LEPIDOPTERA. 355 



Genus SPILOSOMA, Stephens. 



Spilosoma, Stephens, III. Brit. Ins. Haust. II. p. 74 (1829). 



Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. pt. III. p. 663. 

 PHALiENA-BoMBTx, pt. Linnaeus. 

 Akctia,^?^. Schrank. 

 Bombyx, pt. Fabricius. 

 Estigmene, pt. Hubner. 



853. SPILOSOMA MACULIFASCIA, Walker (Plate IXa, 

 fiff.10, ?). 



$ Spilosoma maculifascia, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. 



Mus. pt. III. p. 676 (1855). 

 $ Spilosoma conspurcatum, Walker, id. pt. VII. p. 1698 



(1856). 



a. b. c. d. e. f. $ ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's 

 Collection. 



The larva and cocoon of Spil. maculifascia are figured on Plate XVI., 



figs. 9, 9a, from Java. " Feeds on the Dadap (Convolvulus sp.~ ), 



Bioscorea oppositifolia, and a species of Erythrina. December and 

 January. Common." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



854. SPILOSOMA PUNCTATA, Moore. 



Spilosoma punctata, n. sp. — Pale testaceous ; fore-wing with a 

 black basal, two costal, and a minute discal dot ; from middle of 

 posterior margin extend a series of dots obliquely upward, also two 

 dots near the base of the margin, some indistinct dots near the apex : 

 hind-wing with a black discal dot, and dots from near the anal angle ; 

 abdomen deep yellow, with a series of dorsal and lateral black dots, 

 also two series of smaller dots beneath. Pemale without the costal 

 dots, the apical dots on the fore-wing and those on the hind-wing more 

 distinct. In some specimens the dots are less distinct. Antennae 

 black, but white at the base and tip ; palpi black above ; legs mostly 

 black. Expanse of male 1|- in., of female If in. 



a. b. c. $ ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Col- 

 lection. 



d. $ . N. India. Presented by General Hearsey. 



e. Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Exposition 



Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



