SPILOSOMA. — THYRGOEINA. 11 



middle to centre of inner margin. Hind wing ochreous ; the 

 inner area suffused with crimson. Cilia of both wings white. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Exp., <$ 56, $ 78 millim. 



1184. Spilosoma rubitinctum, Moore, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 809; C. $ S. 



no. 843. 

 Icambosida punctilinea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 40 ; C. fy S. no. 868. 



Head and thorax pale orange ; palpi black fringed with crimson ; 

 antennas with the shaft whitish ; some crimson on pectus ; abdo- 

 men crimson, the dorsal and lateral spots small. Fore wing 

 crimson, shading off to orange outwardly ; an oblique band from 

 vein 5 to centre of inner margin. Hind wing white ; a black spot 

 at end of cell and a submarginal series of two subapical spots and 

 three towards anal angle. 



The form punctilinea is very pale. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp., <$ 44, $ 56 millim. 



1185. Spilosoma erythrozona, Roll. Hug. Kusch. iv, p. 468; C. fy S. 



no. 883. 

 Spilosoma cognata, Wlk. Char. Undesor. Het. p. 11 (1869). 



Head and thorax white ; abdomen crimson above with black 

 bands ; white below, with two series of black spots. Wings white, 

 some specimens with traces of a spot at end of cell and sub- 

 marginal spots to both w T ings. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas; Kashmir. Exp., $ 40, $ 46 millim. 



D. Abdomen brown ; antennas serrate in male. 



1186. Spilosoma fuscipenne, n. sp. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown ; abdomen 

 with black dorsal and lateral specks. Fore wing dark fuscous 

 brown, with indistinct ante- and postmedial black lines, the latter 

 slightly angled at lower end of cell. Hind wing pale fuscous. 

 Eemora of fore and hind legs crimson on the outside. 



Hab. Simla {Harford). Exp. 48 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus THYRGORINA, 



Thvrgorina, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 317 (1864). 

 Echlida, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 886 (1865). 

 Icambosida, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 400. 

 Andala, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 774 (1855), praeocc. 

 Carbisa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 41 (1879). 



Type, T. indica, Gruen. 



Range. Himalayas ; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Burma. 



Palpi short, porrect, and hairy. Antennas of male with the 

 branches longer than in typical Spilosoma ; thorax and abdomen 

 of slighter build ; mid tibiae with one pair of spurs, hind tibiae 



