264 AECTIAD^. 



between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing with indistinct pale brownish 

 subterminal spots between vein 3 and tornus. 



Hah. W. China, Kwei-chow, 1 S , Pu-tsu-fong, 1 c^* type, Kia- 

 ting-fu, 1 S . Exp. 42 millim. 



1701. Diacrisia rhodophila. 



Spilosoma rhodophila, Wlk. xxxi. 294 (1864) ; Butl. III. Het. B. M. v. p. 29, 

 pi. 85. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 15; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



Spilosoma ruhidorsa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 808; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 233. 



Icamhosida dorsalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 394 ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. 

 p. 29, pi. 122. ff. 4, 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



Pure white ; palpi black, crimson at base ; sides of frons and 

 antennae black; neck with crimson patches at sides; legs striped 

 with black above, the fore coxae and femora above crimson ; 

 abdomen crimson above except at base and extremity, with dorsal, 

 lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing with the 

 costal edge often ochreous ; an antemedial fuscous point in cell 

 sometimes present ; a spot in upper angle of cell ; an oblique post- 

 medial series of spots from vein 4 to inner margin, sometimes 

 curved round to below costa and connected with apex by an oblique 

 series of short streaks on each side of the veins; a subterminal 

 series of short streaks on each side of veins 5 to 3 usually present. 

 Hind wing with fuscous discoidal spot ; subtei'minal spots below 

 costa above vein 5 and one to four towards tornus often present. 



Hah. W. China, Omei-shan, 2 c?, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 S ^ Pu- 

 tsu-fong, 4 S , Moupin (Kricheldorff), 1 d , 1 $ ; N.W. Himalayas, 

 Dalhousie (Powell), 2 S ? Kangra (Hoclcing), 4 c? , 4 $ type dorsalis^ 

 Kulu (G. Young), 1 c^ ; Sikhim {Russell), 1 S , (Dudgeon) 5 c? , type. 

 Exj)., S 40, 2 50 millim. 



Larva. Butl. 111. Het. vii. p. 121, pi. 138. f- 4. 



Head red-brown; dorsal area dark brown, with a series of short 

 white streaks; lateral area pale brown, with pale streaks and tufts 

 of long hair arising from the yellow warts. Pood-plant, Cherry. 



1702. Diacrisia costimacula. (Plate XLIV. fig. 6.) 



Thyrgorina costimacula, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 158. 



Pure white ; palpi, frons at sides, and antennae black-brown ; 

 neck with lateral crimson patches ; legs blackish above, fore coxae 

 with some crimson hair ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. Fore wing with fuscous subbasal spot 

 below costa ; three short antemedial streaks on and below costa ; 

 a point in upper angle of cell with spot on costa above it ; an 

 oblique maculate line from costa just before apex to middle of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with discoidal spot and two slight subterminal 

 spots towards tornus. 



Hah. W. China, Washan, 1 J type, Chia-ting-fu, 1 $ , Moupin, 

 1 c? 1 $ . Exjf). 38 millim. 



