SPILOSOMA. :{(;7 



black and yellow, the femora yellow above, the Bore and mid tibiae 

 streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen dorsally 

 yellow, the two basal and anal segments white, the 3rd segmenl 

 with dorsal and subdorsal black spots, the five following segments 



with black bands, a lateral series of black splits, the three medial 

 segments with small sublateral spots. Fore wing white; a black 

 spot at base of cell ; a medial black point above vein 1 ; a point 

 above or below vein 2 towards its origin, a postmedial point below 

 vein 2 on right side only, a few subterminal points and a terminal 

 point at submedian fold. Hind wing white, thinly scaled ; a black 

 discoidal point and two snbmedial points in submedian fold on 

 right side only. 



Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (Neave), 1 § type. Exp. 48 millim. 



1710 b. Spilosoma microsticta, n. sp. (Plate LVIII. fig. 12.) 



6 . Head and thorax white, the tegulse edged with yellowish, 

 the teguhe and patagia with small black spots, the prothorax with 

 slight black streak ; antennae black; palpi black at sides; femora 

 orange above and with black spots at extremities, the fore and mid 

 tibiae with black stripes, the hind tibiae with black bands, the 

 tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen orange-yellow, the base, 

 extremity, and ventral surface white, lateral and sublateral series of 

 black spots. Fore wing white ; a small black spot at base of cell and 

 subbasal point on costa ; small antemedial spots below costa and cell 

 and above inner margin; two black discoidal points and points 

 above veins 2 and 3 ; obliquely placed postmedial points below vein 

 6 and above 5, subterminal points above veins 4 and 3, and a point 

 just before termen below vein 3. Hind wing semihyaline white. 



Hub. S. Nigeria, Foveados (Simpson), 1 <5 type. .Exp. 40 

 millim. 



1717(7. Spilosoma tristicta, n. sp. (Flate LVIII. fig. 13.; 



J . Head and thorax pure white, the tegulse edged with orange- 

 yellow ; antenna; black ; the shaft white above ; palpi black above ; 

 pectus orange-yellow in front ; femora orange above and with black 

 spots at extremities, the fore femora and fore and mid tibia; with black- 

 stripes, the tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen with the basal 

 segment white, then orange-yellow with dorsal and lateral series of 

 small black spots, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white 

 with antemedial and medial small black spots below the costa. 

 Hind wing white and somewhat semihyaline ; a black discoidal point. 

 Hab. N. Nigeria, Lokoja (F. G. Brown), 1 J type. Keep. 

 34 millim. 



*1717 b. Spilosoma aureolimbata. 



Amsacta aureolimbata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 157 (1910), & xviii.pl. 3. 

 f. 37. 



6. Head orange, the vertex with black point; palpi except at 

 base and antennae black ; thorax white, the tegulae tipped with 



