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MANTALA; LITHOSIA, By Dr. M. Draudt. 
tineoides. 
barbata. 
fasciculosa. 
lortricoides. 
tumida. 
120. Genus: jflautala Wkr. 
Proboscis well developed; palpi porrect, with a long terminal joint. Male antennae in the basal half 
broad, flattened and serrate, with long bristly ciliae; abdomen roughly haired. Forewing short and broad with 
a very convex costal margin, particularly in the $ exhibiting hairy spots on the under surface at the cell-end 
and in the distal half of the proximal margin. The 1st median and 3rd radial rise on a long footstalk, the 2nd 
radial is absent; the 1st comes from below the upper cell-angle; the 4 lower subcostal veins are petioled, only 
the uppermost rises separately from the cell. On the hindwing the 1st median and 3rd radial as well as the 
subcostal with the 1st radial are petioled, the middle radial is absent. Only one species is known. 
M. tineoides Wkr. (15 d) has reddish yellowish-brown forewings with a black spot in the middle of 
the costal margin, from where an indistinct dark line runs to the proximal margin; besides an indistinct, dark 
antemarginal line. Hindwing light brownish-yellow, at the margin darker, Borneo. 
121. Genus; l^itliosia F. ( Eilema, Ilema etc.) 
This genus having of late mostly been denominated ,,Ilema“, in conformity with the whole of the older 
literature, as has already been stated in the II. Volume (p. 65) of the Macrolepidoptera and in contrast with 
some modern works using partly the name Eilema partly Ilevna, has been maintained, since also by far most of 
the species have (according to Hubner) been noted as .,Lithosia u . It contains, however, also numerous genera 
of Walker, such as Corcura, Cossa, Ityca, Manulea , Teulisna etc.; those of Moore such as Capissa, Dolgoma, 
CollitaGandhara, Katha, Macotasa etc.; moreover also genera of Felder, Hampson and others. The clearness 
of arrangement will be facilitated, if we adhere to the old denomination without substantiating the alterations 
of the names. For further particulars see Vol. II, p. 65, 
Proboscis strong, palpi short, porrect, the middle joint beneath hairy; forehead rounded; antennae 
with bristly ciliae; tibiae with short spurs; abdomen roughly haired. Forewing long and narrow, costal margin 
bent towards the apex, distal margin short; the 1st median and 3rd radial usually rise on a long footstalk, more 
rarely on a short one or from the cell; the middle radial vein is absent; the rise of the upper radial changes 
from below the upper cell-angle to the petiolation with the lowest subcostal vein; an accessory cell is present 
or absent. On the hindwing the 1st median and 3rd radial, and usually also the subcostal and 1st radial are 
petioled, the latter may also coalesce. The middle radial vein is absent . •—- The genus contains a great number 
of exteriorly rather similar animals with long, narrow forewings and broad, round hindwings of mostly whitish, 
yellow, or brownish-grey colouring. During day-time they rest, with their wings rolled together, on trunks 
or in the bushes, out of which they may be beaten. The larvae are partly mottled, with mostly short hair-tufts 
resting on knob-shaped tubercles; they live on lichens and pupate in loose webs on the soil, between leaves etc. 
L. barbata Hmps. is in the distinguished by serrate antennae with long ciliary tufts. The narrow 
forewing shows an accessory cell and is above in the cell covered with thick scales. The transverse vein runs 
very obliquely and the lower radial and upper median vein are very much curved downward. Head and thorax 
are orange, the abdomen more yellowish-grey. Forewings orange-yellow, the scaly brush of a deeper orange. 
Above the cell-end at the costal margin a small brownish spot. Hindwings light yellow. Expanse of wings: 
20 mm. Philippines (Luzon). 
L. fasciculosa Wkr. is on its head and thorax brownish-orange, forehead, palpi, antennae and legs 
are blackish, the abdomen orange. Forewing brownish-orange, beneath with dense hair on the median and on 
the submedian fold. Hindwings light yellow, at the proximal margin very thickly haired orange. Borneo, Java. 
L. tortricoides Wkr. (= biplagella Btlr.) (14 e). Forewing brownish-grey with a yellowish costal 
margin and black-striped veins; a triangular black costal spot. 1st median is strongly curved downward and 
is near the margin fused with the 2nd; the discocellular is extremely narrow. Hindwings yellowish, at the borders 
brownish. Nilgiris; Borneo; Java; Bali. 
L. tumida Wkr. ( = basistriga Moore) (14 g) has, like the two following species, a protuberance in. 
the middle of the costal margin; the forewings are greyish-brown, at the base of the costal margin whitish, 
before the protuberance with a small black spot, at the cell-end a round, black spot; postmedian traces of a 
brownish transverse line. Hindwings light yellow, towards the margin darkened. The $ has at the lower cell-end 
only a fine black clot, the proximal margin being blackened as far as beyond the middle; the hindwings are 
darker, Sikkim; Ceylon; Malacca; Borneo, Java. The larva is quite black, with short hair, and lives on mosses'*. 
