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below cell ; an antemedial line an2:lftd inwards on median nervuro 

 and vein 1 and outwards in submedian fold ; a medial line sliglitly 

 angled inwards to the antemedial lino in cell and incurved to inner 

 margin ; a discoidal blackish spot ; the postmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly angled inwards on 

 vein 2, then bent outwards to inner margin ; a subterininal line 

 interrupted above and below middle, expanding into elongate spots 

 at costa and veins G and 4 and into a spot on inner margin ; cilia 

 with brown spots. Hind wing with the termen slightly tinged 

 with brown, especially towards apex. 



Hah. Ceylon (Templeton), 2 c? , 1 $ , typo, Diekoya (Oreen), 1 6 , 



1 2 . Ex^i. 26 millim. 



995. Asura bizonoides. 



Lyelene bizonoides, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. Ill (18G2) ; Swinh. 



Cat. Het. Mus. Oson. p. lUl ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 301. 

 Setina tibada, Snell. in Veth's Midden-Suinatra, Lep. p. 37, pi. iii. t"- 1-3 



(1880) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 310. 



White ; palpi and antenniB brownish ; vertex of head, tegulae, 

 patagia, meso- and metathorax spotted with brown ; fore and mid 

 tibite and tarsi banded with brown. Pore wing with brown spots 

 at base of costa and cell ; subbasal spots on costa and below cell ; a 

 curved antemedial band ; an elliptical spot in end of cell ; a 

 postmedial band with irregularly dentate inner edge curved from 

 costa to submedian fold, then acutely angled inwards to the ante- 

 medial line, then bent outwards again, often interrupted near the 

 medial line ; subfcerminal spots at costa and veins 6, 4, and 1 ; cilia 

 brown or spotted with brown. 



The form from Sandakan is much smaller than the Sarawak and 

 Sumatra specimens. 



Hah. Perak ; Sumatra, type f tahida in Coll. Snellen ; Borneo, 

 Sandakan (Pryer), 1 c? , 1 5 , Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 ? . Exp., 9 

 28 millim., S $ from Sandakan, 20 millim. Type f in Mus. 

 Oxon. 



Genus LYMANTRIOPSIS, nov. 



Type, L. lacteafa. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi slender, not reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antenn:\; of male serrate ; fore and mid tibire and tarsi clothed with long hair. 

 Fore wing short, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from just beyond middle of cell ; 3 

 from well before angle; ■^ i'rom just below middle of discocellulars ; 6 from 

 well below uj^per angle; 7, 10, 11 stalked ; 8, 9 absent. Hind wing with vein 



2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell ; scaling of wings rough. 



*996. Lymantriopsis lacteata. 



Nudaria lacteata, Holland, Psyche, \i. p. 412 (1893). 



S. White; palpi and lower part of frons brownish; antennae 

 yellowish ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi with daik brown patches ; 

 anal tuft yellowish. Pore wing with diffused brownish subbasal 



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