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LYMANTRIA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
marginata. S. marginata Auriv. from Manila is closely allied to S. denudata Wkr. — White, head yellowish, palpi 
and legs of a brighter yellow. Wings semihyaline, whitish, margin broad dark, but with whitish veins; forewing 
with a dark band growing broader towards the apex, from the base to the apex. Expanse of wings: 64 to 74 mm. 
karoli. S. karoli Semp. (39 e) from -North East Luzon and East Mindanao, flying in July and August, is 
closely allied to S. denudata Wkr. (= Kettelia lowii Btlr.) from Borneo, but in the hindwing no brownish macular 
band extends from the costal margin to the anal angle, whereas the brown marginal band is broader than in 
denudata. At the apex of the forewing the brownish dusting extends as far as the discal cell and fills up its 
anterior half. Length of wings: $ 30 to 33, $ 33 to 38 mm. 
eleuterioides. S. (?) eleuterioides Setup. Body, legs, and bases of wings yellowish, the wings otherwise whitish, fore¬ 
wing with a grey marginal band extending to the cell and growing narrower behind, and grey-dusted veins. 
Wings particularly in the $ somewhat diaphanous. Length of wings: $ 23 to 25, $ 28 mm. North East Luzon, 
in June and July. 
30. Genus: l^ymaiitria Hbn. 
To this genus, of which we find particulars in Vol. II, p. 126, belong 68 forms from the Indo-Australian 
region. As in the palearctic region the well-known Lym. monacha is enumerated as one of the most dangerous 
foes to forestry owing to its multiplying so rapidly, so some Indian species also belong to the most common 
lepidoptera of their patria. The species combined here under the name of Lymantria, have been placed by 
other authors into different genera, such as Enome and Pegella Wkr ., Nagunda and Barhona Moore, Psilura 
Steph. etc. 
nudala. L. {Enome) nudala spec. nov. (39 g). One $ ex coll. Seitz, unfortunately without the patria being 
stated. All the wings scantily scaled, particularly so in the disc of the hindwing. Forewing dirty whitish-grey 
with a yellowish hue, the veins dusted brownish (most distinctly so on the disocellular) and with a similarly 
coloured distal-marginal band of about 5 mm width, which, however, at least in the areas 2, 3 and 4, encloses 
a marginal band cut by the dark veins. Hindwing with a brownish marginal band in the dorsal area, 
otherwise of the light ground-colouring of the forewing, which besides covers the whole under surface of both 
wings. The whole body with rather long and bright yellow hair, the under surface, however, whitish-yellow. 
Head and palpi likewise of a bright yellow. Antennae blackish with one white longitudinal line on each side 
of the shaft. The large eyes jet-black, with a lighter reticulation. Expanse of wings: 39 mm. Length of wings: 
20 mm. 
similis. L. similis Moore ($ = cara Btlr.) (40 e). Forewing of the G greyish-white with narrow black zigzag 
lines, basal and marginal spots and small spots in the cell. Head and thorax white, the latter spotted black. 
Abdomen reddish with black bands. Palpi black on the sides. Legs spotted black. Antennae brown with a 
white shaft. Under surface light ochreous-brown with black spots on the distal margin and costal margin, and 
indistinct transverse bands. Allied to L. monacha and superans, but the markings of the forewings narrower, 
hindwings broader and without a marginal band; discernible from L. asoetria Hbn. (41 b) by the tegulae not 
being spotted black. $ (= cara Btlr.) shows the undulate lines of the fore wings extinct, the black costal-marginal 
and inner-marginal spots large, the three first spots of the costal margin cut the cell, a diffuse spot in the 
middle of the distal margin. Hindwing whitish with a dark submarginal band and marginal spots. Abdomen 
of the $ red with black dorsal spots- and a yellow apex. A southern form occurring in Borneo and Sumatra 
niasica. and widely distributed in India; it is doubtful whether it belongs to the palearctic region. — niasica form, 
nov. (40 e). One $ from Nias (Coll. Seitz), certainly very closely allied to L. similis (40 c), but it deviates 
from the figure of this species named L. cara in: Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. V, table 90, fig. 13, by the following: the 
black markings of the forewings jet-black, a small spot in the cell, the discocellular spot is more sharply 
marked, not interrupted midway and not double, between the basal transverse streak and the semicircular 
figure of the posterior margin there are in an oblique transverse row two spots, three black subapical spots, 
of which in cara only the anterior is present, of the middle spot only traces, the posterior spot being absent 
altogether, three black spots in or close at the anal angle, the anterior marginal spots larger. Hindwing with 
a dark grey marginal band of 5 mm width and more sharply marked, white and black spots on the fringes. 
The somewhat compressed abdomen seems to be ochreous-yellow and only behind provided with black 
dorsal spots; ventrum yellow with black transverse bands. Both wings beneath hued dark brownish-grey and 
with white marginal spots, the forewing besides with white costal-marginal spots; the ground-colour is lightest 
in the dorsal area of the forewing and as a spot in the posterior third of the marginal area of the forewing. 
Expanse of wings: 72 mm. Probably not specifically different from sitnilis. 
