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more remote from the costa. Length of the body 9 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines.1 



Nearly allied to S. curvilinea, but much larger and with two 

 transverse lines on the fore wings. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Spilosoma subflavescens. 



Mas. Pallide flavescens ; palpi nigri, porrecti ; antennce nigrce, 

 subpectinatce ; thorax nigro biguttatus ; abdomen luteum, 

 gutta, fasciis quatuor abbreviatis maculisque posterioribus 

 lateralibus nigris ; pedes nigro varii ; alee anticce lineis obli- 

 quis indeterminatis e punctis plurimis nigris. 



Male. Pale yellowish. Palpi black, porrect, extending a little 

 beyond the head. Antennae black, slightly pectinated. Thorax with 

 a black dot on each of the hind tegulae. Abdomen luteous above, 

 with a black dot on the third segment, and with a short black band 

 on each of the four following segments; second and following seg- 

 ments with black dots on each side. Tarsi and anterior tibiae black; 

 fore femora black above; posterior femora and hind tibiae with black 

 tips. Fore wings with a black point at the base, and with many 

 black points, which form four or five oblique irregular incomplete 

 lines. Hind wings paler. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



«. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Spilosoma? marmorata. 



Fcera. Alba ; thorax nigro sex guttatus ; pectus nigro quadri- 

 guttatum ; abdomen aurato-Jlavum, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; 

 alee antica guttis tribus basalibus nigris, plagis tribus connexis 

 fuscis, la 2aque costalibus, 3a apud marginem interiorem, 

 macula discali fusca, fascia marginali undulata pallide fusca 

 marginibus obscurioribus ; postica flavoe. 



Female. White. Thorax with a black dot at the base of each 

 fore wing, and with a black dot on each of the four tegulae. Pectus 

 with two black dots on each side. Abdomen gilded yellow, extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings, with three rows of black dots ; under 

 side with black dots along each side. Fore legs with a black dot on 

 each of the coxae. Fore wings with three black dots near the base 

 and two in the disk; three brown patches; the first deeply notched, 

 extending along the costa to the base; the second beyond the 



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