Old World Lymantriidai in the National Collection. 415 



EUPROCTIS SEXMACULA. 



Uiqrroctis sexmacula, Swinboe, Ann. Mag. N. H. (7), xii 

 p. 195 (1903). 



1 %, Kina Balu (type). 



EUPROCTIS MIRABILIS. 



1^, 9. Antennjie, palpi, frons, and head pale ochreous ; palpi 

 brown above ; thorax brown ; abdomen ochreous ; fore-wings with 

 the ground colour pale ochreous, but the wing is entirely covered 

 with dark brown scales, except at the costa and outer margin ; the 

 latter in the male is broadly yellow, with two short projections 

 into it from the brown portion, but in the female these projections 

 are broad and run into the outer margin ; there is also a transverse 

 ochreous thin band through the brown portion a little before the 

 middle of the wing, which contains a large ochreous spot above its 

 centre ; abdomen of the female brown, anal tuft ochreous ; hind- 

 wings and under-side pale ochreous without any markings. 



Expanse of wings ^ 1 inch, 9 ItV inches. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



EUPROCTIS UTILIS, nov. 



(J , $ . Palpi brown above, white beneath ; frons whitish with 

 some ochreous hairs above the pali)i ; head, thorax, and fore-wings 

 pale yellow ; two broad transverse bands, medial and sub-marginal, 

 composed of blackish scales, not very thickly packed together and 

 divided by the veins ; abdomen whitish, anal tuft fulvous ; hind- 

 wings, both wings below, body, and legs pure white, without any 

 markings. 



Expanse of wings (^ liV, $ Iftr inches. 



Hah. Old Calabar (CromjJton). 



Corresponds somewhat to Holland's description of his 

 Artaxa mdcdcuca from the Ogove River, but his insect, a 

 male, measures only 15 mm. and has a basal band. 



EUPROCTIS subflava. 



Aroa fiava, Brem., Bull. Acad. Sci. Pet., iii, p. 479 (1861) 



(preocc). 

 Aroa suhflava., Brem., Lep. Ost. Sib., p. 41, pi. 3, f. 19 



(1864). 

 Leucoma svJiJlava, var. inpcrita, Oberth. Et. d'Ent., v, p. 35 



(1880). 

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