LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 881 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head slightly rosy about the eyes and 

 beneath. Pectus, abdomen and legs with a slight rosy tinge. Ab- 

 domen with a slender brown dorsal stripe. Fore wings with many 

 brown flecks, some of which are nearly contiguous, and form slight 

 zigzag oblique bands. Hind wings whitish ; veins brownish towards 

 the borders. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



Australia. 



A. Alae anticae albae. ----- maculosa, Walk. 



B. Alae antics? cervinae. ----- antennata, Walk. 



18. Lymantria maculosa. 



Mas. Alba; caput apud oculos palpique rosea; antenna ramis 

 fuscis ; thorax fascia antica rosea maculisque novem nigris ; 

 abdomen rufum vitta dorsali alba nigro maculata, subtus 

 e maculis nigris bivittatum ; pedes fusco roseoque varii ; alee 

 anticce e maculis fuscis quadrifasciatce ; posticce rosece macula 

 discali fasciaque submarginali fuscis. 



Male. White. Head about the eyes and palpi rosy. Antennae 

 with brown branches. Thorax with a rosy band in front, and with 

 nine black spots, five in the disk, one on each side and two behind. 

 Abdomen red, with a white dorsal stripe which contains black spots ; 

 under side with two rows of black spots. Legs varied with brown 

 and rosy-colour. Fore wings with brown spots, which are mostly 

 arranged in four incomplete and diffuse bauds ; under side with 

 a brown discal spot. Hind wings rosy, with a slight brown submar- 

 ginal band, and with a brown discal spot, w 7 hich is most apparent be- 

 neath. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. New South Wales. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 



19. Lymantria antennata. 



Mas. Cervina ; antennce latissime pectinates ; thorax antice 

 roseus ; abdomen roseum, e maculis nigris trivittatum ; coxce 

 et femora rosea ; alee anticce fasciis obliquis incompletis macu- 

 lisque nigris, macula subtus basali rosea ; posticce fusco mar- 

 ginatce, apud marginem interiorem rosece. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae very deeply pectinated. Tho- 

 rax rosy along the fore border. Abdomen rosy, with three 

 stripes of black spots. Coxae and femora rosy. Fore wings hardly 



