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thorax and terminal part of abdomen dorsally blackish ; femora 

 above and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish. Fore wing with 

 black antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal spots on costa; 

 antemedial black points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a medial 

 point on vein 1 ; two discoidal points, a postmedial point on vein 1, 

 and subterminal points below veins 7, 6, 3, and 1 ; a series of points 

 on the cilia. Hind wing with obscure discoidal and some subterminal 

 spots. 



Hah, E. Europe, Hungary, 3 d , 3 $ , Zeller& Frey Colls., Dalmatia, 

 Greece. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



1806. Diacrisia meiidica. 



Bomhyx inendica, Olerck, Icones, pi. 3. f. 5 (1759) ; Linn. Faun. Suec. 



p. 259 ; Marsh. Trans. Linn, Soc. i. p. 72, pi. i. f. 3 ; Esp. Schmett. iii. 



(2) p. 218, pi. 42 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ff. 148, 149 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. 



p. 356, pi. 37. ff. 1, 2; Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 78 ; Stand. 



Oat. p. 59 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 225. 

 Bomhyx luhricipeda, Poda, Mas. Graec. p. 87 (1761), nee Linn. 

 Bomhyx murina, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. ii. (4) p. 424 (1766). 

 Vhalcena punctata, Fourcr. Ent. Paris, ii. p. 270 (1785). 

 Bomhyx rustica, Hiibn. Beitr. Schmett. ii. (3) p. 64, pi. 2, H (1827) ; id. 



Eur. Schmett. f. 150. 



S . Grey- brown ; palpi and antennae blackish ; legs orange-yellow 

 striped with black ; fore femora clothed with orange hair, the mid 

 and hind femora with whitish hair ; abdomen with slight dorsal, 

 lateral, and sublateral series of black points, the anal tuft yellowish, 

 the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing with antemedial black point on 

 median nervure, medial and postmedial points above vein 1, a point 

 at lower angle of cell. Hind wing with discoidal point ; three sub- 

 terminal points towards costa and one below vein 2. 



$ . Ground-colour pure white ; wings more thinly scaled ; fore 

 wing with more or less developed point in upper angle of cell, and 

 often one or two additional points on costa. 



Ab. 1. rustica. Male white like the female. 



Ab. 2. $ . Wings more or less streaked and blotched with fus- 

 cous, the terminal area sometimes suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Europe except Arctic region, Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls., 

 Hyeres {Yerhury) ; Bithynia ; Altai. Eccp., c^ 36, $ 40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 40 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. pi. 75. f. 2. 



Grey ; tubercles reddish ; hairs reddish brown ; head reddish, 

 brown. Food-plants : Mumex, Myosotis, Plantago^ etc. 7-9. 



1807. Diacrisia sikkimensis. 



Eiich(stes sikkimensis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 39, pi. 2. f. 12 (1879) ; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 14 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 237. 



c^ . Grey-brown ; palpi and antennse blackish ; neck with crimson 

 patches ; legs blackish ; abdomen crimson above except at base and 

 extremity, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore 

 wing with the veins pale ; an obscure pale band from origin of 

 vein 2 to inner margin. Hind wing fuscous black. 



