Old World Lymantriidiii in the National Collection. 485 



Butler in Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), r.xx, p. 403 (1877) 

 described a Lymantria aurora from Japan ; the name 

 aurora for this form cannot therefore stand. The history of 

 this name is rather cvirious : on this insect, which was 

 purchased from Mrs. Higgins in 18C7, is a label with the 

 following, "Lymantria aurora, W. ,11.8. named on a spec, of 

 Mr. Chapman." Someone must have taken a specimen to 

 Australia which had been named from Mrs. Higgins* 

 Cape York example, and ever since this insect has been 

 called Lymantria aurora, Walker, in Australian collections; 

 but where the writer of the label containing the name 

 aurora, Walker, got it from it is impossible to say ; cer- 

 tainly Walker never published any description of this form. 

 Turner has well described it ; there are several examples 

 in coll. Druce from Cooktown. It is, however, only a form 

 oi antainata, Walker, differing merely in colour. 



Lymantria antennata. 

 Lymantria antennata, Walker, iv, 881 (1855). 



1 $, Richmond River (type). 2 $, Moreton Bay. 



Lymantria obsoleta. 



Lymantria ohsolcta, Walker, iv, 880, ^ (1855). 



Lymantria hhascara, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii, p. 345, 



$ (1859). 

 Lymantria vinacea, Moore, P. Z. S., 1879, p. 403, $. 



2 ?, Hong Kong. 1 $, 2 $, Formosa. 1 <^, N. India 

 (type). 2 $, Silhet. 1 $, N. India (type bhascara). 2 $, 

 Calcutta. 1 $, 1 $, Bombay. 1 $, Poena. 1 ?, Madras. 

 2 $, Trevandrum. 1 $, Ceylon. 



This is a South Indian form, and I doubt the localities of 

 Silhet and N. India on the old examples ; I have never got 

 it from any northern locality; I cannot iiud the type $ 

 vinacea from Canara. 



Lymantria albolunata. 

 Lymantria albolunata, Moore, P. Z. S., 1879, p. 405. 



1 ^, 1 ?, Dharmsala (type $). 1 $, Simla (type). 4 ^, 1 $„ 

 Dalhousie. 3 $, Subathu. 



The northern form of obsoleta, but easily separable : 

 there are two diminutive examples from Omeishan and 

 Moupin in the National Collection, which come very near 

 to this form. 



