roLiA. 1,51 



aud produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line grev, defined by brown on inner side, the 

 area beyond it dark except at costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black luuules. 

 Hind vving pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darker ; 

 cilia white and brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, 

 a brown discoidal s])ot. 



Hah. Canada, Alberta (Tfo%-DotZ), 2 c? , 2 5 ; U.S.A., N., E., 

 Middle & Central States, 1 § type, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 5 

 type illahefacta, New York, Evan's Centre, 1 S , Colorado, New 

 Mexico. Exp. 36 millim. 



1332. Polia illoba. 



Agrotis illoba, Butl. A. M. N. H. (.5) i. p. 162 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B.M. iii 



pi. 44. f. 7 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. 

 Graphiphora pacijica, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 165 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. 



B.M. ii. pi. 30. f. 2. 



Mamestra declliiaus. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250 ; id. Rom. Mem. 

 vi. p. 427, pi. 8. f. 2. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with dull brown ; tarsi with pale 

 rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing purplish grey 

 irrorated and suffused wath dull reddish brown : an indistinct, pale, 

 waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial liue 

 indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform defined by black and 

 filled in with blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, with brownish 

 centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former somewhat 

 oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in lower part ; a 

 slight medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; post- 

 medial line slightly waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal liue whitish, defined by red-brown 

 on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. 

 Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown 

 or wholly suffused with brown ; the underside white, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. declinmis. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with 

 bright rufous. 



Hah. E. Siberia, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 S type, Yokohama 

 (Jonas, Fryer, Ilanley), 7 c? , 7 $ , type pacijica, Tokio (Claries), 

 1 d , 1 ? , Oiwake (Fryer), Id, 1 ? , Chiuzenji (Leivis), 1 $ ; 

 CoREA, Gensau (Ito), 1 c? , 1 $ ; C. China, Kiukiang (Fratt), 1 $. 

 Exp. 44-46 millim. 



*1333. Polia dictyota. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 14.) 

 Mamestra dictyota, Lower, Proc. Linn. See. N.S.W. 1901, p. 643. 



$ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; some black 

 on vertex of head and extremity of tegul® ; tarsi black with pale 



