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LIMACOLASIA; CERATONEMA. By Dr. M. Hering. 
entima. 
atmodes. 
rutila. 
neustria. 
dubiosa. 
ruficollaris. 
rciracta- 
ium. 
bilineatum. 
P. entima Trnr. Thorax grey, $ prothorax with a red-brown spot, <$ tegulae whitish-grey. Abdomen 
of blackish, of $ grey, with red-brown dorsal spots. Fore wing grey, sometimes with a purple tinge, the costal- 
marginal area of the broadly suffused with whitish. A fine straight oblique dark line from + of the inner 
margin to the costal margin beyond the centre does not always reach to the latter margin and is distally bordered 
with white. Hindwing purple grey. Expanse: 34—44 mm. Australia. 
P. atmodes Trnr. (= loxoleuca Trnr.) (87 c, 89 k). Body brown, with lustrous whitish patches, ab¬ 
dominal end orange. Fore wing purple brown, with an oblique broad, distally dentate, proximally black-edged 
silvery white band which is very fine and narrow in the + Distally to it, in the disc, there are 3 dark spots, 
the upper two black and confluent. Marginal area whitish-grey, parted by a dark dentate subterminal line. 
Hindwing red-brown. Expanse of wings: 25—30 mm. Australia. 
P. rutila Trnr. Body reddish-brown, antennae of pectinated to the ends. Fore wing reddish-brown, 
with a brownish-white costal-marginal stripe which, however, does not reach to the apex. Hindwing pale 
reddish-brown. Expanse of wings: 31 mm. Australia. 
P. neustria sp. n. (87 d). Antennae of $ not pectinated, the anterior angle of the cell of the forewing 
projecting, discocellular vein not forked, 10 slightly separated from the stalk of 7—9. The posterior angle of the 
cell projects little in the hinclwing, 6+7 from the same place, 8 anastomoses with the cell near the base. 
Ochreous, forewing with 2 rusty brownish median transverse bands, the marginal area also rusty brownish 
in the anterior part. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. New Guinea. $ type from the Weyland Mts. in the British 
Museum. — The species recalling certain forms of Malacosoma neustrium is doubtfully placed here, as the 
remained unknown. 
44. Genus: T^imacolasia gen.nov. 
I doubtfully range this genus under the family. Hindwing without frenulum, costal margin slightly 
produced at the base, but not so much as in the Lasiocampidae. 1 c is present in both wings. The genus is very 
similar to Lasiochara (p. 701) in the habitus and structure, but the latter genus is provided with a strong 
frenulum. Antenna of <$ long bipectinated in the basal half, bare in the upper half. Palpus hairy and short, 
hidden, appressed. Posterior tibiae with entirely stunted terminal spurs. Legs and abdomen densely haired. 
Eorewing: 1 c present, 2 arises a little before the centre of the cell, 7 is stalked with 8 + 9, the anterior part 
of the cell is removed towards the costal margin, for which reason the isolated veins 10 and 11 are nearer to 12. 
Discocellular vein plain. Hindwing: 8 bent forward at the extreme base, then immediately anastomosing with 
the anterior edge of the cell; posterior angle of cell strongly projecting, 6 + 7 stalked, discocellular vein plain. 
Type of genus: L. dubiosa Her. 
L. dubiosa sp. n. (87 c). Dark brownish-red, abdomen above and part of legs with blackish-violet hair. 
Wings rather scantily scaled, veins darker. A very indistinct shadowy transverse band across the cell-end to 
the tornus is rarely visible. Hindwing still more scantily scaled. Expanse of wings: 18 mm. Kwang-tung. 
<$ type from Lung-tao-shan (Berlin State Museum). Dr. Mell captured great numbers of the species from 
May 13th to 25th, later on only one other specimen on June 7th. The species thus seems to occur only during 
an extremely limited period. 
L. ruficollaris sp. n. (87 d) resembles dubiosa, but not only the head, but also the collar is orange. Wings 
much darker purple brown, with a distinct dark central dot and a concave costal margin of the forewing. 
Expanse of wings: 17 mm. Sikkim. $ type i n the Tring Museum. 
45. Genus: Ceratonema Hmps. 
Antennae of plain. Palpi upcurved, almost reaching to the vertex. Posterior tibia with 2 pair of 
spurs. Forewing: 8—10 stalked, 7 arises together with it from the same place, or separated, 11 is strongly bent 
towards 12, or almost straight. Hindwing: 6 and 7 separated, 8 connected with the anterior edge of the cell 
at Y‘S by a cross-vein. The species contains heterogeneous elements and will have to be subdivided later on. 
C. retractatum Wkr. (87 d). Ochreous, forewing with darker veins, an oblique brown straight median 
line, a curved postmedian line from vein 6 to the inner margin, a curved subapical line from the costal margin 
before the apex to the margin at vein 3. Hind wing pale yellow, with a brown longitudinal stripe near the inner 
margin. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. India. 
C. bilineatum sp. n. (87 d). Reddish ochreous, forewing more or less strewn with rusty brown scales. 
A brown straight oblique line extends from 4 / 5 of the costal margin to + of the inner margin, and a much finer 
similar one almost parallel to the margin extends to the tornus. Hindwing from ochre to grey. Expanse of 
wings: 15 mm. Kwang-tung, captured on the lantern by Dr. Mell in April and August, thus probably in 2 
generations. type from Sahm-gong, Wan-shan (Berlin State Museum). 
