148 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



Spilarctia mandarina, Kirby, Ccat. Lep. Het., i, p. 231 

 (1892). 



One male specimen from Wa-shan and one fromPu-tsu- 

 fong, taken in July. Moore's type was from Shanghai. 



Probably not specifically distinct from S. scriato- 

 punctata. 



Habitat. EASTERN and Western China. 



487. Spilosoma liseda. 



Spilosoma hmda, Leech, Proc. Zool.Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 618, 

 pi. xxxi, fig. 8. 



I took one male specimen at Hong-Kong in March, and 

 one at Nagasaki in May. My collectors obtained two 

 female examples at Moupin, and two others at Omei-shan, 

 all taken in June. 



In the female the terminal segments of the abdomen 

 are scarlet and not buff as in the male ; the secondaries 

 have larger black spots towards anal angle and an 

 additional one just above vein 5, and in two specimens 

 there is a black spot towards costa. 



Staudinger (Rom. sur Lep., vi, p. 287) says that he 

 agrees with Snellen in considering hisecta to be a form of 

 S. seriato'jjundata. I am at a loss to understand how any 

 one having made himself acquainted with the differential 

 characters referred to in my description of S. hiscda, viz. 

 the buff colour of primaries, pale buff of secondaries and a 

 conspicuous black transverse line on thorax, could possibly 

 suggest its specific identity with S. scriatojmndata. I may 

 add that Dr. Staudinger had a specimen of S. biseda in his 

 possession at the time when I compared my examples 

 with the S. scriato2ntndata in his collection. 



Distribution. KiusHiu ; Eastern and Western China. 



488. Sjnlosoma hoivqua. 



Spilosoma Jiowqua, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 

 XX, p. 88 (1877). 



Moore described this species from Shanghai. It agrees 

 with my S. biseda in having a black mark on the thorax, 

 but not in other respects. 



Habitat. Eastern China. 



