40 i LIT HO SI AD. K. 



on median nervure, an irregular medial band strongly angled 

 outwards on median nervure, much narrower below submedian fold 

 and not extending below vein 1. connected by a fascia in lower end 

 of cell with the postmedial band which expands into a large patch 

 in and beyond end of cell and is then broken up into bifid spots on 

 the veins: a spot on costa towards apex; an oblique and slightly 

 incurved series of bifid spots on the veins from apex to inner margin ; 

 an oblique series of small bifid spots from termen at vein 5 to vein 3 ; 

 some spots on termen from below apex to below vein 3. Hind wing 

 yellow almost entirely suffused with crimson; a large black discoidal 

 lunule ; a postmedial series of five black spots of which the spots 

 above veins 6 and 3 are small ; some black points on apical half of 

 termen. Underside of fore wing with the cell and area below it to 

 inner margin suffused with crimson ; hind wing brownish. 



Hob. Br. N. Guinea. Dinawa, d-000' {Pratt), typef 6 in 

 Coll. Bethune-Baker, Babooni (P>ntt), 1 6 , Mt Kebea, 6000' 

 (Pratt), 6 J , Mafuhi (Pratt), 1 $ . Mcp., <f 5S-62, $ 76 millim. 



*17S9/. Spilosoma nieeci. 



Diacrisia meehi, Eoths. Xov. Zool. xvii. p. 144 (1910), & xviii. pi. 4. 

 ft. 17-22. 



Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; palpi and sides of frons black- 

 brown ; antennae yellowish white with some fuscous on middle of 

 shaft above ; pectus ochreous, dark brown at sides and with some 

 crimson below the wings; fore coxse and the femora above crimson, 

 the tibia? and tarsi dark brown ; abdomen crimson, the ventral 

 surface ochreous, brown at sides, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral 

 maculate black stripes. Fore wing ochreous sparsely striated with 

 brown ; the costa black towards base ; antemedial line with black 

 spot at costa, then reddish, angled outwards at median nervure to 

 origin of vein 2, then interrupted to submedian fold and oblique to 

 vein 1 where it terminates; a diffused reddish discoidal patch; 

 postmedial line with black spot at costa, then reddish,, excurved to 

 vein -1. then oblique and slightly excurved at vein 1, a blackish 

 mark beyond it on costa and a curved series of reddish points on 

 the veins ; a small black spot «n costa before apex and suoterminal 

 series of slight reddish points on the veins; cilia tinged with rufous. 

 Hind wing pale crimson ; an oblique black discoidal lunule ; sub- 

 terminal black spots at discal fold, above and below vein 2 and at 

 vein 1. Underside of fore wing suffused with crimson except on 

 costal and terminal areas, two postmedial blackish bands interrupted 

 beyond the cell and towards inner margin, the outer band joined at 

 discal fold by an oblique series of points from costa towards apex : 

 hind wing ochreous. the cell and basal half of costal area tinged 

 with crimson, the discoidal lunule joined by an oblique bar to costa 

 and with slight spots below it on veins 2 and 1. 



ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing brown, the last with the lines 

 golden orange; hind wing pale brown slightly tinged Avith crimson. 



ab. 2. ll:;c\ and thorax dark red-brown; abdomen grey-brown 



