HERACULA. LTMANTRIA. 



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with hair ; antennae minutely ciliated in female. Fore wing broad, 

 the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above 

 angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 being 

 given off near the apex. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from near 

 angle of cell ; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



1026. Heracula discivitta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 804, pi. 43, fig. 2 ; 

 C. $ S. no. 1063. 



Head, collar, and prothorax dark brown; meso-, metathorax, 



Fig. 314. — Heracula discivitta, 2 • j- 



and abdomen fulvous. Fore wing with a small basal dark brown 

 mark on the costa ; a large rounded basal fulvous patch with white 

 edge ; the medial area dark brown ; the outer area fulvous, irro- 

 rated with black scales and edged inwardly by a curved white line. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown ; a broad marginal fulvous band with 

 slightly waved inner edge. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. 



Genus LYMANTRIA. 



Lymantria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 160 (1818). 



Liparis, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iii, p. 186 (1810, prseocc). 



Porthetria, Hubn. Verz. p. 160 (1818). 



Enome, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 883 (1855). 



Nagunda, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 53 (1879). 



Barhona, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 55 (1879). 



Pegella, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1922 (1866). 



Type, L. monacha, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Japan, and throughout India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma ; Java ; Amboina ; Celebes. 



cJ . Palpi porrect and hairy ; antennae with the branches long. 

 Eore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from 

 below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 being given off further 



