spilosoma; 387 



*1755e. Spilosoma dohertyi. (Plate LIX. fig. 5.) 

 Diacrisia doh&rtyi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 151 (1910). 



c5" . Head and thorax pale ochreous, the latter with black dorsal 

 fascia; palpi and Erons black-brown ; antennae whitish; some crim- 

 son hair below base of wings; legs brown, the femora crimson 

 above; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface ochreous, dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. Fore wing pale ochreous faintly tinged 

 with rufous; a black point at has.'; an antemedial b ak on 



costa, an oblique series of minute streaks from it to below median 

 nervure, and spots above and below vein 1 ; a postmedial spot on 

 costa and oblique series of spots from vein 4 to inner margin, the 

 spot on which is larger; a subterminal series of black points from 

 costa to vein o, bent outwards at diseal fold, and minute streak 

 above vein 1. Hind wing pale ochreous, the inner area faintly 

 tinged with crimson; a blackish spot on upper discocellular and 

 small subterminal spots on costa, at diseal fold, above and below 

 vein 2. and at vein 1. Underside of fore wing with the costal 

 area and basal half except the submedian interspace tinged with 

 crimson. 



Sab. Celebes, Palos Bay, Tawaya (Doherty), type f d in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 42 millim. 



*17o5/. Spilosoma eldorado. 



Diacrisia eldorado. Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 150 (1910), & xviii. pi. 3. 

 ff. 11, 13. 



cJ. Head and thorax orange-yellow; palpi crimson, black at 

 tips; sides of frons and antennae black ; pectus black in front and 

 with some crimson below the wings; tore coxae and the femora 

 above crimson, the tibiae and tarsi black; abdomen crimson, the 

 ventral surface ochreous, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of 

 small black spots except at base and extremity. Fore wing orange- 

 yellow; small antemedial black sp"ts below median nervure and 

 above vein 1; an incurved postmedial series of small black spots 

 from vein 3 to inner margin. Hind wing crimson ; a black dis- 

 coidal point; small subterminal black spots above and below 

 veins 5, 2. and I ; cilia yellow. Underside of fore wing with the 

 basal half suffused with crimson, black striae on each side of disco- 

 cellulars, and an oblique postmedial series of black spots and points 

 from above vein 6 to below vein 2 ; hind wing ochreous yellow, the 

 basal half of costal area and inner area suffused witli crimson, a 

 black point below base of costa. 



2- Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous yellow, the last with 

 postmedial black point above vein 1 only; hind wing pale yellow ; 

 underside of fore wing with black discoidal spot and postmedial. 

 spots above and below vein 5. 



II, ih. Assam. Khasis, type f cS , ? hi ('oil. Rothschild. Exp., 

 d 44, $ 54 millim. The locality of the specimens from the 

 Fclder Coll. labelled Ceylon ( Nietner) is probal lv an error. 



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