LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 673 



Male and female. Pure white. Hind part of the head and 

 sides of the thorax slightly testaceous. Palpi testaceous, black 

 above. Antenna? black. Abdomen luteous above, with three rows 

 of black spots. Legs with bluck stripes; coxae and femora with 

 luteous stripes ; tarsi black. Fore wings with brown veins. Length 

 of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



Var. /3. Hind wings with a testaceous stripe [along the inner 

 border. 



a—c. Port Natal. From M. Becker's collection. 



18. Spilosoma? punctivitta. 



Foem. Alba; palpi fusci, subtus albidi ; antennce nigra; abdo- 

 men supra rufum, e maculis nigris univittatum ; pedes nigri- 

 cantes, femoribus supra luteis apire nigris ; alee anticce vitta 

 discali gracili maculisque subapicalibus nigris ; posticce albce. 



Female. White, with a slight testaceous tin<?e. Palpi brown, 

 whitish beneath. Antennae black, white beneath. Pectus with 

 brown hairs. Abdomen above bright red, wiih a row of black 

 spots. Legs blackish, femora above luteous, with black tips. Fore 

 wings with a slender black discal stripe for half the length from the 

 base, and with live or six black dots beyond. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 15 — 16 lines. 



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



19. Spilosoma? trivitta. 



Mas et foem. Albida ; palpi fusci, subtus testacei ; antennce nigra ; 

 tborax nigro trivittatus ; abdomen supra luteum basi album, 

 apiee e maculis nigris trivittatum, subtus nigro bivittatum ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus tibiisque albo vittatis, femoribus supra 

 luteis ; alee anticce nigro trivittatce ; posticce albce. 



Male and female. White. Palpi brown, testaceous beneath. 

 Antennae black, testaceous at the base. Thorax and fore wings 

 with a slight testaceous tinge. Thorax with three black stripes. 

 Abdomen above luteous, white at the base, and at the tip with three 

 rows of black snots ; under side with two black stripes. Legs 

 black; femora luteous above, with black tips; femora and tibiae 

 with white stripes. Fore wings with three black stripes ; the first 

 and the third obsolete towards the base. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



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



