SPILOSOMA. 9 



orange, the veins scarlet ; numerous black spots in the interspaces ; 

 a black streak from base through the cell to near outer margin. 

 Hind wing pale ochreous ; medial and postmedial maculate black 

 bauds conjoined into a large patch in cell; a marginal series of 

 spots with one inside it on vein 5. 



Hab. Naga Hills, 6000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 52 millim. 



*1178. Spilosoma brunneum, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 574; C. $ S. 



no. 828. 



2 • Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; abdomen crimson, 

 with dorsal and lateral series of spots. Fore wing pale red-brown, 

 with a black speck at base below the costa; an antemedial series 

 of spots ; a spot at end of cell ; a postmedial band angled beyond 

 end of cell ; a submarginal series of spots double in places. Hind 

 wing uniform pale red-brown. 



Hab. Bombay. Exp. 48 millim. 



1179. Spilosoma casignetum, Koll. Hug. Kasch. iv, p. 469; C. fy S. 



no. 829. 

 Spilarctia confusa, Bull. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 42 : id. III. Het. v. pi. 85, 



fig. 13 ; C.Sf S. no. 830. 

 Spilarctia howqua, Butl. Ill Het. vii, p. 28, pi. 122, fig. 3. 

 Spilarctia nydia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 41 ; id. III. Het. v, p. 32, 



pi. 85, fig. 12 ; C.fyS. no. 840. 

 Spilarctia sagittifera, Moore, P. Z. S. ] 888, p. 394; C. $ S. no. 843 a. 

 Spilarctia howra, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 40 ; C.Sf S. no 836. 

 Spilosoma sanguinalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 810 ; C. 8f S. 



no. 760. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous ; the dorsal spots on 

 abdomen often obsolete. Fore wing ochreous with an antemedial 

 series of specks, any or all of which may be absent ; postmedial 

 and submarginal series of double specks on each side of the veins, 

 but often almost obsolete, the postmedial series curved. Hind 

 wing ochreous, often more or less suffused with crimson ; a spot 

 at end of cell and submarginal series of spots, which are often 

 absent except those towards anal angle. 



The form confusum is whitish or pinkish ochreous, with the 

 markings slightly developed ; in a female from Sikhim which 

 apparently belongs to this form the abdomen is orange. Howqua 

 has the postmedial spot of the fore wing and submarginal series of 

 hind wing prominent. A male from Dalhousie has the head and 

 thorax black. 



Hab. Himalayas, from Kangra to Sikhim ; Assam ; Nagas ; 

 Manipur ; Calcutta ; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Burma. Exp. 40-46 

 millim. 



1180. Spilosoma "bifasciatum, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 55, pi. 140, 



fig. 21. 



S • Head and thorax dirty white ; abdomen with the dorsal and 



