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PhalcBna papyratia, Marsh. Trans. Lian. Soc. i. p. 72, pi. 1. f, 4 (1791). 

 Spilosoma urticcB, var. quadripunctata, Cosmovici, Le Nat. 1892, p. 280. 

 Spilosoma itrtic(B, var. paucipunctata, Fuchs, JB. Nass. Ver. xlv. p. 89 

 (1892). 



Pure white; palpi with some black hair; antennae blackish 

 towards extremity ; legs striped with black, the femora yellow 

 above ; abdomen orange-yellow above, except the basal and terminal 

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

 wing wholly white or with black points at angles of cell, or with 

 mofe or less of the points of the antemedial, postmedial, and sub- 

 termical series. Hind wing without markings. 



Ab. 1. paucipimcta. Fore wing with very few spots. 



Ab. 2. quadripunctata. Wings semihyaline ; fore wing with 

 black points at angles of cell and two on inner area. — Roumania. 



Hah. Europe, Central, Zeller and Frey Colls., Greece {Merlin) ; 

 Amur. Eocp. 40-44 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 40 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 290, pi. 78. f. 1 h. 



Dark brown ; hairs dark grey ; spiracles white ; head blackish. 

 Food-plants, Mumex, MentJia, etc. 7-9. 



1719. Diacrisia lubricipeda. 



Bombyx lubricipeda, Linn. Syst, Nat. i. p. 505 (1758) ; Kirby, Cat. Het 



p. 227. 

 Bombyx lubricipeda alba, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. ii. p. 412 (1766). 

 Fhalcena lepus, Retz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 37 (1783). 

 Bombyx menthrasiri, Esp. Scbmett. iii. p. 334, pi. 66. ff.6-10 (1786); Hilbn. 



Eur. Scbmett. ii. ff. 1.52, 153 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 362, pi. 37. ff. 5, 6 ; 



Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 75, pi. 16. f. 3 ; Stand. Cat. p. 59. 

 Bombyx mendica, Rossi, Faun. Etrusc. ii. p. 174 (1790). 

 ThalcBna erminea, Marsb. Trans. Linn. Soc. i. p. 70, pi. 1. f. 1 (1791). 

 Chelonia luxerii, Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 360, pi. 37. f. 4 (1822). 

 Spilosoma sangaica, Wlk. xxxi. 294 (1864) ; Butl. 111. Het. iii. p. 5, pi. 42. 



f. 5 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 228. 



Pure white ; palpi, antennae, and throat dark brown ; legs 

 streaked with black, the femora orange above; abdomen orange above 

 except the basal and terminal segments, dorsal, lateral, and sablateral 

 series of black spots. Fore wing with basal and subbasal black 

 points below costa ; antemedial and medial series of points angled 

 on median nervure ; a point in upper angle of cell, with another 

 above it on costa ; a postmedial series of points excurved beyond 

 cell ; an oblique series from apex to vein 5 ; short subterminal 

 streaks on each side of veins 3-5 ; points on term en above vein 5 

 and below 2 sometimes present. Hind wing usually with dis- 

 coidal spot and sometimes subterminal points above vein 5 and 

 below 2. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the number of black points more or less 

 reduced, especially in the postmedial and subterminal series ; this 

 being most marked in the Japanese and Chinese form sangaica. 



Ab. 2. Wings quite white, except the discal spot of hind wing. — 

 Murree. 



