

SPILOSOMA. 



Genus SPILOSOMA. 



Spilosoma, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 74 (1829). 

 Alpenus, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 686 (1855). 

 Spilarctia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 39 (1875). 

 Challa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 398. 



Type, S. lubricipedum, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Nearctic, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions. 



Palpi short, porrect, and fringed with hair. Antennae bipec- 

 tinate in male, serrate in female. Mid tibias with a terminal pair of 

 minute spurs ; hind tibiae with two pairs. Fore wing rather long 

 and narrow ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of 

 cell ; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. Female 

 with an abdominal tuft sometimes developed. 



A. Abdomen yellow in both sexes. 



1159. Spilosoma multiguttatum, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 657 ; Butl. III. 



Het. vii, pi. 138, fig. 9 (larva) ; C. # 8. no. 825. 

 Deiopeia spilosomoides, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 263 ; Butl. III. Het. v, 



pi. 85, fig. 7 ; C.SfS. no. 826. 

 Deiopeia pardalina, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 263 ; C. Sf S. no. 747. 



c? . Head and thorax yellowish white, the collar, tegulae, and 

 thorax spotted with black ; abdomen yellow, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. Fore wing white, with numerous 

 black spots forming eight ill-defined series. Hind wing yellow, 

 with an obsolescent series of submarginal black spots ; some 

 specimens with some apical spots. 



2 . The spots of the thorax and fore wing larger ; hind wing 

 with an anteuiedial maculate band showing through from the 

 underside, a large spot at end of cell ; some very irregularly 

 placed spots on the postmedial area and also on the outer margin 

 below the apex ; a bifid spot at anal angle. 



Larva pale green blotched and streaked with white, with sparse 

 black and white hairs ; a dorsal series of tufts of brown hair on a 

 broad band of black specks. 



Hab. Kulu ; JS"epal ; Sikhim. Exp., rf 40, $ 60 millim. 



1160. Spilosoma sangaicum, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 294 j C.fy no. 759 A. 



Head and thorax pure white ; abdomen with the basal and 

 terminal segments white ; the medial segments orange-yellow, 

 with dorsal, lateral, and ventral series of black spots. Wings 

 pure white ; fore wing sparsely spotted with black or quite un- 

 marked. Femora of fore legs yellow. 



Hab. Japan; China; Murree. Exp. t 3 38, $ 46 millim. 



