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ARCTIAD^. 



Head, thorax, and 1st segment of abdomen fnscous black ; the 

 rest of abdomen orange-yellow, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots ; wings black-brown, thinly scaled ; the terminal half 

 of inner area of hind wing orange-yellow. 



Ab. 1. moerens. Hind wing withont yellow at tornus. 



Hah. EuEOPE, France, jSTice {Leach) ^ Germany, Zeller Coll., 

 Silesia, Frey Coll., 1 (5,1 5 , Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Bal- 

 matia, Turkey, Russia, Bithynia ; Armenia. ; Amurland ; Japan 

 {Fortune), 1 $ type japonica, Nikko {Pryer), 1 5 type mcerens ; 

 N.E. China. Exy. 42 millim. 



Sect. II. {Aloa). Anteumu of male biserrate. 



A. Fore wing pure white, the veins streaked with black lineata. 



B. Fore wing yellowish white to flesh-colour. 



a. Fore wing with waved ante- and postmedial black lines... eugraphica. 

 h. Fore wing with series of points or maculate bauds. 



Or. Fore wing tinged in part with brown in male, and 



largely with scarlet in female turbida. 



/)^ Fore wing not tinged with brown or scarlet subcarnea. 



C. Fore wing orange-yellow. 



a. Abdomen crimson. 



a^. Fore wing with blackish bands confluent at middle ... dido, 

 b^. Fore wing without black bands. 



d^. Fore wing without black spots below costa.. niceta. 



b-. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial black spots 



below costa nebulosa. 



b. Abdomen orange ; fore wing with scarlet discoidal mark... subva)ia. 



D. Fore wing pale green aldaba. 



1812. Diacrisia lineata. (Plate XL VI. fig. 3.) 



Spilosoma lineata, Wlk. iii. 672 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 233. 

 Aloa simplex, Wlk. iii. 699 (1855). 



ScBnura alba, WUgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 162 (1860). 

 Spilarctia puella, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 210 (1898). 



Pure white ; palpi black above, orange below ; antennae black ; 

 sides of frons, basal joint of antennge, back of head, fore coxae, and 

 femora above orange ; fore coxae with black patches, tibiae and tarsi 

 black ; abdomen orange above, wbite below, with dorsal and lateral 

 series of small black spots. Fore wing with the veins finely streaked 

 with black except towards base of costal area. Hind wing with 

 the inner area tinged with orange. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Sabaki Valley {Gregory), 1 c? , 1 $ , Usam- 

 bara {Ler/ros), 1 (S ; N'Gamiland {Lugard), 1 d ; Helagoa Bat 

 {Junod), 1 (S ; Natal, Durban {Gooch, Trimen, Gueinzius), type 

 and type simplex. Exp., S 36, $ 42 millim. 



1813. Diacrisia eugraphica. 



Sjnlosoma eugraphica, Wlk. xxxi. 292 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 241. 

 Aba undistr'iga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 100. f. 21 (1874). 



Ochreous ; palpi and antennae black ; femora orange above, tibiae 

 streaked with black, the tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen 

 with orange bands, and also black bands except on basal segments. 



