670 CATALOGUE OF 



West "Indies. 



10. SpILOSOMA JuSSLEiE. 



Alee albce ; anticarum supra, posticarum subtus puncto medio 

 nigro ; femora antica et abdominis latera fulva ; abdomen 

 quintuplici serie punctorum notatum. 



Arctia Jussiaeae, Poez, Cent. Lep. Cuba, pi. 



Cuba. 



Larva feeds on the leaves of Jussiaea erecta. 



Africa. 



A. Alae testaceae. 



A. Alae anticae nigro guttata?. - testacea, Walk. 



B. Alae anticae nigro bivittatae. - linea, Walk. 



C. Alae anticae nigro trivittatae. - dorsaiis, Walk. 



D. Alae anticae fusca trifasciatae. - - curvilinea, Walk. 

 jE. Alae anticae supra immaculatae. 



a. Abdomen non fasciatum. - submacula, Walk. 



b. Abdomen nigro fasciatum. - - - lutescens, Walk. 



B. Alae niveae anticae fusco venosae. - - - lineata, Walk. 



C. Alae anticae albae, nigro univittatae et maculatae. 



punctivitta, Walk. 



D. Alae anticae albae, nigro trivittatae. - - trivitta, Walk. 



E. Alae totae albae. ------ innotata, Walk. 



11. Spilosoma testacea. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi antennceque nigra ; thorax nigro biguttatm ; 

 abdomen luteum, fasciis abbreviatis nigris ; pedes supra tarsi- 

 que toti nigra ; alee anticce guttis quatuor discalibus unaque 

 basali nigris ; poslicce gutta fusca discali. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax 

 with a black dot on each side. Abdomen above luteous, with 

 a short black band on each segment. Femora and tibiae above and 

 tarsi black. Fore wings with a few black dots in the disk, and one 

 at the base. Hind wings with a brown discal dot, sometimes 

 almost obsolete above, more apparent beneath, where there is 

 another brown dot near the hind border. Length of the body 6—7 

 lines; of the wings 15—17 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius* collection. 



b. Zoolu Country, South Africa. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq* 



