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lateral, and sublateral series of black spols. Fore wing with ante- 

 medial maculate black band, the spot on costa produced as a streak 

 towards base ; a postmedial maculate band oblique from costa to 

 just beyond lower angle of cell, where it is strongly angled, then 

 inwardly oblique, the two bands connected by a fascia on. inner 

 margin. 



2 . Fore wing with the black bands more developed ; hind wing 

 with slight discoidal spot. 



Hah. Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 1 J type, Yokohama {ManUy, 

 Fryer), 1^,4$. Exp., 6 54, $ 68 millim. 



1748. Diacrisia comma. 



Aloa co7nma, Wlk. vii. 1703 (1850) ; llmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 10 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Ilet. p. 242. 

 Spiloaojiut abdorainalis, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 35G (1850) ; Eutl. 111. Het. 



B. M. V. p. 81, pi. 8.3. f. ; Kiiby, Cat. Het. p. 231. 



Head and thorax whitish to ochreous flesh-colour ; palpi with the 

 basal joint crimson, the last two joints black ; frons at sides and 

 anteunic black; legs striped with black, the fore coxas and femora 

 above crimson ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal, lateral, and 

 sublateral series of black points. Fore wing with small antemedial 

 triangular black spot on costa, sometimes connected with base by a 

 costal fascia ; a postmedial spot on costa usually present ; a black 

 fascia on medial part of inner margin, with a spot above its basal 

 extremity representing part of the antemedial line, and from its 

 outer extremity part of the postmedial line sometimes developed as 

 a series of spots bent outwards to vein 3. Hind wing ochreous 

 whitish, with more or less developed discoidal spot, the inner area 

 sometimes tinged with crimson. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Simla {Harford), 1 J , 1 $ , Kulu 

 (Hocl-ing), 1 d ■, (Bucl'lej/) 2 5 type abdominalis. Evp., J 50, $ 

 60 millim. Type in Mus. Oxon. 



1749. Diacrisia seriatopunctata. 



Spilosoma seriatopunctata, Motsch. Et. Ent. ix. p. 31 (ISOO); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 230. 

 Spilosoma striatopunctata, Oberth. Dlagn. Lep. Askold, p. (1870); id. 



fit. Ent. V. p. 32, pi. 1 . f. 8. 

 Spilarctia rosacea, Eutl. A. M. N. H. (o) iv. p. 352 (1879); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 231. 

 Spilarctia basiliinbata, Butl. Trans. Eat. Soc. 1881, p. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 230. 



cf . Buff ; palpi crimson, black at tips ; frons and autcnnnc black ; 

 fore coxa) crimson with black patch ; femora crimson above, tibiic 

 and tarsi striped with blacK ; al)domen crimson above except at 

 base and extremity, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing with the interspaces tinged witli l)r()wn ; a black 

 fascia on base of costa expanding into an antemedial spot ; ante- 

 medial black points above and below vein 1, sometimes absent ; a 



