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2 2 typenydia; Sixuim (Ltdderdale), 1 c??4 $; Bhutan (Z)t*(:^^60n), 

 1 2 ; Calcutta, 1 c? type hoiura ; Bombay (Swinhoe), 1 S , 4 2 ; 

 NiLGiEis (Lindsay), type c? hifascia, {Hampson), b S •, ^ 2 •> type 

 todara-^ Travancore, Trevandrum (Fergusson), 1$; Burma, Ran- 

 goon (Scott\ 1 c? , 1 2 , Thyetmyo (E. Y. Watson), 1 $ . Exp., 

 S 42-58, 2 50-66 millim. The type is from India, not Australia. 

 Larva. Black, hairy. 



1757. Diacrisia casigneta. (Plate XLY. fig. 5.) 



Euprepia casigneta, Koll. Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. (2) p. 469 (1844) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 231. 

 8'pilosoma mnquinalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 810. 

 Spilarctia sagittifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 394. 



Brownish buff ; palpi, lower part of frons, antennsD, front of 

 pectus, stripes on legs, and sometimes a short stripe on vertex of 

 thorax black ; coxae and femora above crimson ; abdomen crimson 

 above except at base and extremity, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral 

 series of black points. Fore wing with antemedial black point 

 below median nervare and another above vein 1 on traces of a 

 brownish line ; traces of a brownish postmedial line excurved from 

 costa to vein 3, then incurved, with pairs of black points on it on 

 each side of the veins and sometimes larger spots near inner margin ; 

 obliquely placed black points on each side of veins 6, 7 towards 

 apex and subterminal points on each side of veins 3, 4, 5. Hind 

 wing paler, the inner area often tinged with crimson ; a discoidal 

 black spot, two spots towards tornus, and often one subterminal 

 above vein 5. Underside of fore wing with the disk often suffused 

 with crimson ; a black discoidal lunule and a more or less interrupted 

 black postmedial band angled outwards above vein 5. 



Ab. 1. Head and thorax above black. 



Ab. 2. Abdomen orange-yellow above. 



Hob, W. China, Washan {Pratt), 1 c? , Pu-tsu-fong, 1 S ', N.W. 

 Himalayas, Dalhousie {Harford), 7 c? , 3 $ , Dharmsala {Hocking), 

 1 c? , 2 5 , Deyra Dhun, 1 S ; Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 1 cT ; Sikhim 

 (Lidderdale), 7 6, 6 $ , type sanguinalis. Exp.^ 6 46, 2 52-62 

 millim. 



1758. Diacrisia flaveola. (Plate XLV. fig. 6.) 



Spilosoma flaveolum, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 154. 



2 . Orange tinged with vermilion ; palpi at tip and antennae 

 black; legs striped with black above; abdomen scarlet above excejjt 

 at base and extremity, dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Pore 

 wing with black spot in upper angle of cell ; an oblique maculate 

 fuscous line from origin of vein 3, becoming obsolescent towards 

 inner margin. Hind wing with fuscous spot in upper angle of 

 ceU. 



Hah. W. China. Chia-ting-fu, 1 2 tvpe. Exp. 44 millim. 



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