480 ARCTIAD^. 



except at base, black ; frons, vertex of head, tegulee, patagia, meso- 

 and metathorax with black spots ; pectus and legs black, the coxsb 

 yellow ; abdomen black. Fore wing brownish black : the veins 

 streaked with greyish towards base ; a yellow point at base. Hind 

 wing fuscous black. 



Hob. Celebes, Bonthain, type t $ in Coll. Snellen. Exp. 34 

 millim. 



Genus UTETHEISA. 



Type. 



Utetheim, Hubn. Verz. p. 168 (1827) bella. 



Deiopeia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 92 (1829) pulchella. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennae of male usually ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing 

 long and narrow ; vein 2 from just beyond middle of cell, oblique ; 3 from well 

 before angle ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from end of areole ; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from 

 well above angle ; 7 from just before upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male with a fold on inner area above containing a tuft 

 of long hair. 



A. Fore wing with crimson spots. 



a. Fore wing with the patch in end of cell pure white on 



upper and undersides, and extending to lower angle 



of cell elata. 



b. Fore wing with the patch in end of cell yellowish white 



on upperside, crimson on underside, and not extending 



to lower angle of cell cruentata. 



B. Fore wing without crimson spots lactea. 



2084. Utetheisa elata. 



Noctua elata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. p. 440 (1798). 



Uthetheisa venusta, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 29, ff. 521, 522 (1827), 



nee Dahn. ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 55. 

 Euchelia formosa, Boisd. Faune Madag. p. 85 (1833); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 346. 

 Deiopeia diva, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. 305 (1879) ; Kirby, Oat. 



Het. p. 347. 



Vig.'iXb.— Utetheisa elata, S- \- 



Head and thorax white, rarely tinged with yellow ; palpi, except 

 1st joint and extremity of 2nd, antennae, spots on frons, vertex of 

 head, tegulae, patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax black ; crimson 

 spots on sides of tegulae and shoulders ; pectus spotted with black, 



