316 ARCTIAD^. 



tips ; lower part of frons and antennae black ; fore coxae at sides 

 and femora above crimson, tibiae and tarsi black ; abdomen crimson 

 above except at base and extremity, the ventral surface yellowish 

 white, dorsal, lateral, and siiblateral series of black spots. Fore 

 wing yellowish white with a fleshy tinge ; an antemedial black 

 point above vein 1 and a point in upper angle of cell usually present ; 

 an oblique postmedial series of small spots from vein 3 to inner 

 margin, which may be reduced to the point above vein 1 ; three 

 obliquely placed subapical points sometimes present. Hind wing 

 crimson, with the cilia white, or whitish with the inner area suffused 

 with crimson, or without crimson tinge ; a subterminal black spot 

 below vein 2 sometimes present. Underside of fore wing usually 

 more or less suffused with crimson ; hind wing with discoidal black 

 point. 



2 . Wings yellowish white without crimson tinge, either im- 

 maculate or with few spots. 



Ab. 1. rohustum. Patagia with black spots. 



Ilab. Japan, Yokohama "(Pr^er), 3 c5' , 2 $ , Tokio (Feuton), 2 $ , 

 Loo-choo (Pry^r), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Gou^k, Gensan (Leech), 1 5 ; China, 

 Pekin, 1 J , 2 $ , Shanghai {Fortune)^ 2 S type hifrons, Chekiang 

 (Pri/er), 1 S type ernhescens, Hongkong (Boivring, J. J. Walker), 

 2 d, 1 $ type."^ Ichang {Pratt), 2 S , Che-tou, 1 $, Chia-kou-ho 

 {Pratt), 2 2 ; Formosa (Hohson), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Philippines, Cebu, 

 1 J , 1 $ ; Celebes. Erp., c? 46, 2 58 millim. 



*1816. Diacrisia dido. 



Euprepia dido, M. Wagner, Reis. Algier, iii. p. 209, pi. 9 (1841) ; Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. p. 257. 



Head and thorax black-brown ; outer part of tegulae and patagia 

 yellow ; palpi and frons crimson ; pectus crimson ; legs brown ; 

 abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral spots, the last two 

 segments and the ventral surface black-brown. Fore wing orange- 

 yellow, with two black-l)rown spots on base of cosra : a fascia on 

 basal half of inner margin ; an antemedial point below the cell ; 

 antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal irregular bands 

 from costa to median nervure, where they are confluent and con- 

 tinued to inner margin as two bands, the subterminal band emitting 

 a fork to an apical patch and a fascia to middle of termen on which 

 it expands towards the apex. Hind wing deep crimson, a yellow- 

 edged black spot at origin of vein 2 ; a black discoidal lunule ; 

 three subterminal spots towards costa and two towards tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing with crimson costal fascia narrowing to a 

 point at apex ; hind wing with three yellow-edged black medial 

 spots towards costa and one below the cell, two postmedial spots 

 below costa, three subterminal spots towards costa, and two towards 

 tornus. 



Hab. Algiers. Exp. 48 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



