286 ARCTIAD^. 



black point in upper angle of cell and sometimes another beyond it 

 below costa ; an oblique series of spots or short streaks on each side 

 of the veins from apex to inner margin beyond middle, some of 

 the spots at middle often absent ; subterminal black points on each 

 side of veins 3-5, sometimes absent, and sometimes two spots towards 

 tornns. Hind wing with the inner area slightly tinged with 

 crimson ; a discoidal black spot, one to three subterminal spots 

 towards tornns and often one above vein 5. Underside of fore wing 

 with the disk suffused with crimson ; black suffusion in submedian 

 interspace ; a black discoidal lunule, and postmedial spot below 

 costa. 



2 . Fore wing with the black streak on costa sometimes reduced 

 to the antemedial spot ; the oblique series of spots reduced to those 

 towards apex and inner margin ; underside without crimson and 

 often without black suffusion. 



Ab. 1. hasilimhata. Fore wing with the interspaces more 

 strongly tinged with brown ; black spots before the oblique series 

 on each side of veins 1 and 2. 



Ab. 2. rosacea. Fore wing slightly tinged with crimson ; hind 

 wing strongly tinged with crimson, leaving the margins only 

 ochreous; underside of fore wing crimson to near termen. 



Hah. Siberia, Askold ; Japan, Yezo (Andreius), 1 (^ , Hakodate 

 (Leiuis), 4 cJ , 2 $ , Oiwake (Pryer), 2 (5 , 1 $ , Miyanoshita, 1 (S , Tokio 

 {Jonas., Fenton, Pryer), 6 d* , 2 $ , types rosacea and hasilimhata, 

 Yokohama (Manley), 2 (^ ; Coeea, Gensan {Leech), 1 c5 , 1 $ . 

 Kvp. 42-54 millim. 



*1750. Diacrisia sparsalis. 



Areas sparsalis, Wlk. xxxi. 287 (1864) ; Swinh, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxen, 

 p. 176, pi. iv. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 253. 



2 . Head and thorax yellowish white ; sides of frons, and antennae 

 blackish ; lower part of frons and edges of tegulae tinged with 

 scarlet ; black spots on tegulae and patagia and a brown streak on 

 thorax ; pectus and legs scarlet, the latter banded with black ; 

 abdomen scarlet, with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing ochreous white ; four somewhat triangular black 

 patches on costa; two obliquely placed brown antemedial spots 

 below the cell ; a spot on upper discocellular and a point above 

 vein 6 ; a postmedial series of brown spots in the interspaces, 

 somewhat angled at vein 4, then very oblique, expanding into a 

 large patch on middle of inner margin with a spot above it on inner 

 side of the series ; a series of obscure irregular spots beyond the 

 postmedial series, bent outwards to apex, with blackish spots above 

 veins 4 and 5 and an irregular patch on inner margin, and joined 

 at vein 3 by an obscure oblique series of marks from termen at 

 vein 6 : a series of brown spots on cilia. Hind wing scarlet ; a 

 discoidal black spot ; four small subterminal spots towards apex 

 and three towards tornns. Underside of fore wing scarlet. 



Hah. Celebes, Tondano (Wallace), 1 $ type t in Mus. Oxon. 

 JEx^. 70 millim. 



