74 LASIOCAMPID^. — LYMANTEIID^. 



Estigena purpurascens *. (Plate CLX. fig. 10.) 



Expanse S 2 inclies. 



Male. Autennje ochreous ; head and thorax dark purplish red. Fore wing purplish red, 

 with a dark red spot at end of cell, and an obscure dark line from the apex to centre of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with the apical area purplish red; the remainder of the wing and 

 abdomen pale purplish pink. 



LYMANTRIIDiE. 



Aroa maxima. (Plate CLIX. fig. 9.) 



Expanse (J 2 inches. 



Male. Fore wing dark fuscous, irrorated with lighter bro^^ n scales ; a pale speck beyond 

 the end of cell, and traces of a waved inwardly-oblique line from near apex to inner margin ; 

 cilia chequered brown and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, with a greyish suffusion ; a pro- 

 minent dirty white streak from near base of cell to halfway between it and outer margin ; 

 cilia greyish. Underside sufl'uscd with grey, except costal and apical areas ; a black spot at 

 end of cell of each wing. Autero-lateral part of shaft of antenuie grey. 



Aroa major. (Plate CLIX. figs. 3, 5.) 

 Expanse, (J If, ? 2 inches. 



Differs from A. plana in both se.xes being half an inch more in expanse. 



The two species are found together tlu-oughout the year, but Mr. Green states that he 

 has bred both, and the larva; are different and the species certainly distinct. 



Aroa subnotata, IVlk. (Plate CLIX. fig. 1.) 

 Lacida subnotata, Wlk. Cat. iv. p. 803. 



Expanse c? ly^ inch. 



Male. Dark red-brown. Fore wing with an ochreous patch at end of cell, with a black 

 speck on it ; an iudistinct submarginal series of specks. Hind wing with a reddish-ochreous 

 fascia from the origin of vein 2 to the outer margin. Underside with large ochreous patches 

 on disk of fore wing and disk and inner area of hind wing. 



Lalia cardinalis. (Plate CLVIII. figs. 29, 30.) 



Expanse cj 1^ inch. 



Male. Antenna;, head, thorax, and fore wing varying in tone from brilliant scarlet to 



* This should bo placed in Odoncstis, and it is probably tho male of 0. divisa, Moore. 



