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present from costa to vein 2, angled at middle ; some subterminal 

 spots towards tornus and sometimes towards apex, sometimes 

 developed into large conjoined spots. 



Hah. SiKHiM (Lidderdale), 1 $ ; Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type j 

 Canara, 1 2 ' Exio. 40 millim. 



1743. Diacrisia flavalis. (Plate XLA^ fig. 3.) 



S'pilosoma flavalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 809 ; Hmpsn. Moths Incl. ii. 



p. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 232. 

 Spilosoma lativitta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 809 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 232. 



S. Orange-yellow; palpi above, sides of frons, and antennae 

 blackish ; vertex of head often whitish ; legs striped with black ; 

 abdomen at base, extremity, and on ventral surface whitish, with 

 dorsal, lateral, and some sublateral series of black points. Fore 

 wing uniform, or in the form lativitta with three antemedial fuscous 

 points, a point in upper angle of cell, and more or less complete 

 greyish maculate band from apex to middle of inner margin, and 

 some subterminal points between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing white, 

 the area towards tornus often tinged with yellow ; a fuscous dis- 

 coidal spot, and often a subterminal spot above vein 5, and one to 

 four towards tornus. 



Hah. SiKHiM {Russell^ Lidderdale, Pilcher), 9 c? , type and type 

 lativitta. Exp. 42 millim. 



1744. Diacrisia jankowski. 



Spilosoma jankowskii, Obertb. Et. Enfc. v. p. 31, pi. 8. f. 3 (1881) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 231. 



(S . Pale orange-yellow; palpi above, sides of frons, and antennas 

 black ; fore coxae and femora above crimson ; abdomen crimson 

 above, whitish at base, extremity, and on ventral surface, with 

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

 wing pale orange-yellow, with fuscous spot in upper angle of cell 

 and oblique postmedial fuscous maculate band from vein 5 to 1. 

 Hind wing white, slightly tinged with yellow; a slight fuscous 

 discoidal spot. 



5 . Pore wing with three obliquely placed short fuscous sub- 

 apical striae. 



Hab. Amtjeland, 1 c? , 1 $ • Exp.^ S 40, $ 48 millim. 



Subsp. 1. soror, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 152. 

 S . Fore wing without the fuscous spot in upper angle of cell. 

 Hind wing sometimes with two subterminal spots towards tornus ; 

 no discoidal spot. 



2 . Fore wing with the postmedial band curved round to costa 

 and with an additional spot on inner margin. 



Hah. W. China, Chia-kou-ho, 2 S ? Chia-ting-fu, Ta-chien-lu, 

 1 S type, Che-tou, 1 9 Washan, 1 S , Pu-tsu-fong, 3 S- 



