LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 879 



15. Lyman tria lunata ? 



Mas et foein. Fusca ; abdomen roseum ; alee anticce atomis fas- 

 ciisque e lunulis non bene determinatis obscurioribus ; posticce 

 supra basi rosece, macula subtus discali obscure fusca. Mas. — 

 Alee posticce cance, fascia submarginali pallide fusca. Fcem. — 

 Abdomen fasciis dorsalibus ventreque fuscis. 



Phalaena-Bombyx lunata? Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 154, pi: 369, f. c. 

 Porthetria lunatra ? Hubn. Verz. SchmetL (Phalcence Verm Leucomce 

 Undatce), 160, 1663. 



Amboina. 



Male and female. Brown. Abdomen rosy red. Fore wings 

 minutely flecked with darker brown, and with some more or less in- 

 distinct and irregular dark brown bands composed of lunules. 

 Hind wings rosy red above towards the base, with a discal darker 

 brown spot beneath. Male. — Hind wings hoary, with a submargi- 

 nal pale brown band. Female. — Abdomen brown beneath, and with 

 brown bands above. Length of the body 7 — 10 lines ; of the wings 

 18—25 lines. 



a. East Indies. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Var. p. Mas. Abdomen roseum, fasciis fuscis ; coxce rosea ; alee 

 anticce pallide cervince fusco conspersce fasciisque nonnullis 

 undulosis fascis ; posticce rosece marginibus latis fuscis. 



Male. Abdomen with a brown band on each segment. Coxae 

 mostly rosy. Fore wings pale fawn-colour, flecked with brown, and 

 with several slight undulating brown bands; third inferior vein more 

 than four times further from the fourth than from the second. 

 Hind wings rosy, with broad brown borders. Under side of each 

 of the four wings with a brown angular discal mark. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



Var. y. Mas. Fusca ; pectus et coxce ex parte fusco pilosa; abdo- 

 men ex parte rufescens, maculis dorsalibus nigris ; F alee pal- 

 tide cervince, anticce fusco conspersa fasciisque nonnullis 

 obliquis undulosis incompletis fuscis, posticce fusco late mar- 

 ginaice. 



Male. Brown. Pectus and coxae partly clothed with red 

 hairs. Abdomen partly reddish, with black dorsal spots? Wings 

 dull pale fawn-colour; each one on the under side with a brown 



