lepidoptera heterocera. 705 



8. Aloa dimtnuta. 



Alba ; caput fusco fas datum ; palpi apicefusco ; antenna! fusca ; 

 abdomen supra rufum, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; coxa et 

 femora supra rufa ; tibia tarsiquc supra fusca; ala antiea ad 

 costam rufescentes, apud venas subtestacea, gutta discali fas- 

 ciaque subapicali nigris ; postica gutta discali nigra. 

 White. Head slightly testaceous, with a brown band behind- 

 Proboscis testaceous. Palpi brown above towards the tips. An- 

 tennae brown, red at the base. Abdomen above red, with three rows 

 of black dots. Coxae and femora red above ; tibia? and tarsi brown 

 above. Fore wings slightly testaceous along the veins, slightly red 

 along the costa, with a black dot in the disk beyond the middle and 

 a short black subapical streak. Hind wings with a black discal dot. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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



9. Aloa bifrons. 



Fcem. Alba ; caput antice nigrum ; palpi supra rufi, apice nigri ; 

 abdomen supra rufum, basi album, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; 

 pedes rufo-nigroque varii ; alee guttis paucis nigris, postica 

 rufa. 



Female. White. Head black in front. Palpi bright red, 

 with black tips, white beneath. Antennas black. Abdomen bright 

 red above, mostly white at the base, with three rows of black dots. 

 Coxa? and femora bright red above, the latter with black tips ; an- 

 terior tibiae and tarsi black above; hind tarsi black above, witb 

 a white band near the base. Wings beneath and hind wings also 

 above bright red. Fore wings with a black subcostal dot, and two 

 or three black dots by the internal border. Hind wings with a 

 black anterior discal dot. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



b. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



10. Aloa isabellina. 



Alba ; palpi lutei, apice nigri ; antennce nigra ; thorax cervino- 

 albus ; abdomen luteum e maculis nirgis trivittatum ; pedes 

 lutei, coxis tibiisque nigro vittatis, tarsis nigris ; aUc pallide 

 cervina, antiea guttis quatuor discalibus nigris. Mas. — Tho- 

 rax cervino trivittatus ; ala postica cinereo-cervina. Foam. 

 — Ala antiea gutta subapicali nigra ,• postica maculis tribus 

 nigris. 



3 Q 2 



