172 ARCTIID^E. 



Underside, body and wings ochreous cream colour, abdomen with 

 a row of black spots on each side, the lowest one largest, costal and 

 wing markings as above, face scarlet, legs streaked with scarlet, tarsi 

 black with pale yellowish bands. 



Expanse of wings i^ inches. 

 a. Port Essington (type). 



792. Aloa emittens. 



Creatonotos emittens. Walker : iii. 638 (1855). 



Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 363 (1859). 



Lep. Ceylon, ii. p. 74, pi. 108, f. 3, 30 



(1882). 

 Aloa emittens. Butler : Cist. Ent., ii. p. 24 (1875). 



P. Z. S., Lond., 1881, p. 614. 



Swinhoe : P. Z. S., Lond., 1885, p. 296. 

 P. Z. S., Lond., 1886, p. 437. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 127. 816 



(1887). 

 Aloa diminuta. Walker: iii. 705 (1855). 



Butler: Cist. Ent., ii. p. 24 (1875). 



111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., v. p. 30, pi. 85, f. 5 



(1881). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 127. 815 



(1887). 

 Spilosoma strigata. Walker : Char. Undescr. Lep. Het., p. 10 (1869). 



Type. Ceylon, in B. M. 



Type (diminuta). N. India, in B. M. 



Type (strigata). Benares, in Devon and Exeter Mus. 



a. Ceylon (Thwaites). b. Bombay (2). c. Nilgiri Hills. 



793. Aloa punctistriga. 



Spilosoma punctistriga. Walker: iii. 676 (1855). 

 Aloa punctistriga. Butler : Cist. Ent, ii. p. 24 (1875). 



111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., v. p. 30, pi. 85, 



f. 6 (1882). 



Swinhoe : P. Z. S., Lond., 1885, p. 296. 

 P. Z. S., Lond., 1886, p. 437. 



Cotes and Swinh.: Cat. Moths of India, ii. 128. 821 



(1887). 

 Aloa candidula. Walker : iii. 704 (1855). 



Butler : Cist. Ent., ii. p. 24 (1875). 



Cotes and Swinh.: Cat. Moths of India, ii. 127. 813 



(1887). 

 Creatonotos rubricosta. Moore : P. Z. S., Lond., 1872, p. 573. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 124. 



788 (1887). 

 Aloa rubricosta. Butler : Cist. Ent., ii. p. 24 (1875). 



Type. North India, in B. M. 



Type (candidula). Nepal, in B. M. 



a. Bombay. b. Bombay (type rubricosta). c. India (7). 



