LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 875 



brown band, which is accompanied by brown marginal spots. 

 Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 44 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rer. J. Wenhain's collection. 



7. Lymantria lineata. 



Mas. Alba ; tibia anteriores nigro maculates ; tarsi nigrieantes; 

 alee anticce fascia basim versus gracili angulari nigra fasciisque 

 nonnullis obliquis undulosis pallide fuscis. 



Male. White. Anterior tibiae with black spots. Tarsi blackish. 

 Fore wings with a slender angular black band at one-fourth of the 

 length, and with some slight oblique undulating very pale brown 

 bands beyond the discal areolet. Length of the body 11 lines; of 

 the wings 34 lines. 



a, b. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Female? White. Palpi and antennae black. Abdomen rosy 

 red, whitish at the tip. Legs black ; coxae and femora with red 

 stripes ; tibiae fringed with white hairs. Wings with brown dots 

 along the borders. Fore wings with three brown bands ; first very 

 near the base; second nearly upright, before one-fourth of the 

 length; third beyond the middle, oblique. Length of the body 

 8—12 lines ; of the wings 32 — 36 lines. 



Var. j8. Fore wings with a brown dot on the discal areolet ; 

 third band dilated towards the hind border ; a brown subapical spot 

 on the costa. 



a. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. East Indies. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



8. Lymantria munda. 



Mas et foem. Pallidissime cervina ; caput antice fuscum, macula 

 postica nigra ; palpi nigri ; antenna basi pallide luteee, ramis 

 nigris ; thorax e maculis nigris trifasciatus ; abdomen fasciis 

 fuscis maculisque dorsalibus nigris, subtus fuscescens, lateribus 

 apiceque subtus luteis ; pedes fusees centes ; alee anticee guttis 

 nigris liturisque submarginalibus fuscis, marginem exteriorem 

 versus albidee strigis lanceolatis cervinis nigro ex parte margi- 

 natis ; posticee albidee, maculis cuneatis marginalibus, 



Male and f em. Very pale fawn-colour. Head brown in front, 

 and with a black spot behind. Palpi black. Antennae pale luteous 

 at the base ; branches black. Thorax with three bands of black 



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