LEPID0PTE11A HETEROCEBA. 677 



Female. Testaceous. Antennae black. Thorax with two small 

 dark brown spots on each side. Legs mostly brown above. Fore 

 wings paler than the body, witb three oblique bands of brown spots 

 across the disk, and with a few more brown spots towards the base 

 and towards the tip. Hind wings whitish, with two brown spots 

 near the inner angle. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



30. Spilosoma rubescens. 



Testacea ; palpi nigri ; pectus rufescens ; abdomen supra rufum, 

 vittis guttularibus nigris ; pedes ruji, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; 

 ala? antica? fasciis duabus obliquis guttularibus indislinctis 

 fuseis ; postica? maculis tribus submarginalibus unaqve discali 

 nigris. 



Testaceous. Palpi black. Pectus with reddish hairs. Abdo- 

 men above red, with rows of black dots. Legs red ; tibiae and tarsi 

 black. Fore wings with a few indistinct brown dots, arranged in 

 two or three imperfect oblique bands, and sometimes quite obsolete. 

 Hind wings red, with a black distal spot and three black posterior 

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

 16— 20 lines. 



a, b. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 c. Borneo. From Mr. Low's collection. 



31. Spilosoma costata. 



Abdomen pvnctis nigris serie triplici digestis ; ala? quatuor lutea? ; 

 antica? fuse o costata?. 



Chelonia costata, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 213, 1, 



pi. 5, f. 6. 

 Port Praslin, New Ireland. 



32. Spilosoma suffusa. 



Cervina ; palpi et antenna? nigra; abdomen supra rufum ; pedes 

 rufo-nigroque varii. Mas. — Abdomen nigro trivittatum ; 

 ala? antica? fasciis duabus incomplelis obliquis nigricantibus ; 

 postica? gutla discali maculisque tribus submarginalibus nigris. 

 Foem. — Ala? antica? subtus rufescentes, gutta subcostali nigra; 

 postica? guttis tribus nigricantibus albido marginatis. 



Fawn-colour. Palpi and antennae black. Abdomen red above. 

 Coxa? and femora red above, streaked with black ; tibiae and tarsi 



