26 aectiid^:. 



spots. Hind wing yellow, with a black limule at end of cell and 

 four large submarginal patches, the two upper conjoined. 



Larva black, with tut'ts of long ferruginous hair ; head ferru- 

 ginous ; stigmata white. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp., J 80, $ 94 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of' male simple. 



1230. Areas arginalis, n. sp. 



d . Head crimson spotted with black, the third joint of palpi 

 black. Thorax ochreous tinged with crimson, the collar, tegulae, 

 and vertex marked with black ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots. .Fore wing smoky black ; a white 

 spot at base, three below costa, two in cell, four in interno-median 

 interspace, and three on vein 1 ; a broad irregular maculate band 

 from the costa beyond middle to outer margin above the angle ; 

 three submarginal spots. Hind wing crimson; three medial black 

 spots ; three submarginal blotches, the one near apex conjoined to 

 some marks on the margin. 



Hab. Naga Hills, 3500 feet (Doherty). Exp. 103 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



Genus CREATONOTUS. 



Creatonotos, Hubn. Verz. p. 169 (1818). 

 Rhodogastria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 172. 

 Aloa, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 099 (1855). 

 Savara, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 320 (1864). 

 Bucaaa, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1983 (1866). 



Type, C. interruptus, Linn. 



Range. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; China ; Penang ; 

 Java. 



Palpi short and porrect. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. 

 Pore wing rather narrow. Venation as in Spilosoma. Pore wing 

 in some specimens with vein 10 from cell, and vein 5 in both wings 

 sometimes from above angle of cell. 



Sect. I. {Creatonotus). Antennae minutely ciliated in 

 both sexes. 



1231. Creatonotus interruptus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. v, p. 2553; Moore, 



Lep. E. I. Co. pi. 17, tigs. 1,1a (larva) ; C. Sf S. no. 787. 

 Creatonotus continuatus, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 344 ; 



id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 108, figs. 4, 5, 5 a ; C. Sf S. no. 786. 

 Bombyx francisca, Fabr. Mant. Lns. ii, p. 131. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing pale pinkish ochreous ; palpi and 

 legs smoky black, the femora yellow; a broad dorsal band on 

 thorax ; abdomen crimson above, wdth dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots. Pore wing with a broad black fascia below median 

 nervure ; two black spots at end of cell, and a broad streak beyond 

 the lower angle. Hind wing pale or dark fuscous ; some specimens 

 with a submarginal series of black spots. 



