280 CATALOGUE OF 



Arctia MELANOPSIS. 



Mas. Pallide flavescente-cervina ; caput antice nigrum ; palpi 

 rosei, apice nigri ; thorax nigro sexguttatus ; pectus roseum, 

 guttis duabus elongatis nigris ; abdomen roseum, e guttis nigris 

 trivittatum ; femora rosea, apice nigra ; tibice tarsique nigra ; 

 alee subtus ochracece, fimbria alba ; anticce linea recta obliqua 

 nigricante ; posticce Jlavce. 



Male. Pale yellowish fawn-colour. Head black in front. 

 Palpi mostly rosy, with black tips. Antennas black. Thorax with 

 three black dots on each side. Pectus mostly rosy, with an elon- 

 gated black dot on each side in front. Abdomen rosy, with three 

 rows of black dots ; under side whitish cinereous, with four black 

 points on each side towards the base. Femora rosy above, with 

 black tips ; tibiae and tarsi black. Wings ochraceous beneath ; 

 fringe white. Fore wings with a blackish straight line, which extends 

 from two-thirds of the length of the costa to a little beyond one- 

 third of the length of the interior border. Hind wings yellow. 

 Length of the body 10 — 12 lines ; of the wings 26 — 32 lines. 



#, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Arctia cervina. 



Chelonia cervina, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 162 — Arctia striga- 

 tula ? Cat. Lep. Het. iii. 613. 



Malacca. 



Arctia eogena. 



Feem. Lutea aut pallide flava ; caput antice, pectus, abdomen :■, 

 pedes et alee posticce rufa; abdomen e guttis nigris trivitta- 

 tum; alee anticce linea obliqua guttulari antemedia, gutta 

 basali guttisque duabus intermediis nigris; posticce macula 

 discali nigra. 



Female. Luteous or pale yellow. Head in front, pectus, abdo- 

 men, legs and hind wings bright red. Antennae black, minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen with three rows of black dots ; under side with 

 two rows of black dots. Tibiae and tarsi black. Fore wings with 

 a black basal dot, with one or two black dots near the base, and with 

 an oblique antemedial line of black dots, which vary in number from 

 two to six. Hind wings with a black spot on the tip of the discal 



