88 Mr. F. Moore on new Species 



nal red streaks ; abdomen blackish above ; antennae, spot on 

 vertex, and legs blackish. Underside red, margins and apical 

 streaks only black. 



Exp. yV inch. 



Hah. Shanghai. In coll. W. B. Pryer and F. Moore. 



Fam. Arctiidse. 



Spilosoma mandarina. 



Male. Upperside deep buff colour: fore wing with an 

 oblique discal continuous linear series of small black vein- 

 divided narrow spots, and a short median submarginal series 

 of smaller similar spots ; a small dot near base of submedian 

 vein : hind wing suffused with red on abdominal border j 

 with two vein-divided prominent black spots near anal angle, 

 a small dot near apex, and a prominent rounded spot at 

 end of cell. Abdomen above crimson, with dorsal and two 

 lateral rows of black spots. Underside slightly suffused with 

 red on base of fore wing ; markings as above, but more pro- 

 minent ; also a large black cell-spot on fore wing. AntennaB, 

 front of head, sides of thorax, palpi at tip, pectus, and legs 

 above black. Palpi at sides, fore femora, and tuft at sides of 

 thorax beneath crimson. 



Exp. 2y^o inches. 



Hah. Shanghai. In coll. W. B. Pryer and F. Moore. 



Sjyilosoma howqua. 



Upperside pale buff-colour. Male : Fore wing with an ob- 

 lique lower discal series of black spots, each spot crossed by a 

 vein, a spot near base of hind margin, and an upper submar- 

 ginal series of smaller spots : hind wing with a submarginal 

 series of four larger vein-divided black spots, and a smaller 

 spot at the end of the cell. Abdomen above red, with indistinct 

 dorsal and two lateral rows of black spots ; a blackish stripe 

 down middle of thorax. Underside paler, markings as above 

 but more confluent ; fore wing tinged with ochreous red along 

 anterior margin ; a small black spot at end of cell, tuft at base 

 of wing and a short streak on hind margin near the angle. 

 Antennte, front of head, tip of palpi, tibias, and tarsi black ; 

 pectus dark brown ; fore and mid cox£e and femora, and sides 

 of palpi at base red. 



Female with markings on upperside of fore wing less dis- 

 tinct ; on hind wing as in male. Underside as in the male, 

 excepting that the spot at end of cells is larger and the tuft 

 obsolete at base of fore wing. 



