464 



LYMANTRIIDjE. 



Hob. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Java. Exp., <$ 54, 

 $ 68 millim. 



1037. Lymantria grisea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 55, pi. iii, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. 



no. 1009. 



3 . Head and thorax pale brown ; abdomen whitish. Tore 

 wing pale brown, with numerous indistinct dark lunulate lines, 

 the most distinct being two irregular submarginal lines with white 

 lunules between them ; a dark mark on discocellulars. Hind wing 

 yellowish white, with an indistinct marginal fuscous band. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 42 millim. 



1038. Lymantria mathura, Moore, P. Z. s. 1865, p. 805 ; C. 8? S. 



no. 1026. 

 Lymantria aurora, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx, p. 403. 



S . Differs from beatrioc in the black spots on vertex of abdomen 

 being small ; the ground-colour of fore wing paler ; the hind wing 



Pig. 315. — Lymantria mathura. \. 



orange, with a black spot at end of cell and conjoined series of 

 submarginal spots forming a curved band ; some spots on centre 

 of outer margin. 



2 . Head and thorax white ; frons fuscous ; two black spots each 

 on collar, meso- and metathorax ; palpi, antennal tuff, and two spots 

 on mesothorax crimson ; abdomen crimson, with small black spots 



