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above, excepting: the tip, with one dorsal and two lateral stripes of 

 black spots. Fore coxae bright red, striped with black ; femora 

 with black tips, above bright red, which colour is most prevalent on 

 the fore legs; anterior tibiae and anterior tarsi black above ; hind 

 tarsi black, with a white band. Hind wings a little paler than the 

 fore wings, with a brown posterior submarginal spot. Length of the 

 body 1\ lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



26. Spilosoma casigneta. 



Flavescens; abdomen rubrum nigro trifariam punc latum ; ala? 

 anticce punctis numerosis geminatis, postica? solitariis nigris. 



Euprepia casigneta, Kollar, Kaschmir, von Von Hugely 469, 8. 



Himalaya Mountains. 



27. Spilosoma alba. 



Alba ; antenna? nigra ; thorax •punctis duobus nigris ; abdomen 

 supra sanguineum, superne et a latere punctis nigris albo 

 annulatis ; corpus suhtus punctis lateralibus nigris ; pedes 

 sanguinei ; alee puncto mediano nigro. 



Chelonia alba, Bremer und Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. Fauna des 

 Nordlichen China, ii. 15, 71. 



North China. 



28. Spilosoma punctistriga. 



Foem. Alba ; palpi supra apice nigri ; antenna? nigra, basi rufce ; 

 abdomen supra luteum, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; pedes rufo- 

 nigroque varii ; alee antica? gutta discali strigaque subapicali 

 nigris, costa subtus rufa. 



Female. White. Palpi black above towards the tips. Antennae 

 black, with white tomentum, red at the base. Abdomen luteous 

 above, with three rows of black dots. Coxae and femora with red 

 stripes, the latter with black tips ; tibiae with black stripes. Fore 

 wings with a black dot at the tip of the discal areolet, and with a 

 black streak beyond in front of the first inferior vein ; costa red 

 beneath. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



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



29. Spilosoma macdlifascia. 



Foem. Testacea; antenna? nigra ; thorax fusco quadrimaculatus ; 

 pedes supra fuscescentes ; aloe antica e maculis fuscis trifas- 

 ciata?, postica albida maculis duabus posticis. 



