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palpi ascending, squamose, second joint long, reacliing to level of the eyes, third joint 

 lanceolate, of the same length as the second ; antennee very minutely pectinated ; 

 legs stout, femora slightly fringed beneath, tibiae laxly clothed, spurs long. {Type, 

 B. accipiens.) 



BLENINA DONANS (Plate 160, Fig. 2). 

 Blenina donans. Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. siii. p. 1215 (1857). 



Forewing pale whitish-cinereous, numerously speckled with cinereous-brown 

 scales ; with an indistinct transverse basal, and a subbasal inwardly-oblique slender 

 black sinuous line, an outwardly-oblique medial and discal line, followed by a cine- 

 reous-brown sinuous fascia, a less distinct blackish sinuous submarginal line, and a 

 marginal row of slender points ; the costal end of the lines most prominent and 

 somewhat dilated ; a small blackish orbicular and reniform spot; a blackish streak 

 extending obliquely from the reniform mark to exterior margin above the angle : 

 hind wing pale golden-yellow, with a broad golden-bi'own marginal band ; cilia yellow, 

 edged with white in the middle. Thorax, liead, palpi, and legs whitish-cinereous ; 

 fore tarsi with blackish bands ; abdomen pale golden-yellow. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



BLENINA ACCIPIENS (Plate 160, Fig. 3). 

 Blenina accijnens. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1215 (1857). 



Forewing whitish-cinereous, densely speckled with black scales : with a trans- 

 verse inwardly-oblique subbasal black zigzag line, an outwardly-oblique medial line, 

 a much less distinct similar discal line, a broader distinct submarginal line, and a 

 marginal row of black points; the basal and medial area clouded with brown; a 

 slender black reniform mark : hindwing cupreous-black, with a short discal ochreous- 

 yellow band ; cilia ochreous-yellow. Thorax, head, and palpi whitish-cinereous, 

 black-speckled ; legs whitish-cinereous, with blackish bands. 



Expanse l^; inch. 



Genus AUCHA. 

 Aucha, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1137 (1857). 

 " Male. Wings moderately broad : forewings nearly straight along the costa, 

 almost rectangular at the tips, hardly oblique along exterior border till near the 

 interior angle, where they are moderately oblique. Body moderately stout ; palpi 

 short, obliquely ascending ; third joint elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth 

 the length of the second; antennae slender, filiform, very minutely pubescent; 

 abdomen slightly tufted at the tip; legs stout, hind tibia3 with very long spurs." 



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