314 ARCTIAD^. 



Head, thorax, and Ist segment of abdomen fuscous black ; the 

 rest of abdomen orange-yellow, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots ; wings black-brown, thinly scaled ; the terminal half 

 of inner area of hind wing orange-yellow. 



Ab. 1. moerens. Hind wing without yellow at tornus. 



Hah. Europe, France, iS'ice {Leach), Germany, Zeller Coll., 

 Silesia, Frey Coll., 1 (S , 1 $ , Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Dal- 

 matia, Turkey, Russia, Bithynia ; Armenia. ; Amttrland ; Japan 

 {Fortune), 1 $ tyjDe jajwnica, Kikko (Pryer), 1 5 type moerens ; 

 N.E. China. Ex2}. 42 millim. 



Sect. II. {Aha). Anteuuiv <if male biserrate. 



A. Pore wing pure white, the veins streaked witb black lineata. 



B. Fore wing yellowisb white to flesh-colour. 



a. Fore wing witli waved ante- and postmedial black lines... eugraphica. 

 h. Fore wing with series of points or maculate bauds. 



Or. Fore wing tinged in part with brown in male, and 



largely with scarlet in female turbida. 



/>'. Fore wine; not tinged with brown O)' scarlet siihcarnea. 



C. Fore wing orange-yellow. 

 a. Abdomen crimson. 



a^. Fore wing with blackisli bands confluent at middle ... dido, 

 h^. Fore wing without black bands. 



«^. Fore wing witliout black scoots below costa niceta. 



h-. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial black spots 



below costa nehulosa. 



h. Abdomen orange ; fore wing with scarlet discoidal mark... subvaria. 



D. Fore wing pale green aklaba. 



1812. Diacrisia lineata. (Plate XL VI. fig. 3.) 



Spilosoma lineata, Wlk. iii. 672 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 233. 

 Aloa simplex, Wlk. iii. 699 (1855). 



S(Bniira alba, WUgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 162 (1860). 

 Sinlarctia puella, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 210 (1898). 



Pure white ; palpi black above, orange below ; antennce black ; 

 sides of frons, basal joint of antennaj, back of head, fore coxae, and 

 femora above orange ; fore coxae with black patches, tibiae and tarsi 

 black ; abdomen orange above, white below, with dorsal and lateral 

 series of small black spots. Fore wing with the veins finely streaked 

 with black except towards base of costal area. Hind wing with 

 the inner area tinged with orange. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Sabaki Valley {Gregory), 1 J , 1 5 , Usam- 

 bara {Leyros), 1 S ; jN'Tiamiland {Luyard), 1 c? ; Delagoa Bat 

 {Junod), 1 (S ; Natal, Durban {Goocli, Trimen, Gueinzius), type 

 and type simplex. Exp., S 36, $ 42 millim. 



1813. Diacrisia eugraphica. 



S-pilosoma eugraphica, Wlk. xxxi. 292 (1864) ; Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 241. 

 Aloa imdistriga, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 100. f. 21 (1874). 



Ochreous ; palpi and antennae black ; femora orange above, tibiae 

 streaked with black, the tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen 

 with orange bands, and also black bands except on basal segments, 



