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the postmedial double lines more regular ; hind wing with a dark 

 lunule at end of cell and dark marginal band. 



2 . Pale ochreous ; a dark mark at end of cell of fore wing. 



Larva pale brown, with short dorsal tufts of hair and long lateral 

 tufts ; a dark brown dorsal band, with pale lines down the centre 

 and on each side. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas. Exp. <S 32 millim. 



Sect. III. (Lymantria). Female with fully developed wings ; 

 hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



1030. Lymantria rhodina, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 366; C. fy S. no. 1016. 



S • Head and thorax black, with a crimson line behind the head ; 

 abdomen crimson above. Fore wing smoky black ; an indistinct 

 black spot near end of cell and lunule on discocellulars ; an indis- 

 tinct postmedial waved line ; cilia chequered brown and black. 

 Hind wing whitish ; the inner area tinged with crimson ; a 

 marginal fuscous band. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 40 millim. 



1031. Lymantria obsoleta, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 880; C. $■ S. no. 1014. 

 Lymantria bhascara, Moore, Lep. E. 1. Co. p. 845. 

 Lymantria vinacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 402. 

 Lvniantria albolunulata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 403 ; C.$ S. no. 999. 

 Lymantria sobrina, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 402, pi. 33, fig. 5. 



S • Differs from rhodina in being brown ; the abdomen slightly 

 tinged with crimson. Fore wing irrorated with dark scales ; 

 indistinct double lunulate antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines ; 

 a black lunule at end of cell, but no spot in the cell. Hind wing 

 pale brownish fuscous. 



5 . Abdomen crimson, with a dark line on vertex and series of 

 lateral black spots, the extremity brown ; hind wing with the inner 

 area suffused with crimson. 



The form albolunulata from the N."W. Himalayas has the fore 

 wing more irrorated with black ; the postmedial lines with whitish 

 lunules between them. A form from the Khasis has the ground- 

 colour of fore wing paler ; the hind wing nearly pure white, with 

 a fuscous lunule at end of cell and irregular submarginal band ; 

 the cilia of both wings chequered black and pinkish. 



In the form sobrina the lines of the fore wing are better defined ; 

 the hind wing with the inner margin tinged with pink ; female 

 with the abdomen yellowish. 



Hob. China; Formosa; throughout India and Ceylon. Exp., 

 6 42, $ 72 millim. 



