fuscous band beyond it. 



