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A new Laslocampid Defoliator 



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A NEW LASIOCAMPID DEFOLIATOR. 



By F. Moore. 

 Sjpalyria minor. ( ! ) n. sp. 



Male.— -Upperside very pale ochreous-yellow. Fore. wing crossed by a 



medi.il and a discal faintly indicated 

 slender dusky band, botb of wbich are 

 parallel with the outer margin, the 

 outer band being incurved at its ante- 

 rior end, and the inner band bent 

 inward and slightly waved. Hind- 

 wing crossed by two similar slender 



f .__ ,.._. — : * — __ — ___J bands, both parallel with the outer 



margin and incurved, inner band slightly waved. 



Underside somewhat darker ochreous, both wings crossed by two less 



apparent slender bands, as on the 

 upperside. Front of head, palpi, 

 and legs above brighter ochreous; 

 pectus brownish ochreous; body 

 above pale ochreous; abdomen 

 beneath a little darker ; antennas 

 pale ochreous; the shaft paler; 

 eves black. 



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female.— Wmgs louder and narrower than in male. Upperside uni- 

 formly purpurescent ochreous-brown. Fore-wing crossed by two similar 

 dufeky bands, which are somewhat broader and darker than in male, the 

 inner band passing through a darker spot at end of the cell. Hind-wing 

 with two similar bands, which are straighter in their course across the 

 wing. Cilia edged with pale cinereous. Body darker purpurescent ochre- 

 ous-brown ; front of head, pectus, and legs brighter coloured. Underside 

 somewhat paler; bofh wings with the transverse slender lands less 

 apparent. Antennae dark ochreous-brown. 



Expanse — ^lf) ? 1 finch. 



Habitat — Burma 



Feeds on herbage. 



1 The caterpillars of this insect are said to have proved injurious in Shweho, Burma. For 

 a note on the subject, see page 20 of No. I of this volume. The types here described consist of 

 a single pair of specimens; of these the male is preserved in the Indian Museum, and the 

 female is to be found in the Phayre Museum, Rangoon— Ed. 



