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Genus SPILARCTIA. 



Spilarctia, Butler, Cistula Ent. ii. p. 39 (1875) ; Illnst. Types Lep. Het. B. M. iii. p. 5 (1879). 



Forewing elongated, triangular ; cell extending two-thirds the wing ; first sub- 

 costal emitted at one-fiftL. before end of the cell, second quadrifid ; discocellular 

 concave, radial from upper end of the cell; three upper medians from contiguous 

 angles at lower end of the cell, lower median at one-half before end of the cell; 

 submedian recurved downward : hindwing short, apex convex ; costal and subcostal 

 veins joined together to one-third from the base ; costal extending to apex ; two 

 subcostal branches at end of the cell ; discocellular bent in the middle ; radial, and 

 two upper medians from angles at end of the cell, lower median at one-half before 

 end of the cell; submedian and internal vein straight. Body stout ; head and thorax 

 pilose ; palpi porrect, pilose beneath, second joint extending beyond the head, third 

 joint smooth, short, thick ; antennge thickly bipectinated in male ; legs short, thick, 

 femora pilose beneath. {8. lubricipeda,) 



SPILARCTIA SUBFASCIA (Plate 107, Fig. 3, 3a, ^ $ ). 

 Spilosoma suhfascia, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iii. p. 678 (1855). 



Male. Yellowish ochreous-white : forewing with three small black costal spots, 

 two below on the subcostal vein, an oblique transverse discal series of spots, and two 

 or three dots below the apex : hindwing with four black dots at the apex, and a black 

 streak near anal angle. Female paler : forewing with less distinct costal spots, the 

 discal series represented only by some small dots at each end : hindwing with slightly 

 indicated subanal spots. Thorax with a black spot on each side, and an indistinct 

 testaceous band in front ; abdomen ochreous-yellow above, with dorsal and lateral 

 row of black spots ; palpi, and antennae black ; tarsi, and anterior tibse, and fore 

 femora above black ; hind femora and tibiae "with black tips. 



Expanse, S Itq, § 2i%- inches. 



Genus PANGORA. 

 Pangora, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atkinson, p. 42 (1879). 

 Forewing long, narrow, apex slightly pointed, exterior margin short and 

 oblique ; cell naiTow, extending to two-thirds the wing ; first subcostal emitted at 

 one-fifth before the end of the cell, second quadrifid ; discocellular bent in the middle, 

 radial from upper end ; two upper medians from angles above end of the cell, second 

 at a short distance before end, first (or lower) at near three-sevenths before the end ; 

 submedian extending close along the margin : hindwing short, broad ; costal and 

 subcostal joined together from near the base to about half length of the cell ; two 

 subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular bent inward in the middle ; 



