LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 637 



2. DlACRISIA SUBVARIA. 



Fcem. Flava ; caput, palpi, antenna et pectus fusca ; caput vitta 

 fusca, subtus rufo piloswn ; antenna subpectinatce ; pectus 

 rufo bivittatum ; abdomen e maculis nigris trivittatum subtus 

 rufescens ; pedes f us ci, rufo vittati ; alee, anticae guttis tribus 

 subcostalibus nigris, maculisque duabus, una rufa, altera 

 fusca ; posticce rufce, nigro maculatce. 



Fern. Yellow. Head, palpi, antennae and pectus brown. 

 Head with a yellow vertical band, clothed beneath, like the palpi, 

 with red hairs. Antennae minutely pectinated. Pectus with an ob- 

 lique red stripe on each side. Abdomen with three rows of black 

 spots ; under side reddish. Legs brown ; femora and tibiae with 

 red stripes. Fore wings with three black dots near the fore border, 

 one at one-third of the length of the wing, the other two approxi- 

 mate at two-thirds of the length; behind the latter there is a 

 red mark, and adjoining it a pale brown spot, which on the under 

 side is black ; fringe of the outer border partly brown ; under side 

 mostly red, with two additional brown spots towards the tips. 

 Hind wings red, with some black spots, which are mostly indistinct 

 on the under side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



The following six genera are aberrant forms of Arctiidce ; they 

 are allied to Spilosoma and to Hyper compa, but have nearly as 

 much affinity to Dipeence^ Bncereon, Fregella, and Rhipha, four 

 groups of JEuchromia. 



Genus 18. CREATONOTOS. 



Mas. et fcem. Corbus robustum. Proboscis capitis latitudine 

 paullo longius. Palpi brevissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 

 tennae simplices. Thorax pilis adpressis. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus 

 apicalibus brevissimis. Alae longiusculae ; anticae angustae. 



A. Alae anticae vittatse. 



A. Alae anticae vitta interrupta. - - interrupta, Linn. 



B. Alae anticae vitta integra. - emittens, Walk. 



B. Alae anticae guttatae. ... - Vuteria, Cram. 



Creatonotos, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 169. 

 Phalaena Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Gmel. ; Sulz. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. 



