166 XOCTUID^. 



brown ; cilia whitish and brown ; the underside white irrorated 

 with brown, a di>;coidal spot and curved waved postmedial line. 



Bah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Argus Mts., in Coll. J. B- (Smith. 

 Exp. 36 millim. 



*1360. Polia stretchi. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 5.) 



Scntogramma atrctchii, H. Edw. Can. Ent. xix. p. 146 (1887) ; Smith, Cat. 

 Koct. N. .Am. p. 130. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mi.xed with grey; tarsi 

 fuscous with I'ale rings. Fore wing pale greyish thickly irrorated 

 with dark brown and black ; traces nf a subbasal line from costa to 

 subincdian fold ; antemedial lino rather indistinct, obli(]ue, waved, 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavii'orni represented by a smull blackish 

 mark ; orbicular and reniform rather indistinctly defined by black, 

 the former round ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line 

 minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below 

 vein 4; subtcrrainal line represented by a series of slight dark 

 marks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black spots. 

 Hind Aving whilish irrorated with brown, the terniinal area suffused 

 with brown ; the underside whiter, with small discoidal lunule and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado desert, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exjy. 32 

 millim. 



1361. Polia palilis. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 6.) 



Dianfh'Tcia palilis, ITarv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 273 (1875) ; 

 Smith, Cat. JS'oct. N. Am. p. 202. 



J . Head and thorax white with a slight brown tinge ; sides of 

 palpi and frons black ; patagia with some black scales above ; tarsi 

 banded with black ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing white, 

 tinged in places with ochreous and irrorated with some large 

 fuscous scales, the terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous 

 narrowing to above tornus ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, erect ; 

 orbicular and reniform ver}' indistinctly defined, with some fuscous 

 scales at centre, the former small, round ; a diffused medial fuscous 

 shade expanding into a patch in cell between the stigmata ; post- 

 medial line rtither indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond 

 it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, defined by fuscous 

 marks on innei side at costa and below vein 2 and on outer side in 

 discal fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing pure white ; 

 the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a 

 black discoidal point. 



2 ■ Head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; fore wing much more 

 suffused with fuscous, especially on antemedial, medial, and terminal 

 areas ; hind wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 d , 1 ? type. Exjy. 30-32 millim. 



