POLIOBRYA; BRYOMOEA; MEROLEUCA. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
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Oe. gracilis sp. n. (2 k) very close to lithoplasta, it is smaller with narrower wings and more oblique gracilis. 
margin to forewings; colour as the former but the discal area is more uniformly adumbrated with grey-black; 
orbicular stigma is much smaller, reniform stigma more heavily shaded with brownish grey. Hindwings much 
more darkly grey-brown. According to a single $ from Issyk-kul in the Munich State Museum. 
Oe. uniovii Ev. (= colorata Krul.) from Vol. 3, p. 21 should be classified here according to Hampson. umovii. 
I have not personally seen this insect. 
Oe. precisa Warr. (= salmonea Culot, superba Rothsch.) (2 k) should be removed from Vol. 3, p. 23 precisa. 
and classified here. The species resembles certain microglossa from Andalusia with a monotonous ochreous 
reddish tone to forewings without white lines and without adumbration in discal area; the elbowed line con¬ 
sists of small concave crescents, in microglossa of a delicate uninterrupted black line. Hindwings 1 ike same. 
Algeria (Sebdou, Geryville) in August and September. 
Oe. subplumbeola Culot (= cinnamomina Rothsch.) (2 k) described as a Catamecia. Forewings red-brown, subplum- 
the paler patches violet-grey, the upper ones a darker shade than the lower; both transverse lines delicate beola. 
and distinctly black, the stigmata only faintly edged with a dark surround, darker than ground colour. Hind¬ 
wings with distinct discal spot. Algeria (Sebdou, Geryville, Lambessa) in September and October. — f. 
precisa Culot has more definite markings and is coloured with greater contrast and rather paler. — suffusa precisa. 
Rothsch. has a brown subbasal complete line instead of a line of dots and beyond same is suffused with su lfusa. 
slate grey as far as the margin. — fasciata Rothsch. has dark cinnamon brown forewings with 2 brown spots re- fasciata. 
placed by 2 bands. — griseola Rothsch. has grey dusted forewings, the brown spots being smaller and paler; griseola. 
the elbowed line double, bold with white edge outwardly, brown inwardly. Hindwings grey-brown. 
Oe. marmorata Warr. I have had no specimen before me. Forewings bluish white in basal area, along marmorala. 
the costa to the outer line and in the 3 stigma, the antemedian is black the inner portion subdivided into 
3 parts, the outer dentate; the round orbicular stigma is confluent with an oval spot below same, reniform 
stigma like a large lunule, claviform stigma like a white crescent; all 3 with black edges, discal area around 
same suffused with olive-brown; elbowed line undulate and dentate, filled with bluish white and beyond same 
irregular dark spots; in the blue-grey marginal area there is an indistinct pale subterminal and a brownish 
spot behind the cell, black marginal streaks, fringes white with dark checks Hindwings pale grey with dark 
marginal line and pale fringes mixed with dark. $ intensively brown with black markings; the white spot 
below the orbicular stigma quadrate, extending in a dentation to the postmedian and becoming confluent 
with the claviform stigma. Wing expanse 32 mm in d, 28 mm in §. Kuku-Noor (Thibet). 
Oe. confucil Alph. (2 k) from Vol. 3, p. 22 should also be classified here. The illustration is from a confucii. 
specimen in the Pijngeler collection. 
Oe. chloromixta Alph. (Vol. 3, p. 22, pi. 4 li) (2 i). We are giving a fresh illustration. 
19b. Genus: I*«liobrya Bmps. 
Differing from the previous Genus by the absence of the proboscis; clypeus smooth as in the Bryo- 
phila. Thorax without tufts and only covered by coarse scales, otherwise of same construction as the two 
preceding Genera. Only one species: 
P. patula Rung. (2 1). Forewings whitish, dusted with ochreous and sprinkled with black; both dentate patula. 
transverse lines black, edged with diffuse white on the edges remote from one another, the black-brown stig¬ 
mata with blackish edges and traces of a central shade between them; in front of the whitish subterminal 
there are diffuse black sagittate marks, the whitish fringes checked with black-brown. Hindwings brownish 
with discal streak and 2 diffuse transverse lines behind, the veins being darkly outlined in marginal area. E. 
Turkestan (Saichin, Korla). 
19c. Genus: SSryomoea Bmps. 
Has a very stunted proboscis, no tuft on prothorax, otherwise as previous Genus. Only one species: 
B. melachlora Stgr. (Vol. 3, p. 22) should be classified here. In the Pungeler Collection its origin is melachlora. 
given as S. Ussuri (Kasakewitch). 
19d. Genus: Meroleuca Bmps. 
Very close to the previous Genus. Proboscis stunted, 3rd joint of palpi much shorter than in the pre¬ 
ceding; clypeus with rounded projection and horny plate thereunder; thorax quite without tufts, also abdomen. 
