204 CATALOGUE OF 



middle of the costa; the third on the interior border, connected 

 with the first and with the second ; an exterior brown spot in the 

 disk; a pale brown darker-bordered marginal band, which is deeply 

 undulating along its inner side. Hind wings yellow. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



Spilosoma rhodophila. 



Mas. Alba; caput lateribus anticis nigris ; palpi nigri, subtus 

 rosei ; thorax roseo bimaculaius ; abdomen roseum, guttis 

 nigris trivittatum ; aim gutta subcostali cinerea ; anticce linea 

 obliqua cinerea, costa flava ; posticce maculis tribus submar- 

 ginalibus cinereis. 



Male. White. Head black on each side in front. Palpi black, 

 porrect, rosy beneath, extending very little beyond the head. Antennae 

 black, moderately pectinated. Thorax with a rosy spot on each side 

 in front. Abdomen rosy above, except at the base, with three rows 

 of black dots. Fore le<?s black above ; fore coxae sometimes rosy 

 above on each side. Wings with a cinereous subcostal dot. Fore 

 wings with an oblique cinereous line, which is obsolete between the 

 end of the discal areolet and the costa ; the latter is yellow. Hind 

 wings with three submarginal cinereous spots, of which two are 

 near the interior angle. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



It may be distinguished from S. subcarnea by its smaller size, 

 by its white colour, and by the rosy spots on the thorax. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Spilosoma sangaica. 



Mas et foem. Alba ; palpi nigri ; antenna nigrce, maris sub- 

 pectinatce ; thorax nigro bipunctatus ; abdomen punctis later- 

 alibus nigris, segmentis So — 6o segmentis luteis nigro uni- 

 punctatis ; pedes nigro vittati, femoribus anticis supra luteis ; 

 alee antica nigro decem-punctatce. 



Male and female. White. Palpi black. Antennae black, 

 slightly pectinated in the male. Thorax with a black point on each 

 side between the wings. Abdomen with a row of black points on 

 each side above and beneath; third, fourth, fifth and sixth seg- 

 ments luteous above, each with a black point. Femora with black 



