256 ARCTIAD^. 



Genus DIACRISIA. 



Type, 



Diacrisia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 169 (1827) mnnio. 



Cycnia, Hiibn. Zutr. i. p. 7 (1827), non descr ienera. 



Ci/cnia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 184(1827) sordida. 



Rhijparia, Hiibu. Verz. p. 183 (1827) purpurea. 



Eufhemonia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. (38 (1828) ... sannio. 



Spilosoma, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 74 (1828) luhricipedai 



Diaphora, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 77(1828) mcndwa. 



Ardinia, Eicbw. Zool. Spec. ii. p. 195 (1831) casarea. 



Alphaa, Wlk. iii. 683(1855) ftilvohirta. 



Lacydes, Wlk. iii. 685 (1855) spectabilis. 



Alpenus, Wlk. iii. 686 (1855) maculosa. 



Aloa,^\k. iii. 699 (1855) lineata. 



Andala, Wlk. iii. 774 (1855) unifascia. 



/«a, Wlk. vii. 1698(1856) intrkata. 



Sfsnura, WUgrn. CEfv. K. Akad. Forh. xv. p. 214 (1858) ... ihieata. 



Thj/rgorina, Wlk. xxxi. 317 (1867) indica. 



Binna, Wlk. xxxi. 319 (1864) lutescens. 



Pyrrharctia, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 120 (1864)... Isabella. 



Echlida, Wlk. xxxii. 386 (1865) indica. 



Icamhosida, Wlk. xxxii. 400 (1865) nigrifrons. 



Acymba, Eamb. Cat. Lep. And. ii. p. 235 (1869) spectabilis. 



Eyralperms, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 35 (1875) testacea. 



Bpilarctia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 39 (1875) lutea. 



Letwaloa, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 44 (1875) eugraphica. 



Epitolmis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 348 camrea. 



Rhyparioidcs, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xs. p. 395 (1877) ncbulosa. 



Thanatarctia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 395 (1877) infenialis. 



Ghalla, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 398 bimaculata. 



Gonerda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 395 perornata. 



Hyarias, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 184 (1892) metarkoda. 



Elpis, Dyar, Ent. New.s, iv. p. 36 rubra. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, hardly or just reaching beyond the 

 frons ; head and thorax clothed witb rough hair ; tibijB fringed with hair. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from or from above angle ; 

 6 from or from below upper angle; 7,8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from or from above angle ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 from near middle of cell. 



Sect. I. (Diacrisia). Antennae of male bipectinate. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour green. 



a. Abdomen green (sruginosa. 



b. Abdomen pink, with black dorsal bands Igmphasea. 



B. Fore wing with the ground-colour pure white. 

 a. Hind wing white. 



a'. Wings sparsely clothed with hairy scales. 



a^ Tegulse wholly orange nigrifrons. 



b'^. Tegulse edged with orange phasma. 



c'-. TeguliB without orange. 



cP. Abdomen crimson or tinged with crim- 

 son above. 

 c*. Fore wing without spots on costa. 

 a'. Fore wing without oblique post- 

 medial line from vein 5 towards 



inner magin incBgiia'is{2)- 



b^. Fore wing with oblique postmedial 

 line from vein 5 towards inner 

 margin rhodophila. 



