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1707. Diacrisia nivea. 



Bionychopus niveus, Men. Bull, Phys. Math. Pot. xvii. p. 218 (1859) ; 

 Schrenck's Reisen, Lep. ii. p. 52, pi. 4. f. 6 ; Kirby, Oat. Het, p. 229. 



Pure white ; palpi crimson at base, the 3rd joint black ; antennae 

 with the branches black; fore coxa) and the femora above crimson; 

 fore cox£e with black patch; forelegs streaked with black; abdomen 

 with crimson lateral patches except at base and extremity, dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots ; wings without markings. 



Hah. Amur, "6 6-, 1 ? ; Japan, Yezo (Andreius), 1 c^ (Pryer, 

 Fenton), 2^,3$, Oiwake (Fryer), 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. China, Chang- 

 yang, 2 cJ , Ta-Chien-lu (Fratt), I $ . Kcp., c? 70, $ 80 millim. 



1708. Diacrisia pura. (Plate XLIV. fig. 10.) 

 Spilosoma purum, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 151. 



Pure white ; palpi black at sides ; antennae with the branches 

 blackish below ; legs striped with black ; fore coxse at sides and 

 femora above orange ; abdomen with subdorsal orange patches, a 

 dorsal series of small round or triangular spots or short bands, 

 lateral or sublateral series of spots ; wings with the discocellulars 

 brownish on underside. 



Hub. W. China, Omei-shan, Chia-kou-ho, 3 c? , 1 $ , Kwei-chow, 

 1 d , Washan, 3 c? , 3 $ type. Ex2J. 50-60 millim. 



1709. Diacrisia jussieuse. (Plate XLIV. fig. 18.) 



Arctia jussieucs, Poey, Cent. Lep. Cuba, pi. 14 (1832) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 

 p. 228. 



Pure white ; palpi and fore tibiae streaked with black ; tarsi 

 ringed with black ; femora orange above ; abdomen with dorsal 

 series of black points ; difi'used orange lateral fasciae. Fore wing 

 with black point at lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Cuba {Ruiz), 2 c? , 3 $ . Exp., 6 32, $ 40 millim. 



1710. Diacrisia virginica. 



Bombyx virginica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 437 (1798) ; Harr. Ins, 

 Inj. Veg. p. 248; id. ed. 3, p. 350, fF. 167, 168; Eiley, Eep. Ins. 

 Missouri, iii. p. 68, f. 28 ; Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 131, pi. 6. 

 f. 6 ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 228. 



Spilosoma congrua, Wlk. iii. 669 (1855) $; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 234. 



Pure white ; palpi black at sides ; antennae with the branches 

 blackish ; fore legs streaked with black, the tarsi banded with 

 black ; femora yellow above ; abdomen orauge-yellow at sides, 

 dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing 

 usually with black point at lower angle of cell and sometimes one 

 at angle of discocellulars ; a postmedial point above inner margin 

 and subterminal point above vein 5. Hind wing with discoidal 



