LITHOSIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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L. testacea Rothsch. Antennae sooty brown; head and thorax blackish-grey, collar dirty reddish- testacea. 
yellow; abdomen dirty greyish-reddish. Forewings buff, hindwings orange-reddish. Length of forewings: 
17 mm. Treasury Islands, Salomons. — subsp. louisiadensis Rothsch. is larger and of a duller colouring, the louiaiaden- 
hindwings very much powdered with grey. Length of forewings: 19 mm. Louisiades (St. Aignan). 
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L. testaceoflava Rothsch. The is quite unicolorously orange-reddish, abdomen and hindlegs a little testaceofla- 
lighter; the $ is more reddish-yellow, on the forewing on and below the inner-marginal vein darker. Length of va 
forewings: <$ 13% mm, $ 15 mm. Kumusi River, North East British New Guinea (June). 
L. nivea B.-Bak. has a white body and wings; costal margin fine dark; beneath the costal-marginal nivea. 
area is dark grey, and all the veins are marked dark. Expanse of wings: 23 mm. Dinawa, in September. 
L. niveata Rothsch. Antennae whitish-brown, head grey, thorax and abdomen greyish-wliite. Fore- niveata. 
wings snow-white with a satiny lustre, the convex costal margin yellow. Hindwings semi-diaphanous white. 
Length of forewings: 18 mm. Angabunga River, a tributary of St. Joseph’s River (British New Guinea). 
L. aurantioflava Rothsch. Antennae pale brown. Head and thorax orange-reddish; abdomen yellowish- aurantiofla- 
grey, laterally and at the end yellow. Forewing orange-buff; hindwings semi-diaphanous reddish-yellow. va ' 
Length of forewings: 15 mm. Tambora, Sumbawa. 
L. Hgneofusca Rothsch. Head and collar orange; thorax and abdomen wood-coloured grey. Forewing ligneofusca. 
pale wood-coloured brown, hindwing Isabel-coloured. Length of forewings: 15 mm. Astrolabe Bay, German 
New Guinea. 
L. costistrigata B.-Bak. Head and collar ochreous-yellow, thorax grey; abdomen above grey, laterally costistriga- 
and beneath ochreous-yellow. Forewing unicolorously grey, costa fine pale ochreous-yellow; hindwings dia- ta ’ 
phanous light ochreous-yellow; the $ has more intense colours. Expanse of wings: 31 to 34 mm. Ekeikei and 
on the Aroa River, August and September. 
L. nebulosa Wkr. Body and wings orange-yellow, abdomen towards the base more grey. Forewing nebulosa. 
with a faded, dark post median line distally flawed in an acute angle between the 1st median and 3rd radial; 
the veins in the marginal area are striped dark; hindwings light yellow. Borneo. 
L. repleta Lucas (14k) is orange-yellow, antennae brownish; abdomen towards the base lighter, repleta. 
Hindwings very thickly scaled, the costal margin of the hindwing is paler. Queensland. 
L. auriflua Moore { — dorsalis Moore , sthenoptera Hynps.) (14 k) differs from the preceding by its auriflua. 
paler straw-coloured, more thinly scaled wings; antennae blackish-brown, except the base. Bengal, Assam, 
Sikkim. 
L. arizana Wil. is allied to deplana Esp. (Vol. II, t. 12 g). forewing light whitish-brown with arizana. 
a faint grey tint on being exposed to a certain light; costa towards the apex tinted ochreous. Hindwing lighter 
and tinted faintly yellow. Under surface suffused with brown, at the costa narrowly ochreous. <$ coloured 
lighter, the hindwings whiter. <$ 38 mm, $ 40 mm. September, Formosa. 
L. vagesa Moore. Ends of palpi blackish, antennae and legs black. Wings orange-yellow; the forewing vagesa. ■ 
exhibits, below the median from the base to the cell-end, a furrow, below and above which there are reddish 
yellowish-grey scent-scale stripes. In the disc of the hindwing we notice a very large, reddish-yellow scent- 
scale spot. Sikkim and Assam. —- subsp. innotata Btlr. (— flavens Moore) (14k) from Cashmir, Nepal and innotata. 
Burma has orange-yellow legs curled black, and the form of it: — auriflava Moore is of a deeper orange-brownish auriflava. 
colouring. 
L. oblitterans Fldr. (= angulifera Fldr., undulata Beyl., brevipennis Hmps.) (15 a) is yellowish- oblitterans. 
brown with a grey abdomen, being yellow at its end; forewing with a faded, curved, dark postmedian transverse 
line; hindwings light yellow. From India to Sikkim; Ceylon; Java. In the Ceylon form the $ has darker, more 
purple grey forewings. The species is also found in East Africa. The larva is light grey with a dark yellow dorsal 
line, with long black hair, behind the head on each side with a long hair-pencil. 
L. conformis Wkr. (= nigrifrons Moore, laevis Btlr.) (Vol. II, t. 13 c). This species reaching the conformis. 
palearctic region in Japan and in the North West Himalaya occurs also in Sikkim and Bhutan. The forewing 
is reddish-white, in the marginal area orange-yellow. Hindwing whitish, at the margin yellow. The $ has 
broader and more yellow wings, a black ventral side. 
