78 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



the foie one -smaller than the hind one. Male. — Exterior spots 

 connected. Female. — Exterior spots separate. 



Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



Port Natal. 



Genus Lymantria, Hubn. 

 Lyma/itria melarhoda. 

 Mas. — Albida, subtus rosea, capite ihoraceque antico cervinis, 

 palpis roseis supra nigro-variis, antennis latiss nie pectinatis, 

 abdomine alisque posticis roseis, his fusco-unistrigatis, alarum 

 anticarum fasciis fuscis obliquis macularibus lunulatis. 



Male. — Whitish, thick, mostly rose-colour beneath. Head and 

 forepart of the thorax fawn-colour. Vertex rosy on each side. 

 Palpi rose-colour, partly black above. Antennae very broadly 

 pectinated, rosy at the base. Abdomen and hind- wings rosy, the 

 latter with a brown streak near the anterior angle. Fore-wings 

 with several oblique macular, mostly lunulate, more or less inter- 

 rupted, brown bands ; a rosy basal mark. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24- lines. 



This species has much resemblance to L. maculosa. 



Ceylon. 



Fam. NOTODONTID^. 



Genus NoTODONTA, Ochs. 



Nolodonta scilipennis. 



Fmm. — Schistaceo-cinerea, capite thoraceque posiico rufescen- 

 tibus, tegulis nigricante marginatis, alis anticis postice cer- 

 vinis, lineis duabus transversis dentatis rufescentibus, vittis 

 duabus basalibus unique exteriore dentata strigisque duabus 

 subapicalibus nigricante-rufis, lituris tribus discalibus cer- 

 vinis nigro-strigatis, margine interiore fasciculate, posticis 

 pallidioribus, lineis duabus indistinctis obscurioribus, angulo 

 interiore rufescente. 



Female. — Slaty cinereous. Head mostly reddish. Antennae 

 pale luteous. Palpi slender. Thorax reddish hindward, except- 

 ing the tegulse, which are blackish bordered. Legs most densely 

 clothed, especially the fore-pair, mostly reddish beneath. Fore- 

 wings fusiform, broadly fawn-coloured along the interior border, 

 which is tufted near the base ; tlie fawn-coloured space is tra- 

 versed by two dentate reddish lines, and is accompanied from the 

 base by two blackish red stripes, which are succeeded by a single 



