DESCKirTIOXS OF i.iUEEXSLAND 

 LEPIDOPTEUA. 



By THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., Lond., 



L.M. AND L.R.C.P., EDIN., ETC. 



[Head Jx'forc the lloijal Societi/ of Qucensldnd , lltli Ihrctuhvi-, 1898.^ 



FAMILY ARCTIAD^. 



SPILOSOMIA FRENCHII, SP. NOV. 



i ? 58 111. Ill- Head ochreous, mouth and two patches on 

 forehead black. Palpi black. Antennae grey, light on under side. 

 Thorax reddish ochreous, band along dorsum and epaulettes black, 

 collar narrowly scarlet. Legs black, \;nder side of coxa' scarlet. 

 abdomen scarlet, with a row of black dorsal narrow dots, and a 

 row laterally extending from under side, cai;dal appendage scarlet, 

 Fore Avings costa rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded, 

 creamy ochreous, covered in centre with fuscous scales, tinted 

 with the scarlet of under surface, and marked with irregular bands 

 of black dots and bars ; a dot at base, a finer near inner margin, 

 an elongated blotch at base of costa, with another obliquely to a 

 dot at one-third inner margin : this blotch subtends a curved line 

 of spots from one-fourth costa : two spots beyond one-half costa 

 .subtend an S which is continued obliquely by three dots to just 

 beyond one-half inner margin : a triangle of three or four short 

 bars at three-fourth costa join a sub-apical line in a ? row of 

 dots, splitting into two rows to just before, and to anal angle of 

 inner margin : a line of linear dots from one-third along hind 

 margin. Cilia ochreous banded with black. Underside ground 

 colour scarlet, costal and hind marginal bands ochreous, with 

 the dotted lines of upper surface continued as black bands. Hind 

 wings scarlet, with black bands and spots ; a zigzag band from a 

 spot at one-half costa outward to beyond half wing, thence 



