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the waved lines arise, absent or large ; a patch on inner margin at 

 junction of the postmedial lines. 



. With the tuft from basal joint of antennae and line behind 

 the head yellow ; the abdomen crimson. Fore wing with the waved 

 lines obsolescent ; the black patches on costa and inner margin 

 large, the first three on costa crossing the cell ; a patch on centre 

 of outer margin. Hind wing whitish, with fuscous submarginal 

 band and marginal spots. 



Hob. Sikhira ; Bhutan ; Assam ; Calcutta ; Borneo ; Sumatra. 

 Exp., <$ 52-58, $ 80 millim. 



1035. Lymantria todara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 402, pi. 33, fig. 6; 



Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, pi. 141, tig. 15 ( $ ) ; C. $ S. no. 1020. 



c? . Differs from ascetria in the line behind the head being 

 yellow ; two black spots on collar, and four on vertex of thorax ; 

 abdomen yellow. Fore wing with the postmedial waved lines 

 single towards inner margin. Hind wing pale yellow, with a 

 fuscous marginal band. 



5 . Abdomen yellow and black. Fore wing as in similis, the 

 black patches better defined, and the one on inner margin Y-shaped. 

 Hind wing fuscous white, slightly tinged with yellow ; the sub- 

 marginal band almost obsolete. 



Hab. Nilgiris; Ceylon. Exp., <$ 54, $ 88 millim. 



1036. Lymantria beatrix, Stall, Cram. Pap. Exot. v, p. 173, pi. 40, 



fig. 2 ; C.fyS. no. 1003. 

 Lymantria marginata, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 877. 



Lymantria fuliginosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 17 ; C. $ S. no. 1007. 

 Lymantria pusilla, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 99, fig. 3 ; C. $ S. no. 1015. 

 Lymantria nigra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 399 ; C. # 8. no. 1012 A. 

 Porthetria umbrina, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 55 ; C. fy 8. no. 1027. 



J . Head and thorax pale fuscous, marked and spotted with 

 black ; the line behind the head yellow ; 3rd joint of palpus 

 orange ; two orange spots on mesothorax abdomen orange, with 

 a black line on vertex or short segmental bands ; anal tuft black. 

 Fore wing pale fuscous ; an orange speck and three black spots 

 at base ; a broad subbasal black band ; an antemedial line ; a spot 

 near end of cell and lunule on diseocellulars ; a medial band ; two 

 postmedial and one submarginal lunulate line; a marginal series 

 of spots. Hind wing black, with yellow streaks on median and 

 submedian nervures, or on the veins towards outer margin. 

 Underside more or less suffused with yellow. 



$ . Head and thorax white ; collar outlined with black ; thorax 

 marked with black ; the line behind the head and two spots on 

 thorax yellow ; abdomen yellow, with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots. Fore wing white, with the black markings broad and 

 more or less conjoined into blotches. Hind wing white, with a 

 broad marginal black baud, some specimens having white spots on 

 it at centre ; cilia white. 



