232 NOCTTJID^E. 



marginal orange dashes ; cilia chequered brown and orange. Hind 

 wing pale fuscous, with traces of a lunule at end of cell ; a 

 postmedial line and subinarginal band; cilia orange-yellow ; under- 

 side with cell-spot and irregular postmedial line. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 36 millim. Type in B. M. 



1787. Polia sikkimensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 348, pi. 38, fig. 16 ; 

 C. 8f 8. no. 2101. 



Differs from herchatra in being of a duller colour. Fore wing 

 with the ante- and postmedial lines obscure ; the orbicular and 

 reniform wmitish, the latter large and prominent ; the yellow 

 dashes of the submarginal line smaller ; cilia of both wings grey. 



In another form the whole of the markings of the fore wing 

 are obscured and only just indicated, so that it is nearly uniformly- 

 dark irrorated with yellow scales. 



Hab. Sikhim, 10,000 feet. Exp. 28-32 millim. 



1788. Polia canosparsa, n. sp. 



S . Differs from herchatra in being much darker, the head but 

 slightly tinged with yellow ; thorax and abdomen without yellow. 

 Eore wing slightly irrorated with pale yellow and grey, the mark- 

 ings less prominent ; the submarginal line slightly outlined with 

 grey and with no yellow spots ; cilia black and grey. Hind wing 

 darker towards outer margin, the cilia tipped with grey. 



Hab. Sikhim, 12,000 feet {Elwes). Exp. 38 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



1789. Polia transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 125; C.fy S.-no. 1970. 

 Hecatera modesta. Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 125 ; C. fy 8. no. 1969. 



2 . Head and thorax clothed with grey and black scales ; ab- 

 domen fuscous. Eore wing clothed with black, white, and ochreous 

 scales ; indistinct double waved subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial 

 waved lines ; the orbicular and reniform with white edges and 

 fairly prominent, the latter conjoined at its lower side to the 

 incurved postmedial line ; a prominent white dentate submarginal 

 line. Hind wing fuscous ; underside with cell-spot and postmedial 

 line. 



The form transversa has the basal and outer areas of fore wing 

 whitish, the medial band darker, whilst modesta is more uniform. 



Hab. Kashmir ; Thandiani, Punjab. Exp. 38 millim. 

 l7Sfi p. obit c. VA.\si<jw* H <~PJ^ J.^oWt. 5oC.-y iv . 2.0.2.(1^2^ Si'v^l <* . 



1790. Polia endroma, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii, p. 259. 



2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing bright chestnut ; the last with 

 an obliquely excurved blue-grey antemedial line, the area before 

 it irrorated with blue-grey scales ; the orbicular and reniform 



