SPII.OSOMA. \i'A\ I'll \|; ( T! A. 1 '_' | 



the basal and inner areas orange-yellow; a small subterminal 

 blackish *= ] >< > 1 at vein 1 . 



Il,i!>. Dutch X. Guinea, Arl'alc Mts., Angi Lakes (Pratt), 

 1 J , type f J in Coll. Joiccy. Exp. 54 milliin. 



1823 a. Spilosoma alcumena, Berg, is a distinct species. 

 Diacrisia alcumena hennedyi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 154 (1910). 

 A form from Minas Geraes with the inner area of hind wing 

 yellow. Type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 



Diacrisia alcumena flavitincta, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 154 (1910). 



A form from Venezuela: male with the striated lines of terminal 

 area of fore wing reduced and the inner area of hind wing yellow ; 

 female with broad brown band on fore wing beyond the medial 

 band, hind wing yellow with broad medial and subterminal brown 

 band. Type f 6 , 2 in Coll. Rothschild. 



Diacrisia alcumena steinbachi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 154 (1910). 



A form from Bolivia with the streaks on apical area of fore wing 

 replaced ly an irregular transverse brown baud. Type f g in Coll. 

 Rothschild. 



182d a. Acantharctia latifasciata. (Plate LXI. fig. 8.) 

 Acantharctia latifasciata, Ilmpsn. A. M.N. H. (8) iv. p. 361 (1909). 



g. Head and thorax ochreous with a broad blackish fascia on 

 vertex of head and thorax; palpi mostly black ; antennae black; 

 legs streaked with blackish ; abdomen fulvous yellow with black 

 segmental bands. Fore wing ochreous with broad fuscous fasciae 

 from base through the cell to termen, in submedian interspace and 

 in interspaces of terminal area from costa to vein 2. Hind wing 

 pale ochreous with broad fuscous fasciae from before middle 

 through the cell to termen and in submedian interspace, and short 

 fasciae above extremities of veins 6, 3, 2. 



$ . Hind wing with the fasciae broader and more prominent and 

 with fasciae above extremity of vein 4 and on vein 1. 



Rab. Traxsvaal (C. R. Pead), 1 g, 1 ? type, Pretoria 

 (Breyer), 1 $ . Exp. VI millim. 



182i b. Acantharctia tenuifasciata. 



Acantharctia tenuifasciata, Hinpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 394, pi. xxxvi. f. 33. 



g. Frons yellow, the vertex of head and thorax white; palpi 

 black above; antenna,' black, the shaft white above on basal half; 

 legs yellow, the tibia 1 and tarsi brown above; abdomen white at 

 base, then yellow with dorsal brown bands. Fore wing white ; 

 the costal edge yellow ; the interspaces with faint brownish 

 fasciae, the fascia in discal fold from middle of cell to termen and 

 the fascia above vein (i more distinct. Hind wing pure white. 



Ilnh. Congo, Katanga Distr. (Neave), '1 g type. Exp. 

 38 millim. 



