LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 663 



1. NlJMENES SlLETTI. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput et thorax nigro-fusea ; abdomen basi fusco 

 vittatum ; pedes antiee fusci ; aim antica basi, margine pos- 

 tico fasciisque duabus nigro-fuscis ; posticus striga postica 

 fusca. 



Borabyx Siletti, MSS. 



Testaceous. Head, palpi and fliorax brownish black. An- 

 tennae brown. Hind part of thorax with a tuft of testaceous hairs 

 on each side. Abdomen with a short brown stripe at the base. 

 Fore legs brown ; fore tibiae deeply fringed with brown hairs. Fore 

 wings blackish brown at the base and along the hind border to the 

 tips, and with two oblique blackish brown bands, one before one- 

 third, the other before two-thirds, of the lengtb. Hind wings 

 brighter than the fore wings, with a brown streak on the hind 

 border. Length of the body 6—7 lines ; of the wings 22—24 

 lines. 



a, b. Silhet. Presented by E. Donbleday, Esq. 



c, d. Silhet. From the Bev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



e. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



Genus 29. SPILOSOMA. 



Palpi breves, subascendentes ; articuli lus et 2us pilosissimi, 

 I us 2o paullo longior, 3us squamosus, sat parvus, ovatus, subco- 

 nicus. Maxillae distinctae, breves. Antennae maris subbipectinatae, 

 fceminae serratae. Corpus robustum, maculatum. Alae deflexse, 

 opacae. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae anticae breves, intus spina armatae, 

 posteriores apice calcaratae. 



Spilosoma, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 74 ; Curt. 

 Pbalaena-Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Barbut ; Gmel. ; Stew. ; Turt. 

 Phalaena, p., Deg. ; Marsham ; Wilkes ; Harr. ; Donov. 

 Arctia, p., Schr. ; Leach ; Meig. ; Boisd. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. ; Esp. ; Borkh.; Hubn.; Haw. 

 Estigmene, p., Hubn. 



Europe. 



A. Alae lutescentes, fcemina pallidiores. - lubricipeda, Linn 



B. Alae niveae. 



A. Alae anticae punctis numerosis nigris. - - Menthastri, Fabr. 



B. Alae anticae punctis duobus nigris. - - Pa p v rati a, iliars/*. 



