1 26 NocTUiMi;. 



i*. Fore wing with the ante- and poslmcdial lines 

 not approximated on iinier margin, 

 a". Fore wing not s^ufl'usod with black. 

 fl'°. Fore wing with the lines dovihle. 

 a^\ Fore wing tinged vvitli olive and with 



black streak above tornus inrurva. 



i^'. Fore wing not tinged with olive and 



without black streak above tornus infentata. 



h^°. Fore wing wit li the lines single ciniva. 



P. Fore wing .siiU'used with black on medial 



area hodeva. 



(^. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with 



black alhogutfata. 



d? . Fore wing with the ground-colour reddish 



brown mixed with grey crecta. 



e' . Fore wing witli the ground colour fuscous grey 

 with yellow streaks in di^^cal and submedian 



folds daf'is. 



b^. Hind wing yellowish, the terminal area suffused 



with fuscous rtigosa. 



c^. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous. 

 a~. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more 



or less tinged with green marinitincta. 



b~ . Fore wing grey, the medial area brown. 

 a*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform 



present mediana. 



/fi. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform 



absent fasciafa. 



c'. Fore wing whitish suffused with rosy pink ... roseosuffusa. 

 d'' . Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish or 



dark brown renisigna. 



e^. Fore wing fuscous brown with white spots, 

 a*. Fore wing tinged with green ; the reniform 



angled inwards on median nervure goniophrira. 



i^. Fore wing not tinged with green, the reni- 

 form not angled inwards on median nervure. r/idis. 

 c'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from 



vein 3 to inner margin esopis. 



b*. Hind wing bright yellow. 

 a^. Hind wing with the terminal band rather narrow 



and not expanding on apical area hohemanni. 



Ifi. Hind wing with the terminal band broad and 



expanding on apical area seccdens. 



1294. Polia prsedita. 



Noctua pradita, Hiibn. Eur. Sehmett., Noct. f. 595 (1827) ; Led. Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Eelge, xiii. pi. 1. f. 11 (1870) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with fuscous. 

 Fore wing grey, the antemedial and medial areas tinged with 

 fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ; a black streak 

 below base of cell ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line defined 

 by white on outer side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then 

 nearly erect ; claviform almost obsolete, a dentate whitish mark 

 beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with brownish 

 centres and white annuli defined by black, the former oblique 

 elliptical, open above ; the median nervure and veins rising from it 



