SPILOSOMA. 389 



the metathorax with slight black streak; palpi crimson at base, 



black at tips; lower part of Erons black; antenna; whitish; fore 

 coxae crimson with black patches in front, the femora crimson 

 above, the tibiae and tarsi Mack above ; abdomen yellow, the ventral 

 surface buff excepl at extremity, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series 

 of black spots except at base and extremity. Fore winy buff, the 

 veins paler; a small black spot at base of cell, antemedial spots 

 above and below vein 1, spots at angles of cell, and postmedial 

 spots above and below veins 2 and 1. Hind wing pale crimson, 

 the base and inner margin buff; a black discoidal spot and sub- 

 terminal spots below vein 2 and on vein 1 near termen ; cilia huff. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with crimson except the costa and 

 terminal area; hind wing buff, the terminal area tinged with 

 crimson. 



Hab. Formosa, Kanshirei (Wile man), type t $ in Coll. Wile- 

 man. Exp. 52 millim. 



1755 j. Spilosoma rhodochroa. (Plate LIX. fig. 9.) 



Diacrisia rhodochroa, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. sxiii. p. 236 (1916). 



<3 . Head white; palpi deep brown, the basal joint crimson; 

 lower part of fro ns deep brown ; antennae black ; thorax pale flesh 

 pink, the tegulre crimson below; pectus and legs deep brown, some 

 crimson below base of wings, the fore coxae with crimson patches, 

 the mid and hind coxae whitish, the femora crimson above; abdo- 

 men deep crimson with dorsal series of black points except at base 

 and lateral and sublateral series, the anal tuft and ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing ocbreous tinged with pale flesh pink; a small 

 black spot at base ; antemedial spots below costa and above vein 1, 

 and a. point below vein 1 ; a black point at upper angle of cell ; 

 a faint diffused brownish postmedial line, excurved to vein 5, then 

 very oblique and with pairs of small black spots on each side of 

 veins 3, 2, 1. Hind wing pale semihyaline flesh-colour, the inner 

 area tinged with crimson ; the underside with the costal area tinged 

 with crimson, a black striga on upper discocellular, 



1 1 ah. Java, Nongkodjadja (Cockayne), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 52 millim. 



1755 I: Spilosoma contaminata. (Plate LIX. fig. 10.) 

 Aloa contaminata, Wileman, Entom. xliii. p. 247 (1910). 



S . Head and thorax white slightly tinged with buff, the dorsum 

 of thorax with blackish streak; palpi crimson at base, black at 

 tips ; lower part of frons and antennae black ; fore coxae with 

 blackish patches, the femora crimson above, the tibiae and tarsi 

 black above ; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface and tip of anal 

 tuft white, dorsal and lateral series of black spots and sublateral 

 spots on medial segments. Fore wing pale buff, the interspaces 

 except on costal and inner areas almost filled by brown-buff 

 streaks, the costal edge black to near apex. Hind wing buff suffused 

 with crimson except on costal area and base of inner margin ; a 



