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primaries scarlet ; antennae black ; abdomen with a dorsal series of transverse black bars and 

 lateral series of black dots : primaries with two minute black points at the end of the cell : 

 secondaries with a black spot at the end of the cell, a second at apex, and a third near the 

 margin on the discoidal interspace : palpi scarlet, fringed with white and tipped with black ; 

 coxae and femora reddish above, knees and middle tibiae above black ; tarsi black, spotted with 

 whitish. Wings below red at the base, with a black costal spot, otherwise as above. Expanse 

 of wings 1 inch 6 lines. 



Almora, North India (Boys) . 



This species may be at once distinguished from A. lactinea by its scarlet abdomen and 

 the absence of black spots on the tegulee. 



ICAMBOSIDA, Walk. 



Icambosida nigrifrons. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 3.) 

 Icambosida nigrifrons, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 401 (1865). 



Snow-white : collar bright orange-yellow ; antennas and face black ; wings semitrans- 

 parent ; secondaries with a small black spot at the end of the cell on both surfaces. Primaries 

 below with a small black spot at base : anterior femora and tibiae black internally ; abdomen 

 black at the sides, and banded with blackish on the ventral surface. Expanse of wings 1 inch 

 6 lines. 



Darjiling {Atkinson). 



Taken in the month of August at 7000 feet elevation. 



Icambosida rhodophila. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 4.) 



Spilosoma rhodophila, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 294 (1864). 

 Spilarctia rhodophila, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 40 (1875). 



Snow-white : front of head yellow, front of prothorax scarlet, antennae with brown pec- 

 tinations ; abdomen rose-red, with a series of large black spots on each side : wings semitrans- 

 parent ; primaries with the costal margin yellow, an interrupted pale ferruginous line from 

 apex to middle of inner margin, and three submarginal spots of the same colour divided by 

 the lower radial and last two median branches : secondaries with a spot at the end of the cell, 

 a second upon the radial interspace, and two lunate spots placed obliquely at anal angle : 

 anterior coxae scarlet ; femora and tibiae above dark brown ; venter white, with lateral black 

 dots. Wings below with the markings less distinct than above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 

 6 lines. 



Darjiling (Atkinson). 



