OENOSANDRA; LEWINIBOMBYX. By Dr. E. Strand. 
6. Genus: Oenosaiiclra Newm. 
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Like Comana, this genus was formerly ranged among the Lymantriidae, but it has now been removed 
from them (at least in the British Museum) without any positive statements having been made about its proper 
position. The original description which, in fact, was given by Walker (Newman first described the typical 
species and in doing so used the generic name to which he added the author’s name ,, Walker' 1 , but he did not 
diagnosticate it; a month later Walker’s description appeared, and he denominated the genus Oenosanda and 
the species duponchelii, evidently having hear d the name given by Newman, but not yet having seen 
Newman’s publication) furnishes little information: ^9 body strong. Proboscis not recognizable. Palpi very 
short. Antennae plain, much longer than thorax which is densely clad with woolly hair. Abdomen not pro¬ 
jecting beyond the anal angle. Legs strong and hairy, the hind tibiae with but two short terminal spurs. Wings 
rather long and moderately broad. Forewing in front straight, hardly pointed, with a very oblique margin and 
three lower veins the first and second of which almost rise together, whilst the third is remote. 
Oe. boisduvali Newm. (= duponcheli Wkr.). ^9 white. Head in front with a black spot. Antennae boisduval 
black. Chest brown. Abdomen black with yellow dorsal bands. Legs black, the tarsi with white bands. 
Fore wing with a black costa and a black discal stripe extending along the whole length and being more or 
less marked white and yellow. Beneath the wings are white, with a very faint smoky hue, the costal margin 
of the forewing is brown, without any traces of the black band above. Length of body 12—14, expanse of wings 
41—53 mm. It is said to be common in Australia and Tasmania. 
7. Genus: I^ewinibombyx gen. nov. 
Lewin *) figured a species as Bornbyx lewinae (57 b) whose larvae he states to live exactly like those lewinae. 
of “Team” and which most probably belongs to this place. Judging from the figures, however, the imagines 
are very similar to the Bombycid genus Ocinara Wkr. (Trilocha Moore), and the species was also placed to that 
genus by Kirby, whilst Herrich-Schaffer, perhaps only because of the habits of the larvae, placed the 
species to the Tliaumetopoea\ the same was done by Swinhoe who probably only copied Herrich-Schaffer. 
According to Swinhoe’s statements, Walker described the species once as “ Drepanulida” and three times as 
Limacodida ; Swinhoe quotes “ Thaumetopoea ” (stating Herrich-Schaffer as its author) among the 
Lasiocampidae. — The 9 has an expanse of 41 mm, it has blackish-grey forewings with three darker, almost 
linear transverse bands, the two proximal ones being straight and in front expanded and enclosing the bluish- 
grey median area, whilst the third is feebly undulate and situate between the distal margin and the exterior 
one of the two other bands. Near the anterior and posterior margins there is apparently one narrow dark longi¬ 
tudinal band each. - Hindwing blackish-brown. Abdomen black with traces of lighter spots, anal brush whitish- 
grey, front body dark brown. The is smaller (expanse of wings 29 mm) and lighter, rusty reddish, in some 
places speckled with grey, the two proximal transverse lines are relatively nearer together, and the exterior 
one of these two is double, the area between this exterior line and the distal transverse line is dusted with 
light bluish-grey. Hindwing with two narrow brown submedian transverse bands. Abdomen rosy-reddish, 
thorax like the basal area of the forewing. — Larva 40 mm long, blackish, above with a reddish-yellow longi¬ 
tudinal band enclosing a row of darker spots, on the sides two narrow light longitudinal bands, head black 
with a white median spot, hair dark grey. The blackish-grey cocoon, which is fastened to the underside of 
twigs of the food-plant, is 30 mm long and in the middle 10 mm broad. Habits according to Lewin similar to 
those of Teara contraria (p. 378). New South Wales. 
*) Prodr. Entom. Nat- Hist. Lep. Ins. N. S. Wales (1905) p. 7, pi. 6. 
