LEPIDOPTERA. 485 
Arctia sordida (Hiibn.). Transformations described and figured by Mil- 
liere, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xiii. p. 27, pi. 65. figs. 6-8. 
Arctia fuliyinosa. According to H. MoncreafF (Entomologist, iii. p. 166), 
this species is double-brooded at Soutlisea. See also E. II. Todd (/. c. p. 188). 
Jourdheuil (Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. 4® s^r. tome vi. pp. 127-128) describes a 
variety of Chelonia que)iselii, destitute of black spots on the wings, the upper 
wings yellow, the lower ones with a reddish tinge.' lie proposes to call it 
C. queni^elii aberration falloui. 
Chdonia qucnsdii. Eallou on the habits of this species and his method of 
roaring it in captivit}\ Bull. Soc. Ent. Ent. Er. 1866, pp. xlii-xliii. 
Newman describes the larva of Chdonia plantayinis (Entomologist, iii. 
pp. 80-81) and the life-liistory of Arctia fxdiginosa {1. c. pp. 140-141). 
New genera : — 
Eiqjsendosoma, g. n., Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 240. Allied to 
Idalus (Walk.) ; fore wings large, triangulate, apices produced, costa straight, 
inner margin short, discal cell open, median nerviiles 1, 2, and 3 springing 
nearly from one point ; hind wings somewhat quadrangulate ; head promi- 
nent ; thorax globose and elevated j antennm long, biserrate. Sp. E. niveum 
(Grote) = ? CViartHea ? nivea (Il.-Sch.). 
Rohinsonia, g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 241. Allied to Halisidota head small ; 
clypeus and epicranium narrow ; antennge with long and slender pectinations 
on both sides in dj labial palpi short, joint 3 short; fore wings narrow, outer 
margin very oblique ; wings closely scaled. Sp. R. formula, sp. n., Grote, 
1. c, p. 241, pi. 4. tig. 3, Cuba. 
Euhalisidota, g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 243. Allied to Halisidota ; wings large ; 
fore wings with costa straight, outer margin rounded, median nervules 1 and 
2 arising from one point, 4 springing from median vein about middle. Sp. 
E. luxa, sp. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 244, pi. 4. figr 5, Cuba. 
Rarmchcctes, g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 245. Allied to Euchoites, but squamation 
sparser, hind wings almost diaphanous ; head wider behind ; palpi smaller ; 
fringes shorter. Sp. P. cadaverosa and ajffinis, sp. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 245, Cuba. 
Diota, g. n., Wallengren, 1. c. p. 46. Allied to Deiopeia ; antennae in cf 
pectinate, attenuate to apex ; palpi rather long, porrect, densely hirsute be- 
neath, last joint long, cylindrical, naked ; trunk elongate, thick. Sp. Euchelia 
rostrata (Wallengr.). 
Alylarchia, g. n., Wallengren, 1. c. p. 47. Allied to Deiopeia ; antennae in 
d serrated beneath; palpi short, densely hirsute beneath ; last joint short, 
naked, subcordiform ; trunk long, thick ; fore wings with no auxiliary areola. 
Sp. Euchelia amanda (Boisd.). 
New species : — 
Spilosoma. Moore describes the following new species from Darjeeling 
(Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866): — S. multivittata, S. ruhidorsa, and S. sordida, 
p. 808 ; S. ruhitincta, S. jlaralis, S. lativitta, and S. stigmata, p. 809 ; S. san- 
guinalis, S. ruhilinea, and S. discinigra, p. 810. 
Arctia nevadensis, GroiQ & Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil. vi. p. 1, pi. 1. 
fig. 1, Nevada. 
Ammalo impimctus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 236, Cuba. 
Eepantheria albicornis, Grote, 1. c. p. 239, pi. 4. fig. 4, Cuba. 
