310 AECTIAD^. 



whitish, banded with black, the femora orange above ; abdomen 

 orange above, the base and extremity with whitish hair, dorsal, 

 lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing with sub- 

 basal black spot in cell ; an antemedial oblique series of spots from 

 costa to median nervure and spot above vein 1 ; two points or a bar 

 on discocellulars ; postmedial points on each side of vein 1 and 

 sometimes one below costa. Hind Aving with discoidal spot. 



Hah. C. Asia, Sarmakand, 7000 ft. {HaherJiauer), 1 J , 1 § , 

 Kuldja, Kisil-Kum, Tura, 1^,1$. Kvjy., d 36, § 42 millim. 



1803. Diacrisia fuscipennis. (Plate XLYI. fig. 23.) 

 Spilosoma fuscipenm, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 11 (1894). 



c5' . Antennae with the branches very short ; thorax and abdomen 

 dark reddish brown ; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black; legs 

 streaked with blackish ; abdomen with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral 

 series of blackish points. Eore wing fuscous brown ; an indistinct 

 curved antemedial line ; an obscure discoidal point ; the indistinct 

 postmedial line angled at lower angle of cell, then strongly incurved. 

 Hind wing pale greyish brown, with obscure discoidal point. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Simla {Harford), 1 S tyj^e. Exp. 

 48 millim. 



1804. Diacrisia sordida. 



Bomhyx sordida, Hiibn. Eur. Schinett. ii. f. 151 (1827) ; Freyer, Neue 

 Beitr. iv. p. 71, pi. 382. if. 1, 2 ; id. vii. p. 136, pi. 677; Boisd. Icones, 

 ii. p. 132, pi. 60. £f. 2-4 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. ,38, pi. 4. ff. ba,b; 

 Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Scbmett. ii. p. 144, ff. 34-36 ; Mill. Lepidopterologie, 

 vi. p. 17, pi. ix. f. 11 ; Staud. Cat. p. 59 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 245. 



Bomhyx carhonis, Freyer, Neue Beitr. vii. p. 74, pi. 642. f. 4 (1854): 



S . Fuscous brown ; hair on legs whitish ; femora yellowish 

 above, black bands at extremity of femora, tibiae, and tarsi; abdomen 

 at extremity and on ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing with 

 obscure antemedial and medial lines angled on median nervure; two 

 discoidal points ; the postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 

 3, then incurved ; a series of dark points on cilia. Hind wing 

 suffused with black ; a slight discoidal spot. 



5 . Dull whitish brown ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae tinged 

 with black. Hind wing more or less suffused with black, with dis- 

 coidal and some subterminal diffused fuscous spots. 



Ab. 1. carhonis S • Fuscous black, without markings. 



Hah. Norway, 4 6 , Zeller Coll. ; Alps, 6 d" , 7 $ , Zeller and Frey 

 Colls. ; Pyrenees. E^y. 30 millim. 



1805. Diacrisia luctuosa. 



Bomhyx luctuom, Geyer, Eur. Scbmett. ff. 338, 339 (1827) ; Freyer, Neue 

 Beitr. iii. p. 94, pi. 260; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. p. 7, pi. 51. If. 1, a, h; 

 Herr.-Schaff. Scbmett. Eur. ii. p. 144 ; Staud. Cat. p. m ; Kirby, Cat, 

 Het. p. 245. 



Arctia luffubris, Herr.-Scbiiff. Eur. Scbmett. ii. ff. 29, 30 (1844). 



S . Pale grey-brown; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae blackish; 



