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b*. Antennae with the shaft white 



above 1175a. albicornis. 



b 3 . Forewing with postmedial series of 



well separated spots castanea 9 . 



6 l . Hindwing buff. 

 a~ . Forewing with ante and postmedial scar- 

 let lines with series of black points on 



them , 1176. rubilinea. 



b 2 . Forewing without scarlet lines. 

 a 3 . Forewing with the veins not streaked 



with black 1196. sordidescens. 



b s . Forewing with the veins streaked with 



black 1217. tigrina. 



c 1 . Hindwing black-brown 1175. castanea ft. 



b. Antennae whitish 1174. strigulata. 



D. Forewing grey, grey-brown or blackish. 



a. Forewing without series of white spots. 



a 1 . Abdomen brown 1186. fuscipennis. 



b 1 . Abdomen crimson above — 1 197. sikkimensis. 



b. Forewing with series of white spots. 



a 1 . Hindwing with the ground-color white 1213. fulvohirta. 



b 1 . Hindwing with the ground-color pale 



yellow 1227. impleta. 



1160. Diacrisia lubricipeda, Linn. Syst. Nat., I., p. 505 (1758). 



Bombyx lubricipeda alba, Hufn. Berl. Mag., II., p. 412 (1766). 



Phalcena lepus, lietz. Gen. Spec. Ins., p. 37 (1783). 



Bombyx menthrasti, Esp. Schmett., III., p. 334, pi. 66, If. 6—10 (1786). lliibn 

 Enr. Schmett., II., ff. 152-153. Godt. Lep. Fr , IV., p. 362, pi. 37, If. 5-6. Stcph . 

 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., II., p. 75, pi. 16, f. 3. 



Bombyx mendica, Rossi. Faun. Etrur., II., p. 174 (1790). 



Phalcena erminea, Marsh. Trans. Linn., Soc, I., p. 78, pi. 1, f. 1 (1491). 



Chelonia luxerii, Godt. Lep. Fr., IV., p. 360, pi. 37, f. 4 (1822). 



Spilosoma sangaica, Wlk., XXXI, 294 (1864). Butl. 111. Het. B. M., III., p. 5, 

 pi. 42, f. 5. 



nabitat.— Europe ; America ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Siberia, Amur ; 

 Japan ; Corea ; China ; Pdnjab, Murree. Exp. 34-46 mill. 



1163. Diacrisia punctata, insert (syn.) 1168 Spilosoma ummera. 



1192. Diacrisia obliquivitta, insert (syn.) 1170 Spilosoma jucundum. 



1171. Diacrisia flavalis, insert (syn.) Spilosoma lativitta, Moore P. Z. S, 

 1865, p. 809. 



1165. Diacrisia stigmata, insert (syn.) 1182 Spilosoma lactcatum. 

 1218. Diacrisia leopaudina, insert (syn.) Ardices liturala, Wlk. Char. Lep. 

 Het., p. 12 (1869). 



1172. Diacrisia omjqua, Wlk., III., 679 (1855) $ ncc. ?. 



