lepidoptera heterocera. 675 



22. Spilosoma transiens. 



Foem. Albida ; palpi testacei, apice nigri ; antenna nigra ; ab- 

 domen supra luteum, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; pedes nigra- 

 luteoque vittati ; alee subtestacece, andem nigro quadriquttata> 

 et unimaculatce, posticce maculis submarginalibus nigris. 



Female. Whitish. Palpi testaceous, black towards the tips. 

 Antennae black. Abdomen luteous above, with three rows of black 

 dots. Legs with black stripes; coxae and femora with luteous 

 stripes. Wings slightly testaceous. Fore wings with four black 

 dots at the tip of the discal areolet, and with a black spot by the in- 

 ternal angle. Hind wings with a hind row of black submarginal 

 spots. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



Var. (3. Thorax with two testaceous stripes. Fore wings without 



the hind spot. 

 Var. y like var. (3. Thorax with one testaceous stripe* Hind wings 



without the hind spots. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 c, d. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 

 e. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 /. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeifier's collection. 



23. Spilosoma quadriramosa. 



Alba; thorax nigro maculatus et vittatus ; abdomen fiavum nigro 

 maculalum ; alee antica? striis longiiudinalibus, altera trira- 

 mosa ; altera simplici lineolisque ad marginem externum 

 nigris ; posticce punctis tribus marginalibus ejusdem coloris. 



Enprepia quadriramosa, Kollar, Kaschmir, von Von Hugel, 468, 6. 



Himalaya Mountains. 



24. Spilosoma erythrozona. 



Alba; abdomen nigrum, rubro annulatum ; alee posticce punctis 

 aliquot obsoletis nigris. 



Euprepia erythrozona, Kollar, Kaschmir, von Von Hugel. 468, 7. 



Himalaya Mountains. 



25. Spilosoma subcarnea. 



Foem. Albida ; palpi supra rufi, apice nigri ; abdomen supra 

 rufum vittis tribus macularibus nigris, apice album; pedes 

 rufo-nigroque varii ; alee posticce macula submarginali fusca. 



Female. Whitish. Palpi red, with black tips, white beneath. 

 Antennae black, mostly white on each side. Abdomen bright red 



