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tips; tarsi and anterior tibiae black above; fore coxae and fore 

 femora luteous above ; the former striped with black, the latter with 

 black tips. Fore wings with ten black points, of which one is basal, 

 three in a transverse line near the base, two in front of the areolet, 

 one at the end of the areolet, two near the interior border, and one 

 in the disk near the tip. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 — 24 lines. 



a — c. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Spilosoma fusifrons. 



Fcem. Alba; caput antice fuscum ; thorax guttis sex nigris ; ab- 

 domen pallide luteum maculis nigris trivittatum ; alee anticce 

 maculis fasciaque excavata nigris; posticce macula discali 

 fasciaque maculari submarginali nigris, plaga subtus interiore 

 nigra. 



Female. White. Head in front and palpi brown. Thorax 

 with six black dots. Abdomen pale luteous, with three rows of 

 black spots. Fore wings with many irregular black spots, and with 

 a black excavated middle band. Hind wings with a black discai 

 spot, and with a macular submarginal black band ; under side with 

 a black interior patch extending from the costa to the disk. Length 

 of the body 6 Hues; of the wings 18 lines. 



South Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Spilosoma conferta. 



Mas. Alba; caput antice nigrum; antennce serratce ; thorax 

 strigis duabus latis guttaque nigris; abdomen ochraceum, 

 fasciis maculisque lateralibus nigris, subtus nigrum segmentis 

 albo-marginatis ; pedes nigri, coxis femoribusque ochraceis, 

 femoribus tibiisque albo fimbriatis ; alee guttis marginalibus 

 fuscis ; anticce strigis tribus basalibus fuscis, la costali 

 brevissima, 2a dilatata lanceolata ramos tres emittente, fasciis 

 tribus exterioribus obliquis macularibus connexis fuscis; 

 posticce macula discali, fascia submarginali strigisque duabus 

 aut tribus fuscis. 



Male. White. Head black towards the mouth and on each 

 side in front of the antennae. Antennae black, serrated. Thorax 

 with a broad black longitudinal streak on each side and a black dot 

 on the disk. Abdomen ochraceous, with black bands, and with two 

 lateral rows of black spots ; under side black with a white band on 

 the hind border of each segment. Legs black ; coxae and femora 



