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POLIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
imitata. 
umbrata. 
albimixta. 
sutrina. 
gasiva. 
paranica. 
albescens. 
cuneata. 
gertana. 
basirufa. 
rubicunda. 
legitima. 
dodi. 
undulate line consists of very small yellow spots. Hindwing white, at the distal margin brown, in the $ entirely 
brown. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. North East Peru. Allied with imitata Maassen (15 h). 
P. imitata Mssn. (15 h). Forewing greenish-brown or violettish-brown, dusted and strewn with blackish- 
brown, in the antemedian and subterminal areas as well as in the fillings of the maculae olive-green; the transverse 
lines rather indistinct, the anterior line submedianly bordering round a blackish oval and at the proximal margin 
of a purer white; behind the coniform macula a white hook-shaped spot, the upper maculae broadly confluent 
on the median; undulate line interrupted white, in the centre forming a W, behind it the marginal area is purple 
blackish. Hindwing yellowish-white,"at the margin broadly darkened. Ecuador, Colombia. 
P. umbrata Schs. Eorewing greyish-brown, dusted with lilac, the costal margin and basal half of 
the cell pale reddish-yellow, below it a black basal ray; the base of the proximal margin is dusted with a brownish 
black; transverse lines double, behind the distal line the veins are black, strewn with reddish-yellow; the large 
reniform macula is reddish-yellow, encircled with black, below the cell with a bent black line; the reniform macula 
is likewise large, brown, in a reddish-yellow ring, before and behind it dark brown shading; from the posterior 
transverse line there extends behind the cell a broad blackish-brown nebulous stripe to the margin, interrupted 
by reddish-yellow spots of the undulate line; a similar shade is above the anal angle; in the marginal area bet¬ 
ween the veins blackish-brown stripes. Hindwing blackish-brown. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Costa-Rica. 
P. albimixta Schs. has lilac-brown forewings, the costal base and the cell being yellowish-green with 
a black basal ray; the fine transverse lines are black, bordered with white, before and behind it black and white 
strewing on the veins; the upper maculae are yellowish-green, in broad white rings, both in the centre strangulated, 
the ring-macula oblique, its white margin flows together with a white line partly bordering round a yellowish- 
green spot below the cell; the proximal margin in the discal area is white, strewn with a yellowish green, the 
costal margin is spotted white; the marginal area is broad white, strewn with green, behind the cell interrupted 
by a brown shade. Hindwing blackish-brown. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Costa-Rica. 
P. sutrina Grt. (15 i) is dusted and strewn with dark brown on a bluish-white ground, in the discal 
area darker, with a long black interrupted basal ray as far as the post median; the dentate transverse lines are 
on the averted sides white, the maculae are large, with brown pupils and white rings; the whitish undulate 
line without a distinct W has black sagittae in front of it. Hindwing brownish-grey with grey fringes. Canada; 
Colorado. 
P. gasiva Schs. (15 i). Forewing grey, intensely strewn with dark brown and in some places, particularly 
much in the discal area, dusted with blackish-brown; the black transverse lines are single, the posterior line 
dentate; the small coniform macula and the grey upper maculae are encircled with black, between them there 
runs down a faded dark median shade; the grey undulate line is on each side shaded with dark brown the veins 
in the marginal area are striped black. Hindwing dusted with brown, with white fringes. A small species 
from Mexico. 
P. paranica Schs. (15 k) has violettish-grey forewings dusted and strewn with black, in the subbasal 
area, discal area and before the undulate line olive-green; the transverse lines are black, on the averted sides 
bordered with white, on the submedian fold connected by a black streak; the maculae are filled up with olive- 
green, in white rings and encircled with black, between them an indistinct undulate median line; the undulate 
line is prominently white, behind it green spots and black on the folds. Hindwing yellowish with darkened 
margins. Brazil. An extremely variable species. Intensely white specimens that almost look like a different 
species but which are connected by transitions, I denominate albescens form. nov. (15 i). 
P. cuneata Grt. (15 i). Forewing grey, dusted with blackish-brown, with a darker discal area, with 
double transverse lines filled up with grey, the posterior line dentate and behind it on the veins striped grey 
and black; maculae in grey rings; undulate line white, proximally with black and yellow sagittae, the marginal 
area behind it darker. Hindwing brownish-grey. Canada, United States to California. —- gertana Sm. is smaller, 
more slender, both the transverse lines connected by the coniform macula. — basirufa Strd. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) 
has the basal area dusted with reddish-brown, the maculae and subterminal area whiter. —• rubicunda Strd. 
(— ab. 2 Hmps.)\ the reddish-brownish dusting is extended across the whole wing; the two latter forms are 
uncertain and may belong to other species. 
P. legitima Grt. (15 k) resembles the reddish forms of the preceding, but it has a broader shape of 
the wings; the transverse lines have the same shape, but the intense white edging is absent; there is an undulate 
median line; the coniform macula is often entirely filled with black, the upper maculae are grey, the reniform 
macula is red-brown, in the lower half pupilled blackish-grey and in a light ring; the grey undulate line is proxi¬ 
mally shaded with red-brown, the marginal area behind it darkened. Hindwing light brownish with a dark 
margin. Canada; United States to Oregon. — The larva is violettish-brown with light yellow longitudinal lines 
which are partly above bordered with black. 
P. dodi Sm. (15 k) is smaller and darker than legitima, with a dark bluish-grey ground-colour, in the 
basal, costal and cellular areas dusted with red-brown; the transverse lines are the same, filled up with a lighter 
grey, the ring-macula is smaller, narrow and oblique. The hindwing is somewhat darker. From Canada (Alberta). 
