LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEBA. 679 



the internal border, with some black apical dots, and with a short 

 black band by the internal angle. Female. — Abdomen thickly tufted 

 with testaceous hairs at the tip. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 — 24 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Australia. 



34. Spilosoma obltqua. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi et antenna nigra ; abdomen supra rufes- 

 cens, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; pedes nigri, femoribus rufis 

 apice nigris ; alee anticce e guttis nigris vix bifasciatce, posticce 

 maculis quatuor nigris. Fcem. — Alba ; caput subtus et abdo- 

 men supra rufa; alee anticce strigis duabus obliquis nigris. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi and antennae black. Abdomen 

 above reddish, with three rows of black dots ; under side with two 

 rows of black dots. Legs black ; femora red, with black tips, fringed 

 beneath with white hairs ; fore tibiae beneath with a thick tuft of 

 pale testaceous hairs. Fore wings with black dots, most of which 

 form two much interrupted and very imperfect oblique bands. Hind 

 wings with one anterior discal and three posterior submarginal 

 black spots. Female. — White. Head bright red beneath. Abdomen 

 above bright red. Tibiae and tarsi white beneath. Fore wings with 

 two oblique streaks extending from the costa to the disk, and at a 

 right angle to the bands before mentioned. Like the male in other 

 respects. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines; of the wings 14 — 22 

 lines. 



a — c. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 d. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



35. Spilosoma? Fulvia. 



Alee quatuor concolores fulva ; anticce punctis duobus nigris ad 

 basim costce, venis fuscis. 



Bombyx Fulvia, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. PI. 



Chelonia Fulvia, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 214, 2. 



iThis species may belong to the genus Aganais. 

 New Holland. 



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