4. AECTIID^:. 



1161. Spilosoma Sllbfascia, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 678 ; Moore, Lep. Ceijl. 



ii, pi. 107, figs. 3, 3 a ; C. # & no. 846. 



<$ . Head and thorax pale buff ; palpi black ; tegulse each with 

 a black spot ; abdomen orange, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots. Legs black, fringed with pale hairs. Fore wing pale 

 buff, with a black spot at base, three on costa, one in cell, and a 

 speck at its upper angle ; an oblique series of spots from the apex 

 to middle of inner margin ; two spots on the outer margin below 

 the apex. Hind wing paler ; the inner area clothed with orange 

 scales ; some conjoined black spots towards anal angle and some 

 at apex. 



2 with the oblique band of spots of the fore wing almost 

 absent and also those on outer margin below the apex. Hind 

 wing without orange hairs on the inner area ; all the spots 

 obsolete except two near anal angle. Abdomen with a large 

 ochreous anal tuft. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp., <$ 44, $ 60 millim. 



1162. Spilosoma dalbergiae, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p 394 ; Butl. III. 



Het. vii, p. 28, pi. 122, fig. 2 ; C. $ S. no. 830 a 



Differs from subfascia in the coxa and femur of each fore leg being 

 crimson ; tegulse without black spots ; thorax with a black stripe 

 on vertex. Fore wing fleshy buff, without the black spots on the 

 costa and in the cell ; the oblique band consisting of paired specks 

 on each side of the veins from the lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; a submarginal series of specks on each side of the veins 

 from apex to vein 3. Hind wing pale, with a black spot at end 

 of cell and one submarginal spot towards apex and four towards 

 anal angle. 



Hab. Kangra ; Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nagas. Exp. 48-52 millim. 



1163. Spilosoma punctatum, Moore, Cat. E. I. Co. p. 355; C. $ S. 



no. 758. 

 Spilarctia unif ormis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 39 ; C. fy S. no. 849. 



Differs from subfascia in not having the black spots on the 

 tegulse ; underside of fore wing with the oblique band forking 

 towards the costa in specimens which have the markings well 

 developed. 



Hab. Sikhim; Nagas ; Burma; Java. Exp., tf 32, $ 48 

 millim. 



1164. Spilosoma dentilinea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 573; C. $ S. 



no. 831. 



c? . Differs from punctatum in having a short black streak on 

 vertex of thorax. Femora crimson. Fore wing white, with a 

 black speck at base ; an antemedial angulated series of spots ; two 

 at end of cell ; a curved postmedial series ; a submarginal series 



