LYMANTEJA. — PHALEEA. 11 



Lymantria aurora. (Plate XXIV. fig. 5.) 



Lymantria aurora, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 403 (1877). 



$ . Primaries above greyish white, pink at the base, with two zigzag basal blackish lines, 

 the centre of the wing and outer border crossed by lunated dusky belts ; a grey spot in the cell 

 and a marginal series of blackish spots ; secondaries pale pink, brightest at abdominal margin, 

 a spot at the end of the cell and a submarginal band grey, margin spotted with black : thorax 

 white ; abdomen pink, with white anal segments ; margins of eyes, palpi, and legs rose-red ; 

 femora and tibise grey below ; tibiae and tarsi banded with black. Wings below greyish, 

 with pink margins and dusky marginal spots. Expanse of wings 3 inches 2 lines. 

 Yokohama (Jonas) . 



DASYCHIRA, Stephens. 



Dasychira lunulata. (Plate XXIV. fig. 8.) 

 Dasychira lunulata, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 403 (1877). 



<$ . Primaries silvery white, irrorated with black, crossed by two irregular blackish lines ; 

 a subconfluent series of submarginal blackish lunules : secondaries fuliginous grey ; a dusky 

 spot at the end of the cell, and two dusky stripes parallel to the outer margin ; outer border 

 white, with a marginal series of blackish spots : body white, thorax greyish ; abdomen with 

 dusky transverse belts ; antennas with ferruginous pectinations. Wings below sordid white, with 

 a black spot at the end of each discoidal cell ; a discal forked dusky stripe ; longitudinal sub- 

 costal and median streaks also dusky. Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



notodontim:. 



PHALEEA, Hiibner. 



Phalera sigmata. (Plate XXIV. fig. 9.) 

 Phalera sigmata, Butler, Ann. 4' Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 473 (1877). 



£ . Primaries above white, irrorated with black, brown, and yellow; a patch of raised 

 white scales closing the cell, and followed by an oblique lunulated brown line ; a discal series 

 of brown-edged, raised white spots, followed by an indistinct greyish belt ; a series of black 

 S-shaped markings along the outer margin : secondaries fuliginous brown, darker externally, and 

 ochraceous at abdominal margin : thorax white, mottled with blackish scales ; abdomen testa- 

 ceous, with whitish anal segments ; antennas ferruginous, with testaceous pectinations. Wings 

 below testaceous clouded with brown; body testaceous. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 



cJ , Yokohama (Jonas) • ? , Hakodate (Whitely). 



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