SPILOSOMA. 417 



L813 b. Spilosoma nyasica. (Plate LX. fig. 21.) 

 Diacrisia nyasica, Empsn. A. M.N. H. (8) viii. p. 409 (1911). 



c? . I lea, I orange-yellow ; thorax creamy white, the tegulae edged 

 with yellow, the patagiaand shoulders with black spots; palpi above 

 and antenna black; pectus and legs orange-yellow, the fore coxaj 

 with black spots, the tore femora streaked with black, the fore and 

 mid tibia black above with yellow ring at extremity, the tarsi 

 black, the hind tarsi black ringed with yellow; abloinen orange- 

 yellow with dorsal and lateral series of black spots except at base 

 and extremity. Fore wing creamy white; a small black spot at 

 base ; an antemedial series of live black spots bent outwards at 

 median nervure ; a small discoidal spot and spot above it on costa ; 

 a small spot above base of vein (J and incurved series of four spot- 

 between vein 3 and inner margin. Hind wing orange-yellow; a 

 black discoidal point. Underside of fore wing orange-yellow with 

 black discoidal point. 



ab. 1. F»re wing with the antemedial black spot in cell and the 

 postmedial spots above veins t! and '1 absent. 



Rob. lb;. C. Africa, Zomba (Neave), 12 6 type. Exp. 38 millim. 



1814. Spilosoma turbida. 



The female described is the form meeci, Drue, from the 

 Trobrian I Is. ; the male is similar. 



Diacrisia turbida vooodlarkifma, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 115 (1910), 

 ,v sviii. pi. 4. i'. 29. 

 A form from Woodlark I. Similar to S. meeci but with the 

 ground-colour of fore wing wood-brown not scarlet. Type t ? in 

 Coll. Rothschild. 



isia turbida montann, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 1-45 (1910), & 

 xviii. pi. 3. f. 10 d , pi. 4. f. 19 2 • 

 Fore wing wood-brown with a fuscous tinge, the costal and 

 inner areas usually cream-coloured, sometimes grey -brown. 



Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 6, Mt. Kebea (Pr tt), 

 3 6 , Babooni (Pratt), 1 tf , Foula (Pratt), d 6 , Sogeri, 1 § . 

 Type td,?i" Coll. Rothschild. 



Diacrisia sordidior, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 146 (1910). 

 d . Similar to S. turbida but the fore wing pale wood-brown, 

 the termen chequered brown, and cream colour. 



o" . Similar to S. moniana but the fore wing dark wood-brown 

 not tinged with fuscous, the costa cream-coloured. 



Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay, Kumasi R., Mambare R. ; "Germ. 

 X. Guinea," Sattelberg; D'Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson and 

 Goodenough Is. Type f 6 , $ in Coll. Rothschild. 



1814 6. Spilosoma accensa. (Plate LXI. fig. 2.) 

 Pericallia accensa, Swinh. A.M.N.H. (7) xii. p. 193 (1903). 

 2. Head yellowish white; palpi crimson, the 3rd joint, lower 

 part of frons, and antennae fuscous; thorax white tinged with 

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