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

 medial maculate black band, the spot on costa produced as a streak 

 towards base ; a postmedial maculate band oblique from costa to 

 just beyond lower angle of cell, where it is strongly angled, then 

 inwardly oblique, the two bands connected by a fascia on inner 

 margin. 



2 . Fore wing with the black bands more developed ; hind wing 

 with slight discoidal spot. 



Hab, Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 1 S type, Yokohama {Manley^ 

 Fryer), 1 c? , 4 $ . Exp., 6 54, $ 68 millim. 



1748. Diacrisia comma. 



Aha comma, Wlk. vii. 1703 (1856) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 10 ; Kirby^ 



Oat. Het. p. 242. 

 Spilosoma abdominalis, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 356 (1859) ; Butl. 111. Het. 



B. M. V. p. 31, pi. 85. f. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 231. 



Head and thorax whitish to ochreous flesh-colour ; palpi with the 

 basal joint crimson, the last two joints black ; frons at sides and 

 antennae black ; legs striped with black, the fore coxae and femora 

 above crimson ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal, lateral, and 

 sublateral series of black points. Fore wing with small antemedial 

 triangular black spot on costa, sometimes connected with base by a 

 costal fascia ; a postmedial spot on costa usually present ; a black 

 fascia on medial part of inner margin, with a spot above its basal 

 extremity representing part of the antemedial line, and from its 

 outer extremity part of the postmedial line sometimes developed as 

 a series of spots bent outwards to vein 3. Hind wing ochreous 

 whitish, with more or less developed discoidal spot, the inner area 

 sometimes tinged with crimson. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas, Simla {Harford), 1 c? , 1 $ , Kulu 

 {Hocking), 1 c^* , {BucJclei/) 2 2 type ahdominalis. Exp., S 50, $ 

 60 millim. Type in Mus. Oxon. 



1749. Diacrisia seriatopunctata. 



Spilosoma seriatopunctata, Motsch. Et. Ent. ix. p. 31 (1860); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 230. 

 Spilosoma striatopicnctata, Oberth. Diagn. Lep. Askold, p. 6 (1879) ; id, 



Et. Ent. V. p. 32, pi. 1 . f. 8. 

 Spilarctia rosacea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 352 (1879); Kirby, Cat, 



Het. p. 231. 

 Spilarctia hasilimhata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het, 



p. 230. 



S . Buff; palpi crimson, black at tips ; frons and antennae black ; 

 fore coxae crimson with black patch ; femora crimson above, tibiae 

 and tarsi striped with black ; abdomen crimson above except at 

 base and extremity, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing with the interspaces tinged with brown ; a black 

 fascia on base of costa expanding into an antemedial spot; ante- 

 medial black points above and below vein 1, sometimes absent ; a 



