roLiA. 129 



area black; the cilia white; underside white, the costal area 

 irrorated with black, a discoidal point, the terminal area black. 

 Hab. E. Turkestan, Korla, in Coll. Piingeler. Exj). 40 millim. 



1298. Polia schneideri. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 21.) 



Mamestra schneideri, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 368 (1900); id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 160. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tegulae with 

 black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-brown ; 

 subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell ; 

 a double black streak above inner margin before the antemedial 

 line, which is double, filled in with grey, angled outwards below 

 costa and strongly above inner margin, slightly excurved between 

 those points ; claviform brown defined by black, acute at extremity, 

 a bideutate whitish mark above it on vein 2 ; orbicular oblique 

 elliptical, with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ; 

 reniform rather narrow, fuscous grey defined by black ; an indistinct 

 medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial 

 line double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved 

 to vein 4, then bisinuate, the area beyond it paler with some 

 whitish points on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner 

 side by black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the 

 area beyond it suffused with black ; a terminal series of black 

 lunules ; cilia pale brown, with darker line through them and inter- 

 sected with ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the base tinged with 

 brown, the veins, discoidal lunule, and terminal half brown; cilia 

 white ; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a 

 discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and broad sub- 

 terminal band. 



Hab. W. Turkestan, Perghana, Issyk-kul : E. Turkestan, Korla, 

 Kuldja, 1 5 ; Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 $ , Exp. 40-44 

 millim. 



1299. Polia psrdentata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 22.) 



Hadena perdentata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 198 (lS9i). 

 Mamestra bifida, Piing. Iris, xv. p. ) 49, pi. 5. f. 3 (1902). 



Head and thorax purplish brown slightly mixed with grey; 

 tegulae with two black lines near upper edge ; patagia edged with 

 black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous. 

 Fore wing dark purplish grey suffused in parts with brown; sub- 

 basal line represented by double black strite from costa and cell 

 filled in with grey ; a dentate black mark on inner area before the 

 antemedial line, which is double and filled in with grey, angled 

 outwards below costa and strongly above inner margin, waved 

 between those points ; claviform large, defined by black, a pale 

 bidentate mark above and beyond it on vein 2 ; orbicular small, 

 oblique elliptical, with brown centre and ochreous annulus defined 



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