SPILOSOMA. :> > s ' 



below eosta and two above inner margin ; a postmedial series of 

 small fuscous spots from costa to above vein I. strongly incurved 

 below vein 5. Hind wing pale yellow. 



II, ih. Flores {Everett), type t .'' in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 'J(') millim. 



*1 7 1)3 &. Spilosoma pseudolutea; 



Diacrisia pseudolutea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 134 (1910), & xviii.pl. I. 

 f. 23. 



c? . Head, tegulae, and patagia bright yellow, the dorsum of 

 thorax pale yellow ; palpi black above ; antennae black; legs black 

 and yellow; abdomen orange-yellow with dorsal and lateral series 



of black spots, the ventral surface pale yellow. Fore wing bright 

 yellow; a curved antemedial series of fuscous spots from subcostal 

 nervure to inner margin ; a small fuscous spot at upper angle of 

 cell ; an oblique series of fuscous spots from apex to middle of inner 

 margin near the antemedial series, the spots towards apex and the 

 spot below vein '2 elongate; paired subterminal minute fuscous 

 streaks on each side of veins 5 to 3 and a pair at vein 1. Hind 

 wing pale yellow; a small black spot at upper angle of cell; a sub- 

 Terminal point at discal fold, minute point below vein 5 and an 

 oblique series of small spots from above vein 2 to termen at 

 vein 1. 



lL<h. .Iapax. type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. E.rp. 40 millim. 



*1743c. Spilcsoma pilosa. 



Diacrisia i ilosa, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 132 (1910). & xviii.pl. 4. f. 10. 



cJ . Head and thorax pale yellow, the upper part of frons and 

 teguke more fulvous yellow; palpi black above; frons black at 

 sides: antennae with the shaft white, the branches black: fore 

 femora and tibiae black on inner side, the mid femora black at 

 extremities; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface pale 

 yellow, lateral series of black spots except at base. Fore wing 

 uniform pale yellow. Hind wing white tinged with yellow. 



Hab. Assam. Khasis, type + 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 36 millim. 



17!:: d. Spilosoma metaleuca. i Plate L1X. tig. 1.) 



Diacrisia metaleuca, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xv. \<. 117 (1905). 



Head and thorax orange -yello w ; abdomen orange-yellow, white 

 at base and with ill-defined dorsal fuscous hands. Fore wing 

 uniform orange-yellow. Hind wing pure white. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Ananibra, 1 6 type; X. Nigeria, Kano 

 (B. G. Broicn), 1$; Sloan. White Nile, Roseira {Long- 

 staff), 1 d ■ Exp., rf 28, $ 36 miliim. 



