LYMANTRIA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
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L. ganaha Swinh. (40 e). $ closely allied with L. beatrix (40 e). Forewing above uni-coloured purple- ganaha. 
grey and somewhat lustrous, the markings as well as the hindwing as in beatrix. Expanse of wings: 54 to 73 mm. 
Java, Borneo. -— - A $ from the western coast of Sumatra (Coll. Seitz) is presumably most closely allied with 
L. ganaha Swinh. Expanse of wings : 59 mm. Hindwing white with a black marginal band being 6 to 7 mm 
broad in the anterior half und tapering off in the anal angle. Ground-colour of forewing faded pale greyish- 
brownish, with similar black markings as in L. beatrix, which, however, seem to be interrupted only in the 
areas 4 and 5 in the marginal area at most; costal margin with 3 or 4 white spots, marginal spots large 
and black; under surface blackened with 3 white costal-marginal spots, a similar marginal spot in the areas 
4 and 5 and traces of small whitish submarginal spots. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, above spotted black, beneath 
with black transverse bands interrupted in the middle. Thorax with a black longitudinal band above. Hindwing, 
particularly beneath in the costal area as far as the base, blackened. — In the Berlin Museum there is a $ from 
Fort de Kock (Sumatra) and a couple from the Kina Balu. The latter $ has an expanse of 65 mm and 
a more purple-grey ground-colour of the forewings; beneath they are almost uni-coloured black. The $ has an 
expanse of 38 mm and black hind wings only with a light, sublimbal, zigzag-band in the middle of the marginal 
area, the forewings being darker, too, than in the 9; thoracal dorsum black. 
L. beatrix Stoll (40 e). $: white, hindwing with a broad black marginal hand. Forewing with narrow beatrix. 
dark transverse bands, one near the base, one not far from it, three undulate-zigzagshaped, anteriorly interrupted 
submedian bands and a similar, twice interrupted sublimbal band, a dark, double moon-figure in the cell, 
and dark marginal spots. Expanse of wings: about 55 mm. Java. — As to L. marginata Wkr., nigra■ Moore 
and pusilla Fldr. being frequently svnonymized with this species, I have dealt with them briefly in Vol. II, 
p. 131, comp, also p. 313. 
L. asoetria Hbn. (= antica Wlcr., promesta Moore ) (41 b). S'- dirty greyish-yellow whitish. Be- asoetria. 
hind the head a red line. Tegulae with a black spot. Forewing with narrow darker zigzag transverse bands 
and rows of spots; across the middle runs a somewhat broader, more sharply marked, dentate, zigzag-shaped 
band. Hindwing whitish with faint traces of a sublimbal band. Abdomen red with black dorsal and lateral 
spots. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. — $ in the dorsal half of the forewing darkened, so that only two narrow 
submedian transverse bands remain of the light ground-colour ; in the costal area three narrow black transverse 
figures and at the end of the cell a similar angular spot. Hindwing with a slightly projecting anal angle. — 
Expanse of wings: 60 to 63 mm. —- Under surface of wings of both sexes similar as above but much less 
distinctly marked, hindwing beneath with a blackish discocellular spot. Java, Moulmein, Thetmyo. 
L. ganara Moore (41 b). S deviates from L. asoetria (41 b) by more square hindwings, light body, ganara. 
and the thorax not being spotted black. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore, Burma. 
L. ganaroides sp. nov. (41 c). S resembles Lym. ganara Moore (41 b), but the hindwings are of ganaroides. 
the usual rounded shape, the markings of the forewings are different etc. Characteristic is the sharply marked, 
jet-black, almost semicircular discocellular spot of the forewing; a little farther towards the base is on the 
costal margin a likewise jet-black and sharply marked transverse streak. Head and thorax dirty whitish 
without dark spots, legs white with one black spot each on the end of the tibiae, on the metatarsus, and 
the apex of the last tarsal joint. Abdomen abo^e and beneath dirty yellowish, like the dorsal area of the 
hindwing. The hindwing may show above a very faded dark sublimbal band, beneath such a band appears 
in both wings; the under surface is otherwise unmarked, except small spots on the costal margin of the 
forewing and the faint traces of small discocellular spots, the ground being dirty yellowish. — The three specimens 
unfortunately have a doubtful declaration of their patria: ? New Guinea; I have seen a probably very closely 
allied specimen from Perak. Expanse of wings: 30 to 40 mm. 
L. brunneiplaga Sivinh. (40 f). S'- palpi black, at the apex white. Antennae brown, at the base white, brunneipla- 
Head, thorax and forewings white, costa with 4 brown spots, a large, brown spot in the middle of the posterior t) a - 
margin, some brown spots at the base and at the margin, three dentate brown transverse lines. Hindwing 
grey with a darker margin and white fringes. Abdomen reddish with brown dorsal spots. Legs white, spotted 
black. The anterior femora red. $: head, thorax and forewing chocolate, the latter with similar markings 
as in the S- Hindwing light grey. Expanse of wings: S 44, $ 69 mm. Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Penang. 
L. loacana Setup. (39 h). $: the author says it is allied with asoetria Hbn. (41 b) and possibly the $ loacana. 
of brotea Cr. Head and collar light yellow, dorsum whitish with a black streak in the middle, abdomen light 
brownish with a white anus, antennae black, forewing reddish-grey, at the base white with a black streak, 
with 4 white transverse lines, only the distal one being sharply marked, margin white, discocellular spot dark 
brown and crescentiform, fringes speckled. Hindwing whitish with traces of a darker band, fringes uni-coloured 
white. Length of wings: $ 26 to 27 mm. Loacan, at an altitude of 1200 m, in North West Luzon. Flies in 
July. 
