LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 263 



Deiopeia SPTLOSOMOIDES. 



Mas. Alba, robusta ; caput subflavescens ; palpi supra nigri, caput 

 paullo superantes ; thorax nigra sex guttatus ; abdomen flavum^ 

 guttis nigris trivittatum ; pedes nigra vittati ; alee anticce 

 striga fasciisque sex e guttis nigris; postica flava?, guttis sub- 

 marginalibus et maryinalibus nigris. 



Male. White, stout. Head slightly tinged above with yellow. 

 Palpi porrect, stout, black above, extending a little beyond the 

 head ; third joint very small. Thorax with a black dot at the base 

 of each fore wing and one on each of the four tegulae. Abdomen 

 yellow, hardly extending beyond the hind wings, with transverse 

 black spots along the middle, and with black dots on each side ; 

 under side paler, with lateral black spots. Legs striped with black. 

 Fore wings with six oblique lines of black dots of various size and 

 shape; a streak of six black dots between the fifth line and the 

 sixth, which is marginal. Hind wings yellow, with six submarginal 

 black dots and four marginal black dots. Length of the body 

 6i lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey. 



Deiopeia pardalina. 

 Mas. Pallideflava ; antennce subpectinatce ; thorax nigro quad- 

 rig uttatus ; pedes nigro vittati ; alee anticce e guttis plurimis 

 nigris quinque fasciata, fascia 4a subtriplicata, ba marginali ; 

 posticce flavce, gutta discali nigra. 



Male. Pale yellow. Antennae black, rather short, very slightly 

 pectinated. Thorax with a black dot on each of the four tegulae. 

 Legs striped with black ; tarsi wholly black. Fore wings with 

 numerous black dots, which form five irregular obiique lines; of 

 these the fourth is incompletely treble, and the fifth is marginal. 

 Hiud wings brighter yellow than the fore wings, with a black dot at 

 the end of the areolet. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 21 lines. 



Cambodia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Deiopeia picta. 



Mas. Rosea; caput punctis duobus orbitisque albidis ; thorax 

 maculis duabus anticis albidis guttas duas nigras includentibus, 

 strigis tribus posticis albis strigulas tres nigras cinereo-mar- 

 ginatas includentibus ; abdomen luteum basi roseum segmentis 



