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1786. Diacrisia albicornis. (riate XLVI. fig. 16.) 



Spilosoma albicornis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii. p. 499 (1900). 



(S . Antennae with the branches rather long ; bright chestnut- 

 brown; head tinged with crimson ; palpi crimson, black at tips ; sides 

 of frons black; antennae black, the shaft pure white above ; tibiae and 

 tarsi black ; pectus, coxae, femora, and abdomen crimson, the last 

 with short dorsal black bars and lateral and sublateral series of points. 

 Fore wing with black spot at upper angle of cell ; the postmedial 

 line curved from below costa to vein 3, then incurved to middle of 

 inner margin ; subterminal black points on each side of veins 2 

 and 1 . Hind wing crimson, with black discoidal spot and subterminal 

 spots below costa, on each side of veins 5, 2, and 1. Underside of 

 fore wing with the disk suffused with crimson. 



Hah. Ceylon (Green), 1 cT type. Kvj). 56 millim. 



1787. Diacrisia rubilinea. (Plate XLYI. fig. 8.) 



Spilosoma rubilinea, Moore, P. Z. S, 1865, p. 810 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 8 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 231. 

 Spilosoma discinigra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 810 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 



p. 232. 



Ochreous strongly tinged with red-brown : palpi, lower part of 

 frons, antennae, stripes below shoulders and on legs 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 rather obscure scarlet antemedial line, oblique from 

 costa to below cell, where it is acutely angled, usually with black 

 points on it below cell and above vein 1 ; a scarlet and black 

 discoidal spot ; an obscure postmedial scarlet line excurved from 

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

 each side of the veins ; traces of a sinuous subterminal scarlet line 

 with some black points on it towards inner margin, and others 

 towards apex on each side of veins 6, 7, and beyond it on each side 

 of veins 3, 4, 5. Hind wing yellower, the inner area tinged with 

 crimson ; a black discoidal spot ; a maculate subterminal band 

 usually interrupted or obsolete towards costa and often with black 

 points beyond it on each side of veins 4 to 7. Underside of fore 

 wing with the disk suffused with crimson ; a black discoidal spot 

 and a postmedial band reduced to a spot below costa and obsolete 

 towards inner margia. 



Ab. 1. discinigra. Hind wing with the basal area suffused with 

 black. 



Ab. 2. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous. 



Hob. W. China, Pu-tsu-fong, 5 S ; Sikhim {Russell, Lidderdale), 

 6 (S , 2 $ , type ; Assam, Shillong ; Burma. Exj)., (S 54, $ 64 

 millim. 



