294 AKCTIAD^. 



ChaUci dm-alis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 399, pi. 32. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p. 13 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 359. 

 Challa quadmnaculaia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 395; Biitl. 111. Het. vii, 



p. 32, pi. 122. f. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 359. 



Orange-yellow ; palpi marked with black at sides ; antennte 

 blackish ; legs striped with black above ; abdomen orange above, 

 with dorsal and lateral series of black points. Fore wing with 

 black spot in upper angle of cell, 



Ab. 1. quadrimaculata. Hind wing with black spot in end 

 of cell. 



Ab. 2. disccdis. Fore wing with subbasal black spot below 

 costa ; three obliquely placed antemedial spots in and below ceU 

 and above vein 1, and an oblique series of four spots from just beyond 

 discocellulars to below vein 2. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas, 1 S type disccdis, Dharmsala (Hocking), 

 1 5 type, Palampore {Hocking), 2 J type quadrimaculata. Exp. 

 30-36 miUim. 



1765. Diacrisia madagascariensis. 



EiKhwtes madagascariensis, Biitl. Cist. Eiit. iii. p. 3 (1882); Saalm. Lep. 

 Madag. p. 158, pi. 6. f. 83 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 237. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep orange ; palpi black, fringed 

 with orange ; antenna) black ; tibiae and tarsi black above ; abdomen 

 with dorsal and lateral series of black spots ; wings orange-yellow. 



Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo ( Coivan), 1 J type. Eay. 44 millim. 



1766. Diacrisia lucida. (Plate XLV. fig. 16.) 



Eucheetes lucida, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 212 (1898). 



(S . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi fuscous ; antennae 

 black : pectus and legs fuscous ; abdomen orange above, fuscous 

 below, with dorsal and lateral series of black points. Fore wing 

 orange-yellow, with black point at lower angle of cell. Hind wing 

 yellowish white. 



Hab. E, Africa, Teita (Jaclson), 1 j ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall), 1 d • Exp. 34 millim. Type f in Coll. Druce. 



1767. Diacrisia flava. (Plate XLV. fig. 17.) 



Stsnura fiava, WUgrn. Wien. ent, Men. iv. p. 162 (1860) ; Kirby, Oat. 

 Het. p. 233. 



_ S . Bright yellow ; head and tegulaj orange ; palpi black, friuged 

 with yellow ; antennae black ; legs blackish above ; abdomen orange, 

 with dorsal and lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface, 

 except at extremity, with more or less deeply tinged fuscous patch ; 

 wings immaculate ; hind wing paler. 



2 . Thorax and fore wing yellowish white or deep yellow. 

 Hab. Transvaal, Potchefstroom Distr. (Alston), 1 S ; Natal 

 (Dr. Smith, Heale), 2 J , 1 ? ; C Colony, Grahamstown, 1 $. 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



