264 ARCTIAD^. 



between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing with indistinct pale brownish 

 subterminal spots "between vein 3 and tornus. 



Hah. W. China, Kwei-chow, 1 d , Pu-tsu-fong, 1 S type, Kia- 

 ting-fu, 1 6 ' Exp. 42 millim. 



1701. Diacrisia rhodophila. 



Spilosoma rhodophila, Wlk. xxxi. 294 (1864) ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. v. p. 29, 

 pi. 85. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 15; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



Spilosoma ruhidorsa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 808 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 233. 



Icambosida dorsalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 394 ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vn. 

 p. 29, pi. 122. ff. 4, 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



Pure white ; palpi black, crimson at base ; sides of frons and 

 antennae black; neck with crimson patches at sides; legs striped 

 with black above, the fore coxoc and femora above crimson ; 

 abdomen crimson above except at base and extremity, with dorsal, 

 lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing with the 

 costal edge often ochreous ; an antemedial fuscous point in cell 

 sometimes present ; a spot in upper angle of cell ; an oblique post- 

 medial series of spots from vein 4 to inner margin, sometimes 

 curved round to below costa and connected with apex by an oblique 

 series of short streaks on each side of the veins; a subterminal 

 series of short streaks on each side of veins 5 to 3 usually present. 

 Hind wing with fuscous discoidal spot ; subterminal spots below 

 costa above vein 5 and one to four towards tornus often present. 



Hah. W. China, Omei-shan, 2 c?, Chang-yang {Pratt), 1 S -, Pu- 

 tsu-fong, 4 S , Moupin (Kricheldorff), 1 c? , 1 $ ; N.W. Himalayas, 

 Dalhousie (Powell), 2 c5' , Kangra (Hoding), 4 c? , 4 $ type dorsalis, 

 Kulu (G. Young), 1 J ; Sikhim {Russell), 1 S , {Dudgeon) 5 S , type. 

 Ex2)., 6 40, 2 50 miUim. 



Larva. Butl. ill. Het. yii. p. 121, pi. 138. f. 4. 



Head red-brown; dorsal area dark brown, with a series of short 

 white streaks; lateral area pale brown, with ])ale streaks and tufts 

 of long hair arising from the yellow warts. Food-plant, Cherry. 



1702. Diacrisia costimacula. (Plate XLIV. fig. 6.) 



Thyrgorina costimacula. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 158. 



Pure white ; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black-brown ; 

 neck with lateral crimson patches ; legs blackish above, fore coxje 

 with some crimson hair ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. Fore wing with fuscous subbasal spot 

 below costa : three short antemedial streaks on and below costa ; 

 a point in upper angle of cell with spot on costa above it ; an 

 oblique maculate line from costa just before apex to middle of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with discoidal spot and two slight subterminal 

 spots towards tornus. 



Hah. W. China, Washan, 1 S type, Chia-ting-fu, 1 $ , Moupin, 

 1 c? 1 5 . Exp. 38 millim. 



