274 ARCTIAD^. 



1723. Diacrisia lewisi. (Plate XLIY. fig. 23.) 



Seirarctia lewisii, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 115 (1885) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 242. 



White ; palpi black, crimson at base ; sides of froiis and antennae 

 black ; neck with crimson ring ; tegulae with black spots and 

 slightly edged with crimson ; thorax with black stripe on dorsum ; 

 shoulders black and crimson ; femora crimson above, the tibiae and 

 tarsi black above ; abdomen crimson above except at base, with 

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

 the veins yellow ; the costal edge black ; the cell black except upper 

 extremity in which there is a black point with two beyond it ; a 

 black fascia on costa towards apex ; short streaks to term en above 

 and below veins 6 and 7 diminishing towards apex ; streaks above 

 veins 3, 4, 5, the 1st reaching termen and with spots above and 

 below its extremity ; streaks above and below medial part of vein 

 2 and another below its extremity ; fasciae above and below 

 vein 1 from before middle to termen. Hind wing with the disco- 

 cellulars fuscous. 



Hah. Japak {Lewis), 1 S type, Oiwake (Pryer, Mmiley), 4 c?, 

 2 $ ; W. China, Ta-chien-lu {Pratt), 1 S ■ Exp. 52 millim. 



1724. Diacrisia chionea. (Plate XLIV. fig. 11.) 



Spilosoma chionea, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Museum, ii. p. 56 (1900). 



Head pale yellow ; palpi above and antennae black ; thorax 

 white ; sides of pectus, fore coxae and femora above pale yellow, the 

 fore coxae with brown patches, the tibiae and tarsi above black ; 

 abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots and lateral series 

 of points, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pure white. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow. 



Hah. Natal, Weenen, 1 c? , 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim. 



1725. Diacrisia scortilla. (Plate XLIY. fig. 13.) 



Spilosoma scortillum, Wllgrn. CEfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xxxii. (1) p. 101 



(1876) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 243. 

 Aloa nigricosta, HoU. Psyche, vi. p. 398 (1893). 



(S . Yellowish white ; head orange ; palpi at sides and branches 

 of antennae black ; tegulae sometimes edged with orange ; legs dark 

 l)rown, the femora orange above; abdomen orange except at 

 base, a dorsal series of brown bands conjoined on dorsum into a 

 stripe, lateral and sublateral stripes. Fore wing with brown fascia 

 on costa from before middle to apex and narrowing to points at 

 extremities. 



Hah. Cameeoons, Ogove H., 1 cS cotype nigyncosta ; Transvaal ; 

 Natal, Mooi R., 1 c^ . Exp. 32-40 millim. 



