356 CATALOGUE OF 



Remark. — This species is closely allied to Spil. obliqua, "Walker, 

 List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. III. p. 679, from Australia. 



855. SPILOSOMA SUFFUSA, Walker. 



Spilosoma suffusa, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 

 pt. III. p. 677 (1855). 



a.b.c. $ ? . Punjab. Presented by General Hearsey. 

 d. ? . Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Expo- 

 sition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



The larva and pupa of Spil. suffusa are figured on Plate XVI., 

 figs. 10, 10a, copied from Capt. Mortimer Slater's original drawings. 



856. SPILOSOMA GOPARA, Moore (Plate IXa,fig. 11). 



Spilosoma Gopara, n. sp. — Female, dull testaceous ; fore-wing with 

 a black dot at the base, another on the costa about one-fourth from 

 the base, a smaller dot above the extremity of the cell, with two below 

 it within the cell ; two geminated dots near exterior margin towards 

 the apex, a dot near base of posterior margin, and an oblique row 

 of dots upward from the middle of the latter margin : hind-wing 

 testaceous-yellow, with a large basal black patch, four rather large 

 spots from aual angle, aud a dot near apical angle. Expanse 2\ in. 



a. ? . Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Expo- 

 sition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



857. SPILOSOMA ABDOMINALIS, Moore. 



Spilosoma abdominalis, n. sp. — Female, pale testaceous ; fore-wing 

 with a black dot on the costa one-fourth from the base, and a curved 

 black streak on the middle of posterior margin ; hind-wing testaceous- 

 white, with a black dot near middle of the anterior margin ; antennae 

 and palpi black ; abdomen above red, with a dorsal and lateral row 

 of black spots ; head, thorax, and body beneath pale testaceous, the 

 latter with a side-row of black spots parallel with those above ; legs 

 with the femur above red and tipped with black, testaceous beneath j 

 tibia and tarsus blackish. Expanse 2\ in. 



a. ? . N. India. Presented by Col. Buckley. 



