LEPID0PTE3A HETEROCERA. 615 



wings with a large brown discal spot, and with an irregular brown 

 submarginal band. 



Var. j3, fern. Thorax with two large black spots in front. 

 Abdomen reddish, with an entire black dorsal stripe. Dark parts of 

 the wings occupying most of the surface. Length of the body 6—8 

 lines; of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



a. Himalaya Mountains. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 6, c. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



40. Arctia? Bajularia. 



Fusca ; abdomen, flavum ; alee anticce maculis duabus fasciaque 

 abbreviata submarginali albis ; posticce jlavce, fasciis duabus 

 nigris, exteriore macularL 



Phalaena Bajularia, Clerck, Icon. pi. 54, f. 6, 7. Cram. Pap. Exot. 

 ii. 115, pi. 172, f. c. 



Amboina. 



41. Arctia strigosa. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; thorax ocellis duobus anticis connexis vittisque 

 quatuor albo-rufis ; abdomen supra rufum, e maculis nigris 

 trivittatum, subtus album fasciis fuscis ; alee anticce albce 

 fusco strigala?, postica? sublimpida?, marginibus cinereo-fuscis . 



Male. Blackish brown. Head red behind and beneath, bordered 

 with white about the eyes. Proboscis tawny. Palpi white beneath. 

 Antennae white above. Prothorax with two reddish white connected 

 ringlets; mesothorax with a mark on each shoulder and four stripes 

 of the same colour. Abdomen red above, with three rows of black 

 spots, those in the middle row very small ; under side white, with 

 short brown bands, and on each side a row of blackish brown spots. 

 I Legs brown, with white stripes ; coxae and femora with red stripes. 

 Fore wings white, with numerous brown streaks, which are most 

 prevalent towards the tips; a reddish tinpe at the base. Hind 

 wings nearly limpid, with grayish brown borders and veins. Length 

 of the body 5 — 8 lines; of the wings 16 — 22 lines. 



a, b. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



