466 ARCTIAD^. 



vein 4, and two conjoined sjiots towards tornus ; some black points 

 on termen ; cilia yellow. Underside of fore win» suifused with 

 scarlet, except on costa and apical area. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing yellow. 



2 . Thorax without white stripes. 



Ab. 2, The type is a female with the markings of fore wing 

 reduced to a few points ; hind wing with the subterminal spots 

 conjoined into a band connected with the base by streaks on costa 

 and reins 2 and 1 ; some spots on apical half of termen. 



Hah. Tibet ; N.W. Himalayas, Ladak {Stoliczka), type t $ in 

 Coll. Rothschild, Chitral (Colomb), 7 J, Kulu, 3 J, Kashmir 

 (McArthur), 6 S , Dharmsala, 1 S • Kvp. 44-52 millim. 



2061. Arctia intercalaris. 



Euprepia intercalaris, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xvi. p. 544, pi. 10. ff. 1 a, 6 



(1843) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 265. 

 Arctia alpherakii. Stand. Eat. Mo. Mag. xxii. p. 258 (1886) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 259. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black : palpi white, fringed with 

 scarlet below; basal joint of antennae and shaft above white ; tegula? 

 edged in front and at sides with scarlet and white ; short whitish 

 streaks on patagia ; femora scarlet above ; tibia? and tarsi brownish 

 white ; abdomen with scarlet segmental lines and anal tuft. Fore 

 wing black ; an oblique somewhat triangular white patch from base 

 of costa to above inner margin, with some black points on it ; a 

 small triangular antemedial spot on costa, and an irregular diamond- 

 shaped spot from median nervure to above inner margin; an irregular 

 medial mark from costa ending in a point on vein 2 ; an irregular 

 postmedial band excurved below costa ; the subterminal band ex- 

 curved to near termen at vein 6, then bent inwards to join the 

 postmedial band at vein 4, then to termen above tornus ; or the 

 white markings more or less reduced. Hind wing scarlet ; a large 

 subterminal black spot from costa to vein 4, and smaller spots on 

 vein 2 and above tornus ; cilia yellowish. Underside of fore wing 

 with the basal area suifused with scarlet except on costa ; hind 

 wing with the upper part of cell and apical area suffused with 

 white ; an antemedial black bar from costa and medial spot. 



Hah. Siberia; Tibet, Issyk-Kul, 1 S. Exp. 46 millim. 



2062. Arctia villica. 



Bomhyx villica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 501 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iii. p. 185, 



pi. 35 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 136 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 336, pi. .35. 



f. 1 ; Staph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 71 ; Obertb. Et. Ent. xx. pis. xvi.- 



xvii. ; Staud. Cat. p. 57 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 259. 

 Bomhyx vidua, Poda, Mus. GriBC. p. 88 (1761). 

 Chelonia villica, var. angelica, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 42 (1829). 

 Arctia domiduca, Meig.Eur. Schmett. iii. p. 267, pi. 123. f. 12 (1830). 

 Bomhyx konewkaii, Freyer, Neue Beitr. i. p. 61, pi. 33. IF. 1, 2 (1831); Bell, 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) viii. p. 686, pi. 12. f. 5. 

 Bomhyx angelica, Geyer, Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 326, 327 (1841). 



