roLiA. 161 



Hah. NiLGiRis {Lindsay, Hampson), 2 cJ , 5 5 ; Cetlon, 5 5 type. 

 Exp., S 40, $ 48 millim. 



Subsp. sichiina. Moore, Len. Atk. p. 109 (1882). 



Fore wing much more uniform pale rufous, with less black 

 suffusion and the pale patches almost obsolete. 



ILtb. PfJXJAB, Kasauli, 1 c? ; Sikhim {Russell), I5 type. 



1350. Polia dipterigidia. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 29.) 

 Mamestra dipterigidia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 267 (1902). 



Head and thorax dark rufous ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen 

 fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing dark 

 rufous suffused with fuscous, the inner area with some yellowish, 

 becoming a prominent patch beyond postmedial line : subbasal line 

 represented by black striae from costa and cell ; an indistinct waved 

 antemedial line ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform indistinctly 

 defined by black, the orbicular round ; traces of a dark medial 

 shade ; postmedial line dentate, beat outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line represented by indistinct ochreous points on black 

 streaks ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine ochreous line at 

 base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal 

 half with an ochreous tinge ; the underside ochreous, the costal and 

 terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and post- 

 medial strigiform line. 



Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1^,15 type. 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



*1351. Polia xanthocosma. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 30.) 

 Mamestra xanthocosma. Turner, Trans. Eoy. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, p. 3. 



5 . Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen grey. Fore wing 

 reddish brown ; the subbasal line represented by ochreous strigae 

 from costa and cell, defined on inner side by black and with an 

 ochreous fascia in subraedian fold from it to the antemedial line, 

 which is ochreous defined on each side by black and slightly sinuous, 

 with a black mark before it above inner margin ; claviform short, 

 black ; orbicular absent ; a slight ochreous streak in end of cell 

 before the reniform, which is ochreous defined by black, with a 

 black spot on its lower part and constricted at middle; postmedial 

 line black, defined on outer side by ochreous and with an ochreous 

 patch beyond it from vein 2 to inner margin, minutely waved, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal 

 line ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, 

 the area beyond it dark brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 brown, especially towards costa and termen ; the underside with the 

 costal area irrorated with brown and with traces of a postmedial 

 line on it. 



Hah. ? Queensland, type t $ in Coll. Turner. Exp. 28 millim. 



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