32 aectiid^:. 



■white ; wings with pale buff costal borders ; black markings of primaries less distinct than 

 above, those of secondaries nearly as above: anterior femora carmine; tibiae and tarsi of 

 anterior and middle pairs of legs and the knees and femora of the posterior pair black. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 11 lines. 

 Darjiling (Lidderdale) . 



The female of this species has the centres and hind margins of the abdominal segments 

 greyish white and the anus snow-white ; the oblique interrupted line of the primaries is also 

 completely divided into two partly parallel series of spots. 



S. lacteata has been confounded with S. stigmata of Moore, a smaller and more robust- 

 looking species, with more heavily and more numerously spotted darker and shorter primaries. 



Spilarctia jucunda. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 11.) 



Primaries above pale buff, crossed obliquely from inner margin to lower radial vein by a 

 well-defined black stripe, interrupted by the nervures ; from the upper extremity of this stripe 

 two series of black spots diverge, the inner series (which is indistinct) in a curved line to 

 costa, the outer series in a line almost continuous with the oblique stripe to apex : secondaries 

 semitransparent white, with cream-coloured fringe : thorax buff-coloured, paler towards the 

 borders ; palpi and antennae black ; abdomen sordid ochraceous, with the base and anus white. 

 Primaries below altogether paler than above, the markings scarcely visible, excepting just 

 beyond the cell, where they are black as above : secondaries tinted with buff, particularly 

 upon the costa : body white, the prothorax and centre of venter tinted with buff ; an orange 

 tuft on each side of the eyes ; anterior coxae blackish ; tarsi of all the legs black. Expanse 

 of wings 1 inch 8 lines. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale). 



Spilarctia nydia. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 12.) 

 Spilarctica nydia, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 41 (1875). 



Pale buff ; primaries with a black spot near the base of the submedian nervure and two 

 or three in an oblique series from the inner margin beyond the middle : secondaries with a 

 black spot at the end of the cell, three large black spots placed obliquely near the anal angle, 

 and two smaller apical submarginal spots : upper surface of palpi and front of thorax carmine ; 

 frons, antennae, and tips of palpi black; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots. Primaries below with a large black spot at the end of the cell, and an oblique 

 streak from the inner margin to near apex : secondaries as above : body below sordid buff; 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown ; venter with lateral series of black spots. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 5 lines. 



Nepal; Darjiling {Lidderdale). 



