344 CATALOGUE OF 



a. ? . Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Expo- 

 sition Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



819. LYMANTRIA ASjETRIA, Hiibner. 



Lymantria Asastria, Hubner, Samml. Exot. Schnett. II. 

 /. 1-4 (1806-27). Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. 

 Mm. ft. IV. p. 878 (1855). 



a. b. c. d. e. g. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Col- 

 lection. 



820. LYMANTRIA PRAMESTA, Moore (PL Y&.a } fig.Z, ?). 



Dasychira antica, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 

 pt.YILp. 1739 (1856). 



a. b. c. d. and pupa, $ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's 

 Collection. 



The larva and pupa of Lym. Pramesta are figured on Plate XV., 

 figs. 6, 6a, from Java. " Feeds on the Assem (Tamarindus indicus). 

 December. Very abundant on the leaves of the Tamarind." — 

 (Horsfield, MS.) 



Remark. — Lym. Pramesta may ultimately prove to be the female 

 of Lym. Ascetria, Hiibner. 



821. LYMANTRIA GANARA, Moore. 



Lymantria Ganara, n. sp. — Male, cream-white or fawn-colour : 

 fore-wing with four indistinct zigzag transverse brown lines, — the 

 first one-third from the base, the fourth parallel with the exterior 

 margin, the second and third medial ; two black dots at the base, and 

 dots along the costa and the exterior margin : hind-winy with an 

 indistinct submarginal brown band ; body fawn-colour, with row 

 of indistinct dorsal dots ; palpi black towards the base ; legs fawn- 

 colour, spotted with black above. Some specimens with all the 

 markings very indistinct. Expanse If in. 



a. b. c. d. £. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



BemarTc. — This species differs from Lym. Ascetria in having the 

 hind-wings more quadrate, by its pale body, and by the thorax being 

 without black dots. 



