408 



LASIOCAMPIDJE. 



The distance between the lines on the inner margin of the fore 

 wing varies much. 



% 



Fig. 282. — Lebeda nohilis, tf , 



Eab. N."W. and E. Himalayas ; Sylhet : Nagas. Exp., 6 96- 

 120, 2 138-148 mdhm. 



Genus METANASTRIA. 



Metanastria, Eubn. Verz. p. 186 (1818). 

 Eutricha, Eubn. Verz. p. 188 (1818). 

 CEona, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1417 (1855). 

 Chatra, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 80 (1879). 



Type, M. hyrtaca, Cram. 



Range. Europe ; Japan ; China ; S. Africa ; throughout India, 

 Ceylon, and Burma ; Java ; Borneo. 



Palpi loDg and broad. Antennae with the branches gradually 

 decreasing to apex in male, short throughout in female. Mid and 

 hind tibia? with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Eore wing broad ; 

 vein 1 c present ; 6 and 7, or 6, 7, 8, stalked ; the stalk of veins 9 

 and 10 long. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked or from cell ; 

 8 almost touching 7 ; slight accessory costal veinlets. 



Sect. I. Eore wing with vein 8 from the angle of cell in 

 both sexes. 



A. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked. 



905. Metanastria aconyta, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 131 a ; C. $ S. 

 no. 1457. 

 Lebeda opponens, lllk. Cat. vi, p. 1462 ; C. 8f S. no. 1466. 

 Bombyx quadricincta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 111. 

 Lasiocanipa trifascia, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1439. 

 Lasiocampa substrigosa, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1441. 

 Lasiocanipa subparallela, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 562 ; C. fy 8. no. 1490. 



(S . Pale reddish brown. Eore wing with two antemedial lines 



