BINTHA . — SPILOSOMA . 
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BINTHA, Walker. 
Bintha gracilis. (Plate XLII. fig. 3.) 
Bintha gracilis, Walker^ Cat. Lep. Het.Suppl. i. p. 127 (1864). 
Primaries above purplish brown ; a narrow longitudinal dash near the base, a second near 
the middle of the costal area, and four of unequal length placed obliquely in pairs upon the 
disk stramineous ; base of costa bronzy green ; fringe testaceous internally and white externally, 
with a brown intervening line : secondaries greyish hyaline, with opaline reflections ; a 
moderately broad border and the veins smoky brown •, costal margin white : antenme steel- 
blue ; thorax bronzy green ; abdomen purplish black, with bronzy green margins to the 
segments ; tibiae and under surface of tarsi of posterior legs pearly white : under surface 
paler ; pectus bright plumbaginous (colour of galena) ; venter greenish plumbaginous, with 
lateral cream-coloured dots and anal tufts. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 
Japan {Fortune) ; Yokohama {Jonas). 
ARCTIID^. 
FHISSAMA, Moore. 
Phissama vacillans. (Plate XLII. fig. 4.) 
Amphissa vacillans, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 685 (1855). 
Wings above pale greyish brown : primaries with white costal border ; three black dots 
at the end of the cell and two on the disk : secondaries semihyaline excepting at the borders ; 
the anal half of the fringe white : head and thorax white ; abdomen bright yellow, with lateral 
and dorsal rows of black dots ; anal tufts white : under surface brown, with the venter sordid 
white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 
Hong-Kong {Harrington) ; Sarawak {Wallace). 
If the species figured by Mr. Moore be a male, it is certainly distinct from A. vacillans-, 
it, however, looks more like a female in the figure. 
SPILOSOMA, Stejihens. 
Spilosoma sangaica. (Plate XLII. fig. 5.) 
Spilosoma sangaica, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 294 (1864). 
White ; primaries with the basal two thirds dotted with ten black dots ; an oblique black 
dash of almost confluent dots ; abdomen ochreous in the centre, with dorsal and lateral series 
of black dots ; palpi with black terminal joint ; coxaj and femora of anterior legs ochreous, 
knees black ; tibiae and tarsi brown below ; venter cream-coloured, with lateral series of black 
