Lajonquierea variabile Holloway sp. n.
Diagnosis
♂♂ 27-29mm, ♀♀ 47-50mm.
This and the next two species all resemble poeciloptera Grunberg in the crenulate forewing fasciae, the basal one of the stronger pair being angled subcostally.
All the Bornean species have a broader, more diffuse, longitudinal dark streak from the discal spot to the margin.
This species shows local variations.
Specimens taken on the Mulu survey and in Brunei are a uniform rosy brown, the type series from Pontianak in Kalimantan is a deep rich brown, darker and less rufous between the strong fasciae, and a pair from Bidi in S. Sarawak are somewhat intermediate.
The male genitalia are diagnostic, with a broad, triangular cubile, the valves basally swollen and the aedeagus with a small ventral spine and a small vesica bearing needle-like spines.
Holotype ♂
Sintang, inland of Pontianak, April 1910 (Dr Martin) BM lasiocampid slide 1023.
Paratype
1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ as holotype.
Geographical range
Borneo.
Habitat preference
The specimens from Brunei and the Mulu area were taken in lowland hill dipterocarp and alluvial forests.
Genitalia:
