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LYHANTRIID.E. 



980. Lselia umbrina, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 398 ; Butl. Ill, Het. vii, 



pi. 123, fig. 8. 



<$ . Differs from rubripennis in the head, thorax, fore wing, and 

 legs being dark reddish brown ; palpi ochreous ; abdomen and 

 hind wing dark fuscous brown. 

 Hah. Kulu. Exp. 39 millim. 



981. Lselia cardinalis, Hmpsn, 111. Het. ix, ined., pi. 158, figs. 29, 30. 



<3 • Differs from umbrina in the head, thorax, legs, and fore 

 wing being brilliant scarlet or bright red-brown ; hind wing black ; 

 abdomen black with a reddish tinge. 

 Hub. Ceylon. Exp. 32-38 millim. 



982. Lselia exclamationis, Koll, HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv,p. 469 ; Butl. III. 



Het. vii, pi. 138, fig. 6 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 782. 

 Lacida rotimdata, Wlk, Cat. iv, p. 802 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 110, figs. 4, 4a; C. $ S. no. 883. 

 Cycnia rubida, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 297 ; C. 8f S. no. 851. 

 Lymantria disjuncta, Wlk. Cat, xxxii, p. 36G. - 

 Repena cervina, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 800 ; C. 8f S. nos. 871, 1075. 



S . Bed-brown or pinkish brown ; fore wing irrorated with 

 black scales ; a black line on discocellulars, often extending round 

 the angle of cell to vein 2, the veins crossing it pale. 



2 rather paler and redder. 



Fig. oOo.—Lcslia exclamationis, $ . \. 



Larva brown, with tufts of long grey and brown hair ; dorsal 

 tuft of short brown hair on 3rd to 6th somites ; a subdorsal series 

 of very short orange tufts, three to each somite ; a iateral pale line. 



Hab. N."W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; throughout India and Ceylon. 

 Exp., d 36, 2 44 millim. 



983. Lselia testacea, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 683 ; C. § S. no. 885. 

 Pulomacra juvenis, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1099 ; C. Sf S. no. 1336. 

 Charnidas colon, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 56, pi. 140, figs. 3, 19. 

 Lselia uniforinis ( § ), Hmpsn, III. Het. viii, p. 56, pi. 140, fig. 2. 



S . Differs from exclamationis in having a blackish subapical 

 patch to fore wing. 



2 of an ochreous tinge instead of red. 



