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with an oblique striga beyond it from costa to vein 8: a terminal series of 

 ill-defined lunules with the cilia beyond them white. Hindwing with the 

 termen angled at vein 6 and 2, rufous, the terminal half tinged with greyish 

 ochreous ; a medial line incurved at discal fold ; two less prominent minutely 

 waved postmedial lines incurved at discal fold : cilia white in the excisions ; 

 the underside suffused with whitish. 

 Habitat. — Assam, Khdsis. Exp. 50 mill. 



LYMANTRIADiE. 



979&. L^elia pulvata, n. sp. (Plate F., f. 29). 



$. Orange fulvous. Forewing with subterminal series of prominent black 

 spots, the spot above vein 6 slightly displaced outwards and those below veins 3 

 and 2 bent inwards parallel to inner margin. Hindwing paler. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Galboda (Mackwood). Exp. 52 mill. Type in B. M. 



1011a. Dasychiea dudgeoni, Swinh., A. M. X. H. (7), XIX, p. 203 (1907). 



£. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the metathorax with patch of 

 black scales with a metallic gloss ; tarsi whitish fringed with dark brown hair :: 

 abdomen pale, dorsally suffused with brown. Forewing dull brown, the inner 

 maroin and a patch beyond postmedial line in submedian interspace dull 

 ochreous ; sub-basal line black defined by ochreous on outerside, slightly waved, 

 from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinctly double, the inner line black 

 in submedian interspace, waved, with some black irroration before it, filled 

 in with greenish white and with greenish irroration beyond it except on inner 

 area ; a slight whitish lunule at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line blackish, 

 oblique from costa to vein 7, then dentate, very oblique and defined by ochreous 

 lunules on inner side below vein 5 ; a series of minute indistinct ochreous 

 dentate marks from costa to vein 3, bent inwards to costa, before the sub- 

 terminal series of slight dark lunules on faint ochreous spots. Hindwing 

 uniform dull grey-brown ; the underside ochreous whitish suffused with brown, 

 an indistinct curved postmedial line from costa to vein 5 and traces of a diffused 

 subterminal line. 



Habitat.— Sikhim. Exp. 40 mill. 



101 lb. Dasychera cymata, Swinh., A. M. N. H. (7), XIX, p. 204 (1907). 



ft. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; forelegs blackish 

 brown, the pectus behind and mid and hind legs paler ; abdomen reddish brown, 

 Forewing reddish brown suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black and 

 some grey ; a small sub-basal whitish spot defined by black scales below the 

 cell ; antemedial line rather indistinct, blackish, highly waved, with whitish 

 points before and beyond it in submedian fold ; a pale discoidal lunule defined 

 by black ; postmedial line blackish, excurved from just below costa to vein 4, 

 then waved ; traces of a pale waved subterminal line crossed by short black 

 streaks m the interspaces between veins 8 and 5. Hindwing uniform pale 

 greyish brown ; the underside brownish white with traces of a diffused curved, 

 brownish postmedial band. 



