278 AECTIAD^. 



1732. Diacrisia subfascia. 



Spilosoma subfascia, Wlk. iii. 678 (1855) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 71, 

 pi. 107. ff. 3, 3a; Hmpsu. Moths Incl. ii. p. 4; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 230. 



c? . Whitish buff ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae black ; 

 some orange on shoulders ; patagia with black spots ; fore legs, 

 the extremities of mid and hind femora, and stripes on the tibiai 

 and tarsi above black; abdomen orange above with some pale hair 

 at base, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore 

 wing with black point at base ; antemedial, medial, and postmedial 

 black spots on costa, the two latter with points below them in cell ; 

 an oblique series of spots from apex to inner margin just beyond 

 middle with a black point beyond it above vein 5, and sometimes 

 one before it and black points before and usually beyond it on 

 each side of vein 1 ; cilia sometimes wdth two points above middle. 

 Hind wing with the inner area tinged with orange ; a black 

 discoidal spot ; some subterminal spots towards apex and points on 

 cilia, and three or four subterminal spots towards tornus. 



5 . Eather pale, especially the hind wing ; fore wing with the 

 spots of the oblique series reduced to those nearest apex and inner 

 margin ; hind wing with the spots towards apex absent. 



Bab. Ceylon {Templeton), 1 c? , 1 $ type, Pundaloya {Green), 

 2 c? , 1 $ . Exj)., S 42, $ 52-60 millim. 



Larva. Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 78, pi. 175. f. 5. 



Whitish, streaked with olive fuscous and ochreous especially on 

 dorsal area; warts blue-black, with rather sparse tufts of long 

 black and white hair; head black. 



*1733 Diacrisia guttata. 



Arctia guttata, Ersch. Fedcbenko's Eeise, Lep. p. 32, pi. 2. f. 28 (1874) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



S . Yellowish white ; patagia and middle of thorax with black 

 points ; abdomen dorsally orange, with series of black points. Fore 

 wing with greyish-fuscous mark at base of inner margin ; subbasal 

 and antemedial bands from costa to just below cell and spots on 

 inner margin ; a somewhat V-shaped spot at lower angle of cell and 

 spot above it on costa, and striga on inner area ; postmedial spot 

 on costa, a point on vein 5, and two small spots near tornus ; cilia 

 chequered yellowish and grey. Hind wing with dark discoidal point 

 and two small spots on termen towards tornus. 



Hah. C. Asia, Sarafshan, Exp. 30 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



1734, Diacrisia lutea. 



Bombyx lubricipcda [5, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 505 (1758) ; Esp. Scbmett. 

 iii. p. 330, pi. 66. if. 1-5 : Marsh. Trans. Linn. See. i. p. 71, pi. 1 

 f. 2; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 155, 156; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 358, 

 pi. 37. f. 3; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 77; Oberth. Et. Ent. 

 XX. pis. xi.-xii. ; Stand. Cat. p. 59. 



Bombyx lubricipeda lutea, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. ii. p. 412 (1766) ; Kirby, Oat. 

 Het. p. 229. 



