302 ARCTIAD^. 



nervure to inner margin, forming a yshaped band angled outwards 

 beyond lower angle of cell and somewhat maculate towards costa ; 

 a sinuons subterminal series of spots. Hind wing with discoidal 

 black points ; a subterminal series of spots, those between veins 3 

 and 5 smaller. 



Hah. N. Canaka, 1 c? type. Exp. 30 millim. 



1784. Diacrisia longiramia, n. sp. (Plate XLVI. fig. 1.) 



(S . Antennae with the branches long ; brown-buff ; palpi, lower 

 part of frons, antennae, and stripes on legs black ; fore coxae and 

 femora above crimson ; abdomen crimson above except at base and 

 extremity, with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black points. 

 Fore wing with antemedial rufous point in cell and sinuous line 

 from origin of vein 2 to inner margin : a discoidal spot ; a 

 rufous postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved. 

 Hind wing crimson, with black discoidal lunule; a subterminal 

 series of diffused black spots from above vein 5 to tornus, towards 

 which they become large and elongate. Underside of fore wing 

 with the discoidal spot and postmedial line blackish. 

 Hah. SuMATEA {C. Curtis), 1 cT type. Exp. 52 millim. 



1785. Diacrisia montana. 



Arctia montana, Guer. Delessert, Souv. Voy. Inde, ii. p. 92, pi. 26. f. 3 

 (1843); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 7; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 231. 



Spilosoma suff'usa, Wlk. iii. 677 (1855). 



? Spilosoma hrunnea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 574 ; Hmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. 

 p. 9; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 232. 



Antennae of male with the branches rather long ; red-brown ; 

 palpi blackish, crimson at base ; antennae blackish ; legs blackish, 

 the femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson above, with some 

 brown hair at base, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black 

 points. Pore wing sometimes tinged with crimson on disk and on 

 costal edge ; a black point at base ; an antemedial black spot above 

 vein 1 and one at upper angle of cell usually present; two postmedial 

 maculate lines strongly excurved from costa to vein 3, then 

 incurved, sometimes obsolescent ; a subterminal series of points or 

 short streaks on each side of the veins. Hind wing ochreous, the 

 inner area tinged with crimson or wholly suffused with crimson ; a 

 black discoidal spot and usually subterminal spots on veins 5, 2, 

 and 1. Underside with the basal half slightly tinged with crimson, 

 or the whole wing suffused with crimson. 



Hab. Punjab {Hearsay), 1 S type suffusa, Jubbulpur, 2 S , 

 1 $ ; Eajputana, 1 c^" ; Bombay ; Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 (5* , 1 $ . 

 Exp., (S 44, 2 54 millim. 



Larva. Moore, Lep. E. I. C. pi. xvi. f. 10. 



Pale red-brown, palest towards dorsum ; head black, the thoracic 

 and last four segments with dorsal black patches ; hairs long, 

 sparse, black ; legs black ; prologs grey. 



