352 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of 



secondaries with a spot near the apex and a second near the 

 anal angle : thorax and base of abdomen white ; remainder 

 of abdomen pink, but with the anal segments pale buff, a 

 series of black spots on each side ; head slightly yellowish ; 

 antennae black. Wings below as above : body below white, 

 venter black-spotted, anus buff; collar and fringe of palpi 

 pink ; upper surface of palpi and of front legs black ; upper 

 surface of the remaining legs brown. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 10 lines. 



The female at first sight looks almost like S. rhodophila, 

 whereas the male agrees better with S. obliqua. 



9. Spilarctia rosacea, n. sp. (no. 289, c£). 



Primaries above fawn-colour, with the borders and veins 

 pale creamy buff ; the basal third of costal margin black ; a 

 small spot at the superior angle of the cell, a second on the 

 costa beyond it, a third just above the bend of the submedian 

 vein, an oblique series of black spots from inner margin to 

 apex, interrupted at the fourth median or lower radial branch ; 

 an abbreviated series of black points near the outer margin : 

 secondaries rose-coloured, with the margins buff; a large 

 black spot at the end of the cell : thorax cream-coloured ; 

 head grey ; antennas and eyes black ; abdomen rose-coloured, 

 with dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Primaries below 

 bright rose-red, with the outer and inner margins and a patch 

 at basal third of costa ochraceous, base whitish, a black spot 

 at the end of the cell, a broad interno-median longitudinal 

 streak and an oblique series of spots from the latter to the 

 apex black: secondaries rose-coloured, with yellowish borders; 

 a black spot at the end of the cell : body whitish, palpi and 

 coxa3 and femora of anterior and middle legs carmine, tibia? 

 and tarsi of hind legs blackish, venter laterally spotted with 

 black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 



The insect sent as the female of this species is S. seriato- 

 punctata of Motschulsky, the male of which we previously 

 possessed ; the sexes of that species do not differ either in 

 size, form, or colour, whereas the insect now described differs 

 in all of these points, its chief resemblance, indeed, con- 

 sisting in the presence of the black basicostal streak on the 

 primaries. 



Lithosiidae. 

 10. Oyana decipiens, n. sp. (no. 1126). 



Primaries sordid white, with broad chocolate costal border 

 not quite reaching the base, a dusky-bordered, irregular, sub- 



