SPILOSOMA. 395 



of tegulae orange; palpi above blackish; antennae In-own; legs 

 blackish; abdomen orange with black segmental lines and doi'sal 

 band on 2nd segment, the sides fuscous, the ventral surface 

 ochreous. Fore wing uniform ochreous. Hind wingpale ochreous 



yellow, tin' inner area rather yellower. 



$ . Abdomen with broad black dorsal hands ; wings more orange- 

 yellow. 



ah. 1. Fore wing with faint greyish fasciae in the interspaces, 

 often more developed in the female. 



II, ih. Sierra Leone (Morgan, Bartlett), 1 8, 1 2 ; Gold 

 Coast, Gambaga (Bar)/), typef 2 in Coll. Rothschild, Kumasi 

 ( Whiteside, Sanders), 2 9 ; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton, 

 Dudqeon), 4 d\ 1 $, Lokoja, Mt. Patti {Christy), 1 8 ; Congo, 

 Katanga, Kambovi (Neave), 1 $ . Exp., 8 32-44, $ 44-56 

 millim. This may be an aberration of S. penicillata. 



*l770c. Spilosoma erossi. (Plate LX. fig. 3.) 

 Diacrisia crossi, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 141 (1910). 



8- Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; antennae 

 black-brown; palpi, pectus, and legs dark reddish brown, some 

 yellow hair below shoulders, the femora yellow above; abdomen 

 orange-yellow with brownish dorsal streak except on terminal 

 segments, the ventral surface red-brown. Fore wing ochreous 

 tinged with red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, the 

 underside tinged with red-brown except on inner area. 



Hab. Gambia, Bathurst; S. Nigeria, Assaba (Crosse), type f 

 8 in Coll. Eothschild. Exp. 32 millim. 



1770 d. Spilosoma screabilis. (Plate LX. fig. 4.) 



soma acreabile, Wllgrn. CEfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh.xxxii. (1) p. 102 (187G). 

 Spilosoma semihyalina, Bartel, Iris, xvi. p. 1SS (1903). 



Is a distinct species ; fore wing orange-buff with the fuscous 

 fasciae in the interspaces well developed ; hind wing semihyaline 

 white in male, orange-buff in female. 



JIab. Br. E. Africa, \\J\\'m\i\ \\\i\vo ( Jla n n i in/l on) ,1 8 ; Masito.v a- 

 lats'd, Salisbury (Marshall), 4 8;' Natal, Karkloof ( Marshall), 

 1 8, Durban (Gooch, Bowker), 2 8,2 2- E.cp. 48-56 millim. 

 Cotypef 8 semihyalina in Mus. Berlin. 



Larva. Fawcett, Trans. Zool. Soc. xv. p. 316, pi. xlix. f. 9(1900). 



Greyish white or buff; the somites with broad black dorsal and 

 lateral transverse bands ; the intrasomital spaces with tine transverse 

 black lines ; ventral surface black; hairs black and white; head, 

 legs, and elaspers bright red. Food-plant: Omithogalum eclloni 

 or Zca. 12. 



1770 e. Spilosoma jacsoni. 



Diacrisia jaclcsoni, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 140 (1910), & xviii. pi. 4. 

 f. 28. 



8 . Head and thorax grey ; palpi yellow at base and black above ; 

 antenna? blackish ; teguhc edged with yellow and orange-red ; 



