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LYMANTRIA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
m leans. 
furvci. 
dispar. 
fumida. 
incerta. 
deter sa. 
costalis. 
grandis. 
subrosea. 
lepcha. 
postfusca. 
plumbalis. 
micans Fldr. are likewise only forms allied to this species. — The larva is brown with tufts of brown and black 
hair; on the dorsum it is speckled with black, and on the 2nd ring there is a conspicuous spot. 
L. furva Leech, from Japan and West China was figured in Vol. II, t. 21 b, but not described. The 
S is brownish-black, in the forewing, parallel to the proximal margin, with a longitudinal row of black 
spots from the base almost to the anal angle; around and behind this row whitish dusting. Also some subapical 
blackish diffuse spots. The $ is lighter and with more distinct markings, with a distinct [lighter ?] basal band, 
behind which a blackish shade extends from the costal margin to the middle of the wing. Expanse of wings: 
S 26 to 35, $ 30 to 40 mm. 
L. dispar L. Of this species the form fumida Btlr., resembling the (larger) japonica Motsch and described 
in Vol. II, p. 127, occurs also in Formosa. 
L. ( Enome) incerta Wkr. (= arjama Moore ?). S'- auburn, with a red line behind the head, red abdo¬ 
minal bands and red spots on the legs. Forewing greyish-brown, a black subbasal line with some spots behind 
it, one antemedian and one postmedian undulate line and a postmedian band darker. Hind wing brown with 
an indistinct postmedian line and an oblong spot in the anal angle. Fringes of all the wings spotted black. 
S 36 to 54 mm. — $ with entirely stunted wings, sacciform, abdomen blackish, head, thorax and wings white. 
— defersa Wkr. (47 d) is small (36 mm) and lighter; hindwing without a dark spot in the anal angle; abdo¬ 
men without red transverse bands. —- costalis Wkr. has two red longitudinal spots on the costal margin and 
one or more of such spots at the distal margin. It flies from September till November. Larva on Acacia arabica. 
The $ is stoat, black, maggot-shaped, without wings. Probably a good species. -— India; the type also in the 
North Indian parts. 
L. grandis Wkr. (= maculosa Wkr., metarhoda Wkr.) (40 g). S deviates from L. viola (40 f, g) by 
the purely white ground-colour of the thorax, forewing and antennal shaft; in the forewing all the bands are 
broken up into spots, and the collar and thorax are spotted as in L. mathura. — The $ deviates from mathnra 
(40 g) by its black frons and the second palpal joint being provided with a black spot. Expanse of wings: 
S 58 mm, $ 110 mm. Ceylon. 
L. subrosea Swinh. (= rosea Hmps. [nom, praeocc.]) (41 e). The S resembles L. grandis, but the 
palpi, head, thorax and legs are black and white, without red. Forewing with a distinctly marked discocellular 
moon-spot. The antemedian and 2 postmeclian lunular lines are not broken up into spots. Hind wing w T itk 
a broad, smoke-black marginal band. Beneath huecl dark. Expanse of wings: 54 mm. India; Ceylon. 
L. lepcha Moore, S'- head and thorax white, behind the head a red line, thorax spotted black, abdomen 
white with a reddish hue. Forewing ochreous-white with a red spot at the base of the costal margin, with 4 
equidistant lines formed of lunar marks, a small black spot in the cell and a moon-shaped discocellular spot. 
Hindwing whitish, in the basal and dorsal areas liued red, a faintly marked dark sub marginal band. §: pale 
reddish, extremities black, the first antennal joint and a line behind the head red. Forewing with a black moon- 
spot from the costa to vein 12 at the middle of the cell, a moon-shaped discocellular spot and line from vein 
1 to the middle of the posterior margin. Expanse of wings: S 62, $ 92 to 98 mm. Sikkim. 
L. postfusca Swinh. (41 c). S'- palpi black, beneath orange. Antennae black. Head, thorax and 
forewing white, thorax, however, with 2 black spots. Abdomen orange with black dorsal spots. Forewing 
with black markings: in the basal area a short line and some spots, a dentate antemedian line and distally 
curved, deeply dentated double lines not filled up with black, incomplete submarginal and marginal lines. 
Hindwing brownish-black, in the middle lined whitish, and with a small white marginal spot. Expanse of wings: 
49 mm, S like the S, though with a jet-black marginal band, the forewings of a purer white, with thicker 
transverse lines, the ante- and postmedian lines are behind the middle connected by 2 large [black.?] diffuse 
spots, the anterior one of which encloses 2 white spots. Hindwing whitish, in the basal area yellowish, with a 
broad blackish marginal band with a sinuous proximal margin and some white spots at the end. Expanse of 
wings: 64 mm. — Allied with heatrix (40 e) and juliginosa (40 d). Kandy (Ceylon). 
L. plumbalis Hmps. (41 a). S' head, thorax and forewing lead-coloured, thorax spotted black. An¬ 
terior femora and abdomen red, the abdomen with a row of black dorsal spots and black anal w r ool. Forewing 
with indistinct, subbasal and antemedian chains of crescents, 2 median lines touching each other on the median 
vein, and with postmedian and submarginal lines rising from black costal spots; at the end of the cell a black 
moon-spot, besides a row of black marginal spots. Hindwings dark. Fringes of both wings white, except 
the apex. Expanse of wings: 60 mm. Burma. 
