876 CATALOGUE OF 



spots, two in front, five in the middle, and two behind. Abdomen 

 with brown bands, and with a dorsal row of black spots, luteous 

 along each side and at the tip beneath ; under side and legs 

 brownish. Fore wings with some black dots towards the base and 

 in the disk, and along the exterior border, whitish towards the exte- 

 rior border, near which there is a row of angular brown marks ; the 

 fawn-coloured part emits into the whitish part long lanceolate 

 streaks, which are partly edged with black ; under side more dusky. 

 Hind wings whitish, more dusky towards the base and beneath, with 

 a submarginal row of brown cuneiform spots, and a marginal row of 

 brown dots. Length of the body 9 — 13 lines ; of the wings 28 — 34 

 lines. 



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

 c. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



9. Lymantria concolor. 



Foem. Alba; palpi, antennce, thoracis vitta dorsalis et pectus an- 

 tice nigra ; abdomen luteum, basi album, fasciis subtus nigris ; 

 pedes nigri fasciis albis ; alee anticce testaceo-albce, guttis basa- 

 libus, fasciisque tribus undulosis nigris, fascia 2a triplici ; 

 posticce fascia submarginali undulosa pallide fusca* 



Fern. White. Head luteous on each side behind. Palpi and 

 antennae black. Thorax with a black dorsal stripe. Pectus black 

 in front. Abdomen luteous, white at the base, with black bands 

 beneath. Legs black, with white bands. Fore wings testaceous- 

 white, with black dots near the base, and with three undulating 

 slender black bands; first nearly upright ; second oblique, double 

 or triple ; third submarginal. Hind wings with a pale brown undu- 

 lating submarginal band. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 33 lines. 



a, Sikkim Himalaya. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



10. Lymanteia superans. 



Foem. Albida; caput macula postica nigra,subtus nigrum ; palpi 

 antennceque nigra ; thorax macula antica nigra ; abdomen 

 subtestaceum, basi albidum, e maculis nigris bivittatum ; pedes 

 nigri, tibiis albo bifasciatis ; alee anticce fasciis tribus undu- 

 losis nigris, basi et apud marginem exteriorem nigro guttatce ; 

 posticce fascia gracili undulosa submarginali fusca. 



Female. Whitish. Head with a black spot on the hind bor- 

 der, black beneath. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with a black 



