4'Ji] NOCTUIDiE. 



*2ii2'}. Dasypolia? gerbillus. 



Dasi/pulia qcrhillus, Alpli. ITor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxri. p. 451 (1892) ; id- 

 Roiu. Mciu. ix. p. '1\, pi. .". C. ; Slaud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 181. 



$ . Grey tinged with yellowi.'^h. Fore wing with the .subbasal 

 lino dark, from costa to subracdian fold, autemodial line angled 

 outwards below eosta, then oblicpie, waved; claviforra absent; 

 orbicular and reniforra whitisli defined by fuscous, the former 

 •elongate elliptical ; medial lino obli<}Uo from costa to lower angle of 

 cell, then waved ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutolj' dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterrainal 

 Jine angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a dark 

 terminal line. Hind wing grey with slight discoidal point, sinuous 

 postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band ; the underside 

 yellowish grey with dark discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Tibet, Nan Schau Alts. Exp. 31 millim. This species is 

 unknown to mo. 



Genus DASYTHORAX. 



Type. 



Basythorax, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18S9, p. 38 poliana. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, i-eaching vei'tex of head, fringed 

 with long hair in front, the i5rd joint minute; irons smooth; eyes large, 

 rounded ; antennaj of male ciliiited : head and thorax clothed witli long rough 

 hair and without crests ; abdomen with rough hair at base but without crests. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen .strongly curved ; veins 3 and b 

 from close to angle of cell ; from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of 

 cell or shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 

 <i, J stalked ; S anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved and dentate below 



vein 4. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined by brown, poliana. 

 h. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform obsolete anariina. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent inwards below vein 4 



to below the cell, not dentate. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a black point, 



the reniform liy a small spot /( irstUula. 



h. Fore wing with the orbicular absent, the reniform an obscure 

 lunule. 

 rt'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved, not angled 



inwards in discal fold khsufa. 



h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line more or less angled 

 inwards in discal fold. 

 "'-. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at vein 1. 7-asilis. 

 Ir. Fore wing with the postmedial line not excurved at 



vein 1 fflchicolor. 



C. Fore wing with the postmedial lino oblique below vein 4, not 



dentate da ishi. 



*2620. Dasy thorax poliana. (Plate CYI. fig. 4.) 



Bam/thorax polianus, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 38; id. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 180. 



(S . Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some brownish ; 

 siilos of palpi and frous blackish; tarsi black with pale rings. 



