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1707. Diacrisia nivea. 



Bioni/chopits niveus, Men. Bull. Pbys. Math. Pet. xvii. p. 218 (1859) ; 

 Sclirenck's Reisen, Lep. ii. p. 52, pi. 4. f. G ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 229. 



Pure white ; palpi orimson at base, the ;ird joint black; antennae 

 with the branches black; fore coxjjo and the femora above crimson; 

 fore coxa) with black patch; forelegs streaked with black; abdomen 

 with crimson lateral patches except at base and extremity, dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots ; wings without markings. 



[Jah. Amur, 3 J , 1 $ : Japan, Yezo {Andrcivs), 1 J (P>'>/^''' 

 Fenton), 2^,35, Oiwake (Fnjer), 1 d" , 1 ? ; W. China, Chaug- 

 yang, 2 J , Ta-Chien-lu {Fmtt), 1 2 • ^^-^'P-^ c? 70, $ SO millim. 



1708. Diacrisia pura. (Plate XLIV. fig. 10.) 



Spilos&jna puni/n. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 151. 



Pure white ; palpi black at sides ; antennio with the branches 

 blackish below ; legs striped with black ; fore coxoe at sides and 

 femora above orange ; abdomen with subdorsal orange patches, a 

 dorsal series of small round or triangular spots or short bands, 

 lateral or sublateral series of spots ; wings with the discocellulars 

 brownish on underside. 



Hab. W. China, Omei-.shan, Chia-kou-ho, .'3 J , 1 $ , Kwei-chow, 

 1 d , Washan, 3 d" , 3 $ type. E.rp. oU-GO millim. 



1709. Diacrisia jussieuse. (Plate XLIV. fig. 18.) 



Arctia jussieim, Poey, Cent. Lep. Cuba, pi. 14 (1832) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 228. 



Pure white : palpi and fore tibia) streaked with black ; tarsi 

 ringed with black ; femora orange above ; aVxIomen with dorsal 

 series of black points ; diff'used orange lateral fascia). Fore wing 

 with black point at lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Cuba {Ruiz), 2 c?, 3 ? . Exp., S 32, $ 40 millim. 



1710. Diacrisia virginica. 



Bomhyx virginica, Fabr. Ent. Syut. iSupj)!. p. 4.')7 (1798) ; Ilarr. Ins. 



Inj. Veg. p. 248; id. ed. 3, p. 350, ff. 1()7, 1(18 ; Riley, Rep. Ins. 



Missouri, iii. p. 68, f. 28 : Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 131, pi. 6. 



f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 228. 

 Spilosonia congrua, Wlk. iii. 1)09 (1855) $; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 234. 



Pure white ; palpi black at sides ; antenna) with the l)ranches 

 blackish ; fore legs streaked with black, the tarsi banded with 

 black ; femora yellow above ; abdomen orange-yellow at sides, 

 dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing 

 usually with black ])oint at lower angle of cell and sometimes one 

 at angle of discocellulars ; a postmedial i)()iiit above inner margin 

 and Bubtorminal point above vein o. Hind wing witli discoidal 



