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LYMANTRIA.—-PEGELLA. 
Lymantria grandis. (Plate XCI. figs. 1 & 2.) 
@. Lymantria grandis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 874. n. 6 (1855). 
¢. Lymantria maculosa, Walker, U.c. p. 881. n. 18 (1855). 
$. Primaries white, with the veins and borders slightly tinted with pink; the basal sixth 
of costal margin carmine ; three series of spots across the basal area, three slightly curved series 
of more or less lunate spots beyond the middle, an interrupted submarginal series, and a 
marginal series of small spots, all dark brown: secondaries rose-pink, brighter on abdominal 
border, with a grey spot at the end of the cell and a grey submarginal stripe: thorax white, 
yellowish in front, spotted with black ; the palpi, margins of head, and a patch enclosing a 
black spot in the middle of the prothorax carmine; abdomen rose-pink, with blackish dorsal 
spots; anus white. Under surface pink: wings with costal borders and veins rose-red, the 
costa of primaries carmine: legs banded above with black, fringed with white hair below ; 
venter with two lateral series of black spots; anus tufted with white. Expanse of wings 
2 inches 3 lines. 
9. Primaries above white, with the edges of the veins and the borders slightly tinted 
with pink; base tufted with carmine and crossed by two black stripes ; other markings 
nearly as in the preceding species: secondaries rose-coloured, with a submarginal series of 
subconfluent lunated spots and a marginal series of small spots grey: thorax white, cream- 
coloured in front: head in front black, with red margins, behind rose-coloured; antenne 
with a red basal tuft, otherwise black ; collar with two central black spots; prothorax with a 
black spot in the centre of a red patch; two more black spots at the sides; a black spot on 
each tegula: abdomen rose-red, with the anal segments white. Wings below white, washed 
with pink; the veins rose-coloured: primaries with the base, costal margin, and fringe bright 
red; the markings of the upper surface indistinct, those on the costal border obsolete: secon- 
daries with the abdominal area bright rose-pink ; the veims and fringe also rose-pink, the 
latter interrupted as in the primaries by blackish marginal spots ; a blackish lunated submar- 
ginal stripe and a spot of the same colour on the discocellulars : pectus rose-red, the legs 
banded with blackish; venter sordid white, with two series of large black spots; basal 
segments tinted with rose-colour. Expanse of wings 4 inches 4 lines. 
Darjiling (Lidderdale) ; Ceylon (Wenham). 
The locality mentioned by Walker for L. maculosa is incorrect. 
PEGELLA, Moore. 
Pegella lineata. (Plate XCI. fig. 3.) 
6. Lymantria lineata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 875. n. 7 (1855), 
White: primaries crossed at basal fourth by an irregular angulated black line; two 
indistinct parallel dentate-sinuate brown discal lines ; an incomplete marginal series of black 
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