268 AKCTIAD^. 



black spot ; a subterminal spot below vein 2 aud often one above 

 vein 5. 



Fore wing with vein 10 abnormally from cell or from 11, which 

 is sometimes stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; in one specimen veins 4, 5 on 

 one side are represented by a short spur. 



Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, Renfrew Coast, Nova Scotia; 

 Vancotjver Is. {J. J. Walher) ; U.S.A., Atlantic States, Trenton 

 Falls, Georgia, type congrua $ ; Mexico, Durango (Becker), 2 c? , 

 1 2 , Salvin-Godman Coll. E.v/}. 44-54 millim. 



Larva. Pack. Ann. N. Y. Ac. \iii. p. 78 ; Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. v. p. 131. 



Young : Pale greenish ; head large, dark chestnut-brown ; 

 piliferous warts dark chestnut, conical ; hairs blackish, very long ; 

 prothoracic shield crescent-shaped, with two series of warts. 



Full-grown : Body dull black with white segmental incisions ; 

 the hair black, with a reddish streak on abdominal somites, or all 

 the hair is foxy red except on 1st somite and the sublateral hair 

 on 2nd and 3rd somites ; head small, black, the clypeus, antennae, 

 labrum, and mouth-parts greenish. 



1711. Diacrisia alba. 



Chelonia alba, Brem. Schmett. N. China, p. 15 (1853) ; Kii-by, Cat. Het. 



p. 229. 

 Bionychopus riihidus, Leech, Entom. xxiii. p. Ill (1880) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 229. 

 Spilosonia leucoptera, Alph. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 170, pi. 10. f. 8 (1897). 



Pure white ; palpi and frons at sides and antennae black ; 

 shoulders with black points ; crimson stripes just below shoulders 

 and wings ; legs striped with black above, the fore coxae crimson 

 with black spots, femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson above, 

 with dorsal black points on medial segments and lateral and sub- 

 lateral series. Fore wing with black point at base, sometimes with 

 fuscous medial points above vein 1 and base of vein 2 ; a point 

 beyond lower angle of cell and short streak above vein 5. Hind 

 wing with discoidal spot, and sometimes subterminal spots above 

 vein 5 and two towards tornus. 



Hah. CoEEA ; C. and W. Chixa, Chang-yang, 2 5 , Moupin 

 (Kricheldorff), 1 c? , 1 $ type ruhidus. Exp. 60 millim. 



1712. Diacrisia punctaria. 



Bomhyx punctaria, StoU, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 398, D (1782) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 228. 

 Arctia punctigera, Motsch. Et. Ent. ix. p. 31 (1860). 

 Spilosoma rosciventer, \'oll. Tidskr. Ent. vi. p. 143 (1863). 

 Spilosoma dornesii, Oberth. Diagu. Lap. Askold, p. 6 (1879) ; id. Et. Ent. 



V. p. 31, pi. l.f. 7. 



Pure white ; palpi, antennae, and streaks on legs black ; femora 

 above crimson ; abdomen crimson above except basal and terminal 

 segments, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. 

 Fore wing with basal and subbasal points below costa ; antemedial 

 and medial series of a few points angled on median nervure ; points 



