LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1697 
Spilosoma ? Niceta. 
Pallide cervinum ; abdomen rufum ; alee anticce maculis tribus pos - 
ticis unaque antica nigris ; posticce rufee , macula arcuata 
discali nigra. 
Phalaena-Bombyx Niceta, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 151, pi. 368, f. C. 
Araboina. 
Spilosoma mutans. 
Mas. Album ; palpi nigri ; tibice tarsique ex parte nigra ; coxce 
femoraque antica lutea ; alee anticce f asciis tribus guttularibus 
nigri c antibus. 
Male. White. Palpi and antennae black. Tibiae and tarsi 
mostly black. Fore femora and fore coxae luteous. Fore wings with 
three imperfect bands of blackish dots, which vary much in number. 
Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
— — — ? In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Spilosoma subocellatum. 
Fcem. Album; caput antice nigrum , subtus rufum ; thorax nigro 
trivittatus ; abdomen e mavulis nigris trivittatum , supra 
rufum ; pedes ex parte nigri , coxis femoribusque anticis rufis ; 
alee anticce maculis tribus costalibus nigro-fuscis fasciisque 
quatuor obliquis diffusis pallide fuscis , fascia 3 a antice sub - 
ocellari ; posticce macula antica fasciaque submarginali pallide 
fuscis. 
Female. White. Head black in front, red beneath. Palpi 
and antennae black. Thorax with three black stripes, the lateral 
pair abbreviated hindward, the dorsal one in front. Abdomen red 
above, with three rows of black spots above and beneath. Legs 
partly black ; fore coxae and fore femora mostly red. Fore wings 
with three dark brown costal spots, and with four oblique irregular 
pale brown bands ; third forming a ringlet in front. Hind wings 
with a pale brown spot in front, and with a pale brown submarginal 
band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
