394 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 



Fam. Arctiid.e. 



Spilarctia dalbergi^, n. sp. 



Allied to S. stigmata (Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 809). Fore wing of 

 a pale ochreous creamy tint ; witli a very obliquelj'-disposed discal 

 series of small slender black spots, a spot towards base of submedian, 

 and a submarginal medial series of smaller spots ; a small dentate 

 spot more or less distinct at the upper end of cell : bind wing paler ; 

 with a large black spot at upper end of the cell ; two duplex sub- 

 anal spots, one also between the radial and subcostal vein, and in 

 the female another before the apex. Thorax with a black streak 

 down the middle ; abdomen orange-yellow, with a dorsal and 

 lateral row of black spots. 



Expanse, c? 1|, $ 2 inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



Larva pale purple-brown, mottled and minutely spotted with 

 yellow. Second, third, and fourth segments with a small yellow 

 lateial spot ; other segments with an oblique yellow lateral streak ; 

 each segment with tufts of long purple-brown radiating hairs ; 

 head black, shining ; legs black. 



" Feeds on Sissoo {Balbergia sissoo). May, 4000 feet." (^Hock- 

 ing.) 



Spilarctia sagittifera, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Paler and of a uniformly yellower tint than 

 iS. casignata. Fore wing with similar markings, the transverse discal 

 series of spots more oblique, touching the lower angle of the cell and 

 terminating in larger spots on middle of posterior margin ; one or 

 two spots also within the cell near the base ; hind wing paler yellow 

 throughout, spots larger than in S. casignata. Abdomen crimson, 

 with more or less prominent black dorsal and lateral spots ; a small 

 black sagittate streak on middle of thorax. Underside paler, not 

 washed with crimson, markings more distinct. 



Expanse, <S If, $ 2^ inches. 



Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. 



ICAMBOSIDA DORSALIS, n. Sp. 



"White ; fore wing with an indistinct blackish-grey discal oblique 

 transverse narrow macular band, which in the male stops below the 

 radial vein, and in the female extends to the apex by a series of short 

 linear streaks, the female also having some less distinct submarginal 

 streaks situated between the radial and middle median veins ; a 

 similar coloured spot at upper end of the cell, and a less defined 

 spot sometimes on middle of snbcostal : hind wung with an 

 indistinct spot at upper end of the cell, and a less distinct sub- 

 anal spot situated between the lower median and submedian, the 

 female sometimes showing a spot also below the apex and another 

 above it on the costa. Sides of thorax in front and pectus crimson ; 

 palpi black above, crimson beneath ; legs white ; fore femur crimson 

 above ; femora tipt with black ; fore and middle tibite and tarsi and 

 hind tarsi black above ; abdomen in male crimson above, with black 



