766 ADDENDA. 



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Genus SPILOSOMA. 



Spilosoma h^morrhoidalis. 



Mas. Roseo-alba ; caput et thorax antice coccinea aut lutea ; ab- 

 domen coceineum aut luteum, albo varium ; alee anticce ad cos- 

 tam lutea, fascia obliqua yuttulari nigra; posticce rosece aut 

 jlavescentes. 



Male. White, with a very slight rosy tinge. Head and fore 

 part of the thorax crimson. Antennas black. Pectus and abdomen 

 bright rose-colour, the latter white at the tip, and partly white 

 beneath. Legs black, with rosy hairs ; posterior femora and tibiae 

 mostly clothed with white hairs. Fore wings luteous along the 

 costa, and with an oblique band of black dots, which extends from 

 half the length of the interior border to beyond two-thirds of the 

 length of the costa ; under side rosy. Hind wings rosy, with yel- 

 lowish borders. Length of the body 6 — 6| lines ; of the wings 

 14 — 15 lines. 



Var. p. Head and fore part of the thorax luteous. Abdomen 

 luteous, mostly whitish beneath. Hind wings with a slight pale 

 yellowish tinge. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mi\ Fry's collection. 



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 3. Cycnia sordida. 

 a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



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 Genus ANTHEUA. 

 3. Antheua varia. 



Mas et fcem. Lceteflava ; caput antice luteum ; palpi, pectus et 

 pedes nigra ; abdomen luteum, vittis duabus macularibus basi 

 ventreque nigricantibus ; alee anticce macula discali atomaria 

 nigra, subtus posticceque nigricantes. 



Male. Antennae pectinated ; the branches short. 



Male and female. Bright yellow. Head luteous in front. 

 Palpi, pectus and legs blackish. Antennae tawny. Abdomen 

 luteous, with a row of blackish spots along each side, blackish at the 

 base and beneath. Fore wings with a spot of black flecks in 

 the middle of the disk, blackish beneath. Hind wings blackish. 

 Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 18 — 21 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



