408 



LASIOCAMPID^E. 



The distance between the lines on the inner margin of the fore 

 wing varies much. 



Fig. 282,Lebeda nobilis, <$ . \. 



Hob. N.W. and E. Himalayas ; Sylhet ; Nagas. 

 120, $ 138-148 milhm. 



Genus METANASTRIA. 



Exp., <$ 96- 



Verz. p. 186 (1818). 

 Eutricha, Hubn. Verz. p. 188 (1818). 

 (Eona, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1417 (1855). 

 Chatra, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 80 (1879). 



Type, M. hyrtaca, Cram. 



Range. Europe; Japan; China; S. Africa; throughout India, 

 Ceylon, and Burma ; Java ; Borneo. 



Palpi long and broad. Antennae with the branches gradually 

 decreasing to apex in male, short throughout in female. Mid and 

 hind tibiae with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wing broad ; 

 vein 1 c present ; 6 and 7, or 6, 7, 8, stalked ; the stalk of veins 9 

 and 10 long. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked or from cell ; 

 8 almost touching 7 ; slight accessory costal veinlets. 



SECT. I. Fore wing with vein 8 from the angle of cell in 

 both sexes. 



A. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked. 



S. 



905. Metanastria aconyta, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 131 A ; C. 



no. 1457. 



Lebeda opponens, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1462 ; C. $ S. no. 1466. 

 Bombyx quadricincta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 111. 

 Lasiocampa trifascia, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1439. 

 Lasiocampa substrigosa, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1441. 

 Lasiocampa subparallela, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 562 ; C. $ S. no. 1490. 



<S Pale reddish brown. Fore wing with two antemedial lines 



