NO. 1203. NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 471 



curved over the cell, almost evenly oblique below, inner line black, 

 slender; outer line brown, indefinite, included space a little paler. 

 Subterminal line pale, broken, a little irregular, preceded by black or 

 brown marks in the interspaces. A series of small, black, terminal 

 luuules. Orbicular round or ov^al, center concolorous, annulate with 

 paler, narrowly outlined by black scales. Reniform upright, broad, 

 almost oval, the sides a little flattened, large, incompletely outlined 

 and with a paler annulus relieving the concolorous center. Olaviform 

 concolorous, outlined in black, extending halfway across median 

 space, a black line from lower margin continuing to the transverse 

 posterior line. There is a black streak along the inner margin near 

 the base, and a black line from the lower part of renilbrm to the sub- 

 terminal line. The tendency is to a darkening of the interspaces in 

 terminal and subterminal spaces, taking the form of brown or blackish 

 lines or spots. Secondaries whitish, with a narrow smoky margin in 

 the male; smoky, paler at base, in the female. Beneath, varying from 

 whitish to smoky, more or less powdery, with an incomplete outer line 

 and a discal spot on all wings. 



Expanse, 26 to 30 mm. = 1.04 to 1.20 inches. 



Hahitat. — Rio Yerde Mountains, Phcenix, Arizona, August and 

 September (Dr. Barnes). 



Two males and two females ; none of them first class. The species 

 is not really referable to Hadena, having an untufted abdomen; but it 

 resembles the mactata series in markings and the leucoscelis series in 

 wing form, hence I place it here tentatively. 



Type.— Cat No. 1823, U.S.N.M. 



70. POLIA EXTINCTA, new species. 



Bluish gray over smoky, appearing powdery. Head and thorax 

 irrorate, patagia with a submarginal blackish line. Primaries with 

 the markings fairly evident, not greatly contrasting. Basal line 

 blackish, broken, single. Tranverse anterior line well removed from 

 base, outwardly oblique, moderately outcurved in the interspaces, 

 single, blackish, preceded by whitish gray scales. Transverse posterior 

 line single, blackish evenly outcurved over the cell, thence parallel 

 with the outer margin, denticulate, followed by a narrow pale shading. 

 A series of sagittate blackish marks, in two series of three each, indi' 

 cates. the subterminal line and reduces the subterminal space to a 

 narrow gray band except on costa. A short, thick, black bar crosses 

 fins narrow subterminal space, jusf below vein 2. There is a series 

 ot small, black, terminal lunules. Median shade smoky, obscure, oblique 

 from costa to middle of reniform, bent at the lower margin of this spot, 

 thence close to and parallel with transverse posterior line. Claviform 

 concolorous, black margined, of moderate size, extending halfway 

 across median space, pointed at tip. Orbicular oval, black ringed, 

 concolorous. Eeniform lar^e, broad, kidney-shaped, inner margin 



