;]72 UTIIOSTADiF.. 



dorsal black streak ; antennae black; abdomen crimson with dorsal 

 and lateral scries of black spots, the base oehreous. Fore wing 

 oehreous ; a fuscous streak above median nervure, emitting short 

 oblique basal and subbasal streaks in the cell; a fuscous fascia on 

 inner margin from near base to tornus ; an oblique scries of elon- 

 gate marks in the interspaces from apex to above vein l,the marks 

 above and below veins 5 and 2 not extending to termen and with- 

 out mark between veins 4 and 3 except just before termen ; 

 terminal points above and below vein 5, an elongate spot above 

 vein i, and triangular spot below vein 2. Hind wing oehreous; 

 two small fuscous discoidal spots ; a subterminal point below costa 

 and small spots above and below veins 5, 2, and 1. 



Rah. W. Cm xa, Ta-chien-lu. Exp. 52 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



*1729«. Spilosoma batesi. 



Teracotona batesi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 181 (1910), & xviii. pi. 6. 

 f. 22. 



2 . Head and thorax yellowish white, the teguhe with black 

 points, the patagia with black spots; palpi except at base, lower 

 part of frons ami antennae fuscous ; legs tinged with brown ; 

 abdomen yellow with dorsal series of black spots except at base 

 and extremity and lateral series of spots, the ventral surface white 

 with small sublateral black spots on terminal segments. Fore 

 wing oehreous white thickly . striated with pale red-brown; faint 

 brown marks at middle of cell and on upper discocellular and an 

 oblique medial shade from cell to inner margin : a faint oblique 

 shade from costa just before apex to discal fold and oblique shade 

 from vein 2 to inner margin. Hind wing white; a round fuscous 

 discoidal spot, a subterminal spot below vein 2 and spot at 

 extremity of vein 1. 



Hah. Siebba Leone; Casieboons, Ja K\, Bitye (Bates), typef 

 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 48 millim. 



1730. Spilosoma maculosa, del. Spilosoma investigatorum. 



1730". Spilosoma diversata. (Plate LVIII. fig. 15.) 

 Diacrisia diversata, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. -J:;i (1916). 



J. Head and thorax white with a slight creamy tinge, the 

 tegulae with black spots in one specimen, the shoulders with black 

 spots, the patagia with short cursed black streak, the prothorax 

 with short black streak; antenna- black; palpi banded black and 

 yellowish ; pectus and legs white, the Eore coxas with brown pat (dies, 

 'ill,, femora yellow above, the Eore and mid tibiae streaked with 

 brown, the bind tibiae with brown band towards extremities, 

 the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen orange-yellow, the base, 

 extremitv, and ventral surface white, dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots. Pore wing white with a slight creamy tinge and 



