672 CATALOGUE OF 



turn. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with three slender brown 

 bands; the first very slightly undulating; the second and third 

 deeply undulating, especially the second ; both rather broader to- 

 wards each end. Hind win^s with a brown anterior dot. Wings 

 beneath luteous along the costa. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



15. Spilosoma submactjla. 



Foem. Pallide testacea ; palpi supra rufi, apice nigri ; thorax 

 nigro biguttatus; abdomen basi rufo hirtum ; alee anticce 

 subtus posticceque supra gutta discali nigra. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Palpi red above, black towards the 

 tips. Antennae black, with testaceous tomentum. Thorax with 

 a black dot on each side. Abdomen with red hairs towards the 

 base. Coxae and femora red above; femora with black tips; tarsi 

 with black bands ; fore tibiae black above. Fore wings tinged with 

 red along the costa beneath ; a black spot beneath at the tip of the 

 discal areolet. Hind wings red along the interior border, with 

 black spot at the tip of the discal areolet. Length of the bod 

 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines, 



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



16. Spilosoma ltjtescens. 



Mas et foem. Testacea ; caput luteo fasciatum ; thorax luteo 

 fasciatus et bivittatus ; abdomen fasciis dorsalibus guttisque 

 later alibus nigr is ; tarsi fusci ; alee innotatce. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head with a luteous hind 

 band. Thorax with a luteous band in front of the fore wings, and 

 with two indistinct luteous stripes. Abdomen with black dorsal 

 bands, and with two lateral rows of black dots. Tarsi brown. 

 Wings wholly testaceous. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 — 20 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 c. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



17. Spilosoma lineata. 



Nivea ; caput postice et thoracis latera subtestacea ; palpi testacei r 

 supra nigri ; antennce nigrce ; abdomen supra luteum, e macu- 

 lis nigris trivittaium ; pedes nigro vittati, coxis femoribusque 

 luteo vittatis, tarsis nigris ; alee anticce fusco venosce. 



