;^S2 i.ithori.vdj:. 



*17TA a. Spilosoma vialis. 



Diacrisia vialis, Obertb. Et. Lep. Coinp. v. i. p. 337. pi. lxxxiii. f. 787 

 (1911). 



cJ . Head and thorax yellow, the teguhe at sides, patagia at tips 

 and metathorax with some scarlet; antennae black; abdomen crim- 

 son with dorsal and lateral series of Mack spots, the base with some 

 whitish hairs. Fore wing yellow with oblique series of fuscous 

 spots from above vein 5 beyond the cell to above middle of vein 1, 

 the spots below veins 3 and 2 longer. Hind wing creamy white ; 

 the underside with the costal area yellow. 



Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu. Exp. 40 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



*1740r/. Spilosoma ignivagans. (Plate LXVI. fig. 15.) 

 Spilosoma ignivagans, Roths. A. M.N.H. (9) iii. p. 487 (1919). 



S . Head and thorax scarlet, a blackish spot at middle of patagia, 

 and the dorsum of meso- and metathorax dark grey-brown, the 

 antenna; with the shaft grey, the branches black, the lower part of 

 frons and palpi dark reddish brown ; abdomen dark greyish brown, 

 the three terminal segments scarlet with a wedge-shaped black spot 

 followed by a pair of points; pectus and fore legs dark brown, the 

 mid and hind legs brownish grey; ventral surface of abdomen 

 brownish white with lateral and sublateral series of black-brown 

 spots. Fore wing grey-brown, the veins scarlet; a scarlet streak 

 below costa from near base to towards apex and a slight streak in 

 submedian fold from base to well beyond middle; a scarlet and 

 yellow patch below base of cell, the inner margin below it yellow; 

 a small scarlet medial spot in upper part of cell and scarlet and 

 yellow band from cell to above inner margin, angled outwards 

 'at submedian fold and vein 1 ; a dentate scarlet and yellow band 

 from cell to vein 1, conjoined at submedian fold to the ante- 

 medial line ; a lunulate scarlet spot in upper part of cell towards 

 extremity and slight streak in end of cell; a scarlet and yellow 

 spot beyond upper angle of cell and narrow irregular postmedial 

 band from vein 4 to above inner margin, incurved below vein 3, 

 just below which it includes a small spot of the ground-colour: 

 a scarlet and yellow subterminal striga below vein 7 and slight spol 

 in submedian' fold; the scarlel on the veins tending to form slight 

 terminal spots. Hind wing grey-brown, the veins whitish except 

 on inner area; an irregular interrupted white subterminal line from 

 above vein <> to tornus, excurved at middle; a terminal series of 

 small white spots mi veins <! to 2 with the cilia white beyond 

 them, the spot at vein 2 produced inwards as a short streak. 

 Underside grey-brown ; fore wing with a small while spot beyond 

 upper angle of cell and subterminal strict below vein / ; bind wing 

 with white spot above end of cell and slight spot at middle of 

 submedian fold, the subterminal line as above. 



Rah. Yun.wn. Tali, type 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 56 millim. 



