1698 CATALOGUE OF 
SPILOSOMA CONSPURCATUM. 
Mas. Album, ex parte subtestacea ; capitis latera subtus palpique 
nigra ; thorax fusco quadrimaculatus ; abdomen luteum ; ale 
antice gutta basalt nigro-fusca, fasciis duabus latis obliquis 
guttisque nonnullis pallide fuscis ; postice fascia lata inter- 
rupta submarginalt guttaque discali pallide fuscis. 
Male. White, slightly and partly tinged with testaceous. 
Head on each side beneath and palpi black. Antenne brownish. © 
Thorax with two dorsal brown spots in front, and with four lateral 
brown spots. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with a dark brown 
basal dot, and with two pale brown broad irregular oblique bands, 
which are accompanied by some pale brown dots. Hind wings with 
a pale brown much interrupted submarginal band, and with a discal 
dot of the same hue. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 
lines. | 
a. Java. From the East India Company’s collection. 
Genus ISIA. i 
Mas et fem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevissima. 
Palpi breves, porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, 
conicus. Antenne simplices, subsetose, thorace multo longiores. 
Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat graciles;-tibie 
postice calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Ale latiusculae, 
apud costam subconvexe, apice rotundate, margine exteriore sat 
obliquo. 
Body hardly stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, por- 
rect, not extending beyond the head; third joint minute, conical. 
Antenne simple and minutely setose in both sexes, much longer 
than the thorax. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings, 
Legs rather slender; hind tibie with four moderately long spurs. 
Wings rather broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, slightly » 
rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border ; 
first, second and third inferior veins almost contiguous at the base ; 
fourth remote. 
1. IsIA INTRICATA. 
Mas et fem. Albida; caput supra luteum ; palpi nigri ; abdo- 
men luteum, maculis dorsalibus nigris; tibie basi tarsique 
nigra; ale antice fasctis quatuor obliquis fuscis, la 3a 4aque 
interruptis, la duplicata, 2a lata, venis lutets ; postica sub- 
lutee, fasctis duabus interruptis aut subobsoletis fuscis. 
