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A new LaslocamjCiid Defoliator. 



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A NEW LASIOCAMPID DEFOLIATOR. 

 By F. Moore. 

 Spalyria minor. (') n. sp. 

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



medial and a discal faintly indicated 

 slender dusky band, both of which are 

 parallel with the outer maro-in, the 

 outer band being- incurved at its ante- 

 rior end, and the inner band bent 

 inward and slig-htly waved. IJind- 

 wing crossed by two similar slender 

 bands, both parallel with the outer 

 margin and incurved, inner band slightly waved. 



Underside somewlint darker ocbreous, 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 ; antennae 

 pale ochreous ; the shaft paler ; 

 eves black. 



I'tmaii .— W lugs iuiigei- iuiu uanower than in male. Upperside uni- 

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

 dusky 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. Pody darker purpurescent ochre- 

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

 somewhat paler; both wings with the transverse slender bands less 

 apparent. Antennae dark ochreous-brown. 



Expanse — (^If, ? l|inch. 



Habitat — Burma 



F'eeds on herbage. 



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

 a note ou the subject, see page 20 of No. 1 of this volume. The tvpes here described consist of 

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

 feoiale is to be found in the Phayre Museum, Eans?oon— Ed. 



