100 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



of black spots, tuft white ; antennse brown, shaft white ; palpi in front, sides of 

 head, basal joint of antennae, and two spots on middle of thorax red; legs white, 

 with red bands, forelegs with black and red bands. Female : forewing ochreous- 

 white, with black and red basal spots and a narrow waved band, a transverse brown 

 antemedial interrupted band dilated on the costa, and a broad angular sinuous- 

 bordered postmedial band, and a submarginal series of broad dentate marks ; a 

 marginal row of small black spots ; costal edge and ciha pinkish-red : hindwing 

 brighter red than in male, with a submarginal narrow brown lunular complete band, 

 cilial spots, and a spot at end of the cell. Body as in male, with slight dorsal basal 

 brown bands, apex brownish. 



Expanse, $ 2^, ? 41 inches. 



Larva brownish-black ; fifth to last segment each with two dorsal black hairy 

 tubercles, the anterior segments with short dorsal tufts ; a lateral row of pale 

 centred tubercles, from which radiate tufts of black hairs, one tuft on each segment ; 

 two long tufts of black hairs projected in front of the head and six tufts from anal 

 end. Pupa dark brown, with lateral and dorsal tubercular tufts. 



" Feeds on Care^a ar6o7-ea, &c." (Thwaites.) 



LYMANTRIA OBSOLETA. 



Lymantria obsoleta, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 880 (1855), $ . 



Lymantria lunulata, var. (i, Walker, id. iv. p. 879, ? . 



Lymantria Bhascara, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. p. 345 (1858), q. 



Male : forewing greyish ochreous-brown or pinkish-brown, numerously speckled 

 with dark brown ; crossed by two ill-defined antemedial and a postmedial black- 

 speckled zigzag band, a submarginal grey-centred lunular band, and marginal spots 

 which also cross the cilia ; a black angular streak at end of the cell : hindwing pale 

 greyish-ochreous, with a faint brownish marginal band. Body greyish-brown, 

 abdomen reddish at the tip ; palpi, antennae, and legs greyish-brown. Female : fore- 

 wing darker, the black-speckled bands more irregular, the angular streak at end of the 

 cell distinct : hindwing pale crimson, with a broad brown band. Cilia pale pinkish- 

 brown, with blackish spots. Thorax brown, abdomen crimson, with brown bands. 



Expanse If to 2 inches. 



The following insect, described by Mr. Nietner, probably belongs to the Liparidae. 

 The description given is too vague for identification. 



TRICHIA EXIGUA. 



Trichia exigua, Nietner, Observations on the Enemies of the Coffee Tree in Ceylon, p. 20 (1861). 



" Forewings yellowish-grey, with some yellow spots : hindwings yellowish. 

 " Expanse 1 inch. 



