110 NOCTUID.E. 



with grej' centres and ochrcous anniili defined by black, the 

 former ronnd, the latter almost V-shaped ; an indistinct Avaved 

 medial shade except on costal area ; postraedial line dentate, bent 

 ontwards below costa, incurved at di.scal fold and strongly below 

 vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 oclireons, defined on inner side by brown patches on each side of 

 veins 5 and 2 and usually rufous marks above veins G and 3, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and sliglitly excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with black line through them 

 and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white, the 

 veins and terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia oclireous ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a 

 discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. P0NJAB, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. I'ounj), 1 $, Simla (Reid), 

 1 2 type, Dharmsala {Hockiny), 2 c? , 6 $ ; Assam, Khtisis. Ex£. 

 38-42 millim. 



1279. Polia mongolica. 



Mamesira adjimcta. Stand. Stctt. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 240 ; id. Eom. M4m. 



vi. p. 423, pi. 6. f. 8 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 15.5 (nee Boisd.). 

 Mamesira mongolica, Stand. Iris, ix. p. 253 (189()) 



(adjunda.) Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with 

 grey; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused 

 with purplish grey, leaving the cell and area beyond and below it 

 redder; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to 

 submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, bent 

 inwards to inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by brown, or 

 obsolete ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish, the former round, 

 the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade, oblique 

 from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double filled in 

 Avith greyish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and 

 incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub- 

 terminal line grey, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side 

 and with the area beyond it rather darker, slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian 

 fold. Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area rather darker : 

 cilia white at tips ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated 

 with brown, a diffused dark subterminal band. 



Ab. 1. monrjolica. Eather greyer, with the lower part of reniform 

 defined by whitish on outer side. 



Hah. W. TuRKESTAN^, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestak, Hi : Mongolia, 

 Uliassutai, Urga, 1 <S ; Tihet, Amdo ; Amurlaxd, Ussuri, 2 cJ , 3 $ , 

 Kentei, 1 S ; Japan, Oiwake (Pri/er), 4 d" ; Cokea : Cuina, Shanghai 

 {Pryer), 1 $ , Chang-yang, 1 J . E.vp. 46-56 millim. 



1280. Polia advena. 



Xortua advena, ScliifT. Wicn. Verz. p. 77 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. p]. 178. 

 ff. 4, 5; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 81; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 392, 

 pi. 96. f. 4 ; Stepli. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 155. 



