466 AKCTIAD^. 



vein 4, and two conjoined spots towards tornus ; some black points 

 on termen; cilia yellow. Underside of fore wing suffused with 

 scarlet, except on costa and apical area. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing yellow. 



2 . Thorax without white stripes. 



Ab. 2. The type is a female with the markings of fore wing 

 reduced to a few points ; hind wing with the subterminal spots 

 conjoined into a band connected with the base by streaks on costa 

 and reins 2 and 1 ; some spots on apical half of termen. 



Hah. Tibet ; N.W. Himalayas, Ladak (Stoliczka)^ type t $ in 

 Coll. Kothschild, Chitral (Colomb), 7 c? ? Kulu, 3 (^, Kashmir 

 (Mc Arthur), 6 ^ , Dharmsala, 1 J • Ex2). 44-52 raillim. 



2061. Arctia intercalaris. 



Euprepia hitercalaris, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xvi. p. 544, pi. 10. ff. 1 a, A 



(1843) ; Kirby, Gat. Het. p. 265. 

 Arctia alpherakii, Staud. Ent. Mo. Mag. xxii. p. 258 (1886) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 259. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi white, fringed with 

 scarlet below; basal joint of antennae and shaft above white ; tegulae 

 edged in front and at sides with scarlet and white ; short whitish 

 streaks on patagia ; femora scarlet above ; tibiai and tarsi brownish 

 w^hite ; abdomen with scarlet segmental lines and anal tuft. Fore 

 wing black ; an oblique somewhat triangular white patch from base 

 of costa to above inner margin, with some black points on it ; a 

 small triangular antemedial spot on costa, and an irregular diamond- 

 shaped spot from median nervureto above inner margin; an irregular 

 medial mark from costa ending in a point on vein 2 ; an irregular 

 postmedial band excurved below costa ; the subterminal band ex- 

 curved to near termen at vein 6, then bent inwards to join the 

 postmedial band at vein 4, then to termen above tornus ; or the 

 white markings more or less reduced. Hind wing scarlet ; a large 

 subterminal black spot from costa to vein 4, and smaller spots on 

 vein 2 and above tornus ; cilia yellowish. Underside of fore wing 

 with the basal area suffused with scarlet except on costa ; hind 

 wing with the upper part of cell and apical area suffused with 

 white ; an antemedial black bar from costa and medial spot. 



Hah. Siberia ; Tibet, Issyk-Kul, 1 S . Exp. 46 millim. 



2062. Arctia villica. 



Bombyx villica, Lina. Syst. Nat. i p. 501 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iii. p, 185, 



pi. 35 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 136 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 336, pi. .S5. 



f. 1 ; Staph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 71 ; Oberth. Et. Ent. xx. pis. xvi.- 



xvii. ; Staud. Oat. p. 57 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 259. 

 Bombyx vidua, Poda, Mus. Grac. p. 88 (1761). 

 Chelonia villica, var. angelica, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 42 (1829). 

 Arctia domiduca, Meig." Eur. Schmett. iii. p. 267, pi. 123. f. 12 ( 1830). 

 Bombyx konewkaii, Freyer, Neue Beitr. i. p. 61, pi. 33. ff. 1, 2 (1831); Bell, 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) viii. p. 686, pi. 12. f. 5. 

 Bombyx angelica, Geyer, Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 326, 327 (1841). 



