400 LITHOSIADJ3. 



1787 a. Spilosoma neurographa. (Plate LX. fig. 12.) 



Diacrisia neurographa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) iv. p. 3G0 (1909). 



6 . Head and thorax ochreous brown ; palpi, antennae, and 

 shoulders black; thorax with dorsal black streak; legs black, the 

 fore femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface 

 ochreous brown, dorsal and lateral black streaks and sublateral series 

 of small spots. Fore wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown, 

 the veins j)ale, the costal edge black ; an antemedial series of short 

 black streaks from costa to iust below cell where there is another 

 short streak before it, an elongate spot above vein 1 ; wedge-shaped 

 black spots in angle of cell with streaks beyond them and streaks 

 above them on costal area ; a postmedial black mark on costa 

 divided into streaks by the pale veins and an oblique series of spots 

 on each side of the veins from be} r ond lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; an oblique series of minute streaks on each side of the 

 veins from apex, and a curved series on each side of veins 

 5 to 3 and spot on termen above tornus. Hind wing ochreous 

 brown, the inner area tinged with crimson except on terminal area; 

 a large black discoidal lunule ; a curved postmedial series of small 

 fuscous spots in the interspaces from costa to vein 2; an oblique 

 series of minute spots on each side of the veins from apex, another 

 subterminal series on veins 5 to 3, two large spots above tornus ; a 

 streak in extremity of submedian fold; the underside with wedge- 

 shaped black patch in base of cell. 



Hab. W. China, Pu-tsu-fong, 4 $ ; Formosa, Kagi Distr., 

 2 6 type. Exp. <S 11-18 millim. 



17S7 6. Spilosoma clava. (Plate LX. fig. 13.) 



Diacrisia clava, Wileman, Entom. xliii. p. 189 (1910). 



cS • Head white tinged with buff ; palpi crimson at base, black 

 at tips; irons at sides and antenna' black; thorax brown buff, the 

 patagia with black spots ; pectus dark brown in front ; crimson 

 streaks below the wings ; the fore coxae and femora above crimson, 

 the tibiae and tarsi black above; abdomen crimson, the base, tip of 

 anal tuft and ventral surface buff, a dorsal series of black bands 

 except at base, lateral series of spots and sublateral spots on medial 

 segments. Pore wing buff suffused witli brown except at base ; a 

 black fascia on basal third of costa; a black fascia on middle of 

 inner margin with ante- and postmedial black spots above it above 

 vein 1 ; a small spot at upper angle of cell and elongate spot above it 

 on costa : an oblique series of black points from apex to below vein 0, 

 then an oblique brownish line to the postmedial spot above vein 1 ; 

 subterminal black points above veins 1 and 3. Hind wing pale 

 but'!', the inner area slightly tinged with purplish crimson; a black 

 discoidal spot and subterminal spots at discal told, below vein 2 and 

 above and below vein 1. Underside of fore wing with the basal 

 half and costal area tc towards apex suffused with crimson. 



Hah. Imiijmiisa, Kantai/.an [Wileman) f \ J , type f J in Coll. 

 Wileman. Exp. 58 millim. 



