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includes this species, together with mcndica, Clerck, urticce, Esp., 

 menthastri, Esp., and lubricipeda, Linn., in Diacrisia. 



Nemeophila plantaginis, Linn. — Kirby gives this as the type 

 of Parasemia, Hiibn., but Meyrick places the species in Arctia, 

 Schrank. 



Arctia caia, Linn., and A. villica, Linn. — The latter species 

 is the type of Arctia, Schrank ; and Hanipson also includes 

 orientalis, Moore, which is probably an Indian form of caia, Linn., 

 in this genus ; but Kirby gives caia as the type of Hypercompa, 

 Hiibn. The latter species, and also villica, are referred to Arctia 

 by Meyrick. 



Spilosoma fuliginosa, Linn. — The type of Phragmatobia, 

 Stephens. 



(Subfamily Spilosomatlsue, Kirby.) 



Spilosoma mendioa, Clerck. — The type of Diaphora, Stephens. 

 Spilosoma menthastri, Esp., and S. urtic^i, Esp. — The first 

 named is the type of Spilosoma, Stephens ; but as Kirby has 

 adopted lubricipeda, Linn., it may be useful to give his full 

 synonymy of this, and also of the species usually referred to as 

 S. lubricipeda, Esp. : — 



S. lubricipeda, Linn. (Bombyx I.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 505, n. 47 

 (1758) ; Faun. Suec. p. 303 (1761). Phalcena L, Scop. 

 Ent. Carn. p. 208, n. 513 (1763). 

 Bomb, lubricipeda alba, Hufn. Berl. Mag. ii. p. 412, n. 25 



(1766). 

 Phal. lepus, p., Eetz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 37, n. 47 (1783). 

 Bomb, menthastri, Esp. Schmett. iii. p. 334, pi. 66, fig. 6-10 

 (1786); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. figs. 152, 153 (1804?). 

 Euprepia m., Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 354 (1810). 

 Chelonia m., Godt. Lep. France, iv. p. 362, pi. 37, fig. 5 

 (1822). Spilosoma m., Steph. I. c. ii. p. 75, pi. 16, fig. 3 

 (1828). 

 Phal. erminea, Marsh. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. i. p. 70, pi. 1, 



fig. 1 (1791). 

 Bomb, mendica, ? , Kossi, Faun. Etrusc. ii. p. 174, n. 1603 



(1790). 

 Var. a. Spil. toalkeri, Curt. Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 92 (1825). 

 Chel. menthastri, var., Godt. I. c. pi. 37, fig. 6 (1822). 

 Var. b. Chel. luxerii, Godt. I. c. p. 360, pi. 37, fig. 4. 

 Spilosoma lubricipeda, Esp. — The type of Spilarctia, Butl. 

 (Cistula, Entom. ii. p. 39), which Hampson merges in Spilosoma. 

 Kirby gives the following synonymy of the species : — 



S. lutea, Hufn. (Bombyx lubricipeda lutea), Berl. Mag. ii. 



p. 412, n. 26 (1766). 

 Bombyx lubricipeda, &, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 506, n. 47 (1758). 



B. lubric. $ , Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 303 (1761) ; Bomb. I., 



