DIACRISIA. 281 



7 to 3. Hind wing with black discoidal spot, or the whole cell 

 black ; a more or less developed postmedial series of spots excurved 

 beyond cell, then incurved; a siibterrainal series of large spots, 

 those at costa and middle smaller. Underside of fore wing with 

 diffused black in cell. 



Hah, Bombay, 1 $ , Mahableshwar (SwinJioe), 2 $ type. Ea:^:). 52 

 millim. 



1738. Diacrisia testacea. (Plate XLY. fig. 2.) 



Spilosoma testacea, Wlk. iii. 670 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 241. 

 Spilosoma suhflavescens, Wlk. xxxi. 293 (1864). 



S . Ochreous ; palpi and antennae black ; patagia with black 

 points ; fore coxae with black patches, fore femora black above, fore 

 and mid tibias and tarsi black, the hind femora at extremity and 

 tarsi black ; abdomen orange above, with dorsal series of black 

 bands and lateral series of spots. Fore wing with black point at 

 base ; a subbasal point in cell ; an oblique antemedial series of 

 three points below subcostal and median nervures and above vein 1 ; 

 an oblique medial series of points at upper angle of cell, near origin 

 of vein 2 and above vein 1 : a group of points at lower angle of 

 cell ; a postmedial series of points on each side of the veins strongly 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, and with three 

 usuallj' larger points from costa beyond them ; a sinuous sub- 

 terminal series of points on each side of the veins. Hind wing 

 paler, with more or less prominent discoidal spot, usually a sub- 

 terminal point above vein 5, and sometimes some points on middle 

 of lermen. 



Hah. Ztjluland, 1 J ; Natal (Oueinzius, Gooch), 5 (^ , type and 

 type suhflavescens, Karkloof (Marshall), 4 d . Exp. 38 millim. 



1739. Diacrisia scioana. 



Cycnia scioana, Oberth. Ann. Mus. Genov. xv. p. 176, pi. 1. f. 8 (1880); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 908. 

 Spilarctia abbottii, Holl. Entom. xxv. Suppl. p. 92 (1892); id. Pr. U.S. 



Mus. xviii. p. 248. 



S . Brownish ochreous ; palpi black ; antennae with the shaft 

 blackish above, the branches long and black ; patagia with black 

 points ; fore coxae, tibiae, and tarsi black ; abdomen dorsally orange, 

 with dorsal bands and lateral and sublateral series of points. Fore 

 wing with subbasal black point below the costa ; an oblique ante- 

 medial series of three points in and below cell and above vein 1 ; a 

 medial point or short streak above median nervure, points above 

 and below origin of vein 2 and a point above vein 1 ; three points 

 each at upper and lower angles of cell ; two postmedial series of points 

 on each side of the veins excurved from costa to vein 3, then in- 

 curved, and the latter met by an oblique series of points on each 

 side of the veins from apex ; a prominent terminal series of points. 

 Hind wing paler, with black point at upper angle of cell, and some- 

 times a slight mark on termen below apex. 



