288 AKCTIAD^. 



4, 5. Hind wing white, with subterminal black spots above vein 5 

 and three tow'ards tornus. Underside of fore wing with more or 

 less complete postraedial series of spots. 



5 . Fore wing with the black markings more or less reduced. 



Ab. 1. Femora and abdomen above orange. 



Hah. W. China, Omei-shan, 1 J , Niton, 1 $ ; N.W. Himalayas, 

 Murree {Harford), 1 d, Dharmsala {Hoching) ; Tibkt, Tatung 

 (Hobson), 3 J ; Sikhiji {Lidderdale, Elwes, Bingham), 4 (^ , 2 $ , 

 type and type lacteata. Exp., <S 46, § 58 millim. 



Larva. Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. pi. 138. f. 2. 



Black ; head and dorsal tufts of hair on terminal somite fulvous ; 

 warts with tufts of dirty white and black hair. 



1753. Diacrisia leopardiiia. 



Ewprefia leopardina, Koll. Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. (2) p. 467, pi. 21. f. 2 

 (1844) ; Hmp8n. Moths Ind. ii. p. 22 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 240. 



Arctia divisa, Wlk. iii. 614 (1855) ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. v. p. 33, pi. 86, 

 f. 2. 



Ardices liturata, Wlk. Char, Lep. Het, p. 12 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 239. 



Yellowish white ; palpi, sides of frons, and antenna? black ; tegulae 

 usually with black spots ; patagia and vertex of thorax striped with 

 black ; legs striped with black, fore coxae on outer side and femora 

 above crimson ; abdomen orange above, more or less strongly tinged 

 with crimson, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. 

 Fore wing with black streaks at base on costa, in cell, and on 

 vein 1 ; an antemedial fascia on inner margin with elongate spot 

 above its extremity above vein 1 ; a gradually dilated fascia on 

 each side of median nervure conjoined to spots from costa before 

 middle and at end of cell ; a postmedial maculate band curved from 

 costa to vein 3, where it is joined by an oblique series of short 

 streaks from apex ; a subterminal series of spots on each side of 

 veins 5 to 1 ; a terminal series of short striae. Hind wing with 

 the interspaces more or less completely filled by black, sometimes 

 reduced to a streak on inner area, a discoidal spot, a subterminal 

 maculate band, and some points near termen. 



Ab. 1. Underside of fore wing to postmedial band and inner area 

 of hind wing suffused with scarlet showing through to upperside. 



Hah. N,W. Himalayas, type $ liturata, Kashmir {Leech), 1 c? , 

 4 5 , Simla {Pilcher), 2 $ , Almorah {Boys), 2 d , 4 $ type divisa, 

 Manpuri, 1 d • Ex2*., d 44, $ 56 millim. 



1754. Diacrisia inaequalis. (Plate XLY. fig. 9.) 



Spilarctia incsqualis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 351 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 232. 



d . Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi black, fringed with 

 crimson below ; sides of frons and antennae black ; sides of neck 

 with crimson patches ; legs black above ; abdomen crimson above, 

 the hair at base and extremity and on ventral surface yellowish 



