POLIA. 157 



irrorated with brown ; tarsi fuscous with ochreous rings. Fore 

 wing pale reddish brown irrorated and suifased wnth fuscous, the 

 medial and terminal areas darker ; the veins slightly iri-oratcd with 

 white ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submediaii 

 fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line defined by pale reddish on 

 inner side; elaviform absent; orbicular pale reddish incompletely 

 defined by black, round ; reniform fuscous, with pale reddish 

 annulus except below, where it has some whitish points on its edge 

 and is sliglAly angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct 

 waved medial "line, excurved at lower angle of cell ; posrmedial line 

 dentate, produced to short streaks ending in white points on the 

 veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, 

 some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale reddish, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian 

 folds, excurved at middle, some small dentate black marks before it 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale reddish, 

 with a fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia 

 ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside pale, 

 irrorated and the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a small 

 discoidal spot and curved postraedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona {Poling), 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim. 



1343. Polia obscura. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 23.) 



Mamestra obscura, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 468 (1891) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am, p. 124. 



c^". Head and thorax black-brown shghtly tinged with grey; 

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

 brown, with a reddish tinge on inner area and slightly irrorated 

 with grey ; hardly a trace of subbasal line ; antemedial line indis- 

 tinct, waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the 

 former U-shaped, the latter greyish ; an indistinct waved medial 

 line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly 

 defined by brown on outer side, dentate and produced to points on 

 the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 represented by a series of small grey and black dentate marks, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 paie fuscous brown, the cilia rather paler ; the underside greyish 

 thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



Hub. Canada, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 5 d ; U.S.A., Wisconsin, 

 ? Arizona. E.rp. 36 millim. 



1344. Polia mcerens. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 24.) 

 Caradrina mcerens, Butl. Traua. Eut. Soc. 1882, p. 125. 

 5 . Head and thorax black-brown, many of the scales tipped 



