BLENINA, 409 
6745. Blenina metanyctea. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 5.) 
Blenina metanyctea, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 543 (1905). 
3. Head and thorax white and green mixed with some fuscous ; 
tegule black at outer edge and with black line near tips; pectus and 
legs yellowish tinged with brown ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded with 
black; abdomen yellow dorsally suffused with brown, the crests at 
base whitish tipped with black. Fore wing white largely suffused 
with bright green; a diffused irregular olive-green and reddish 
brown band from middle of costa to tornus; a black line elose to 
base angled in cell and with a black striga beyond it above inner 
margin; a wayed, rather inwardly oblique antemedial line from 
costa to above inner margin; an indistinct waved medial line; 
reniform white irrorated with green, its lower part defined on inner 
side by a curved black line and slightly by black on outer side, its 
upper part very indistinctly and irregularly defined by green, with 
a black striga from costa above it; postmedial line indistinct, 
minutely dentate, strongly incurved in submedian interspace; a 
minutely dentate subterminal line bent inwards at vein 2, then 
oblique to near tornus ; a dark patch at apex and a terminal series 
of white spots except towards tornus interrupted by the black ter- 
minations of the veins; cilia yellowish with a series of brown spots 
and points at tips to von 3. Hind wing dark brown, the inner 
margin yellowish ; cilia yellowish with series of brown spots to 
vein 2; the underside yellow, the inner area tinged with brown, 
an irregular band from costa to lower angle of cell and a broad 
blackish band just before termen from costa to submedian fold. 
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the diffused green and brown band from 
middle of costa to tornus but with some black suffusion on middle 
of costa, and oblique black marks between postmedial line at vein 
4 and tornus. 
Hab. Durca New Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ type, Fak-fak 
(Pratt), 1 g. Exp. 42 millim. 
B. (Blenina.) Fore wing with the termen evenly cur Wek 
eee wing with the fer men slightly excised below vein 2, 
5 Antennse of male with long fazciculate cilia. 
Mak Hind wing with indistinct postmedial line with pale 
band beyond it. 
a?, Hind wing with the basal area ochreous suffused 
with brown 
PE oieclotoiomeysls Ose eaiciaiscio sels siesela'etalsrdocals ice quinaria. 
}2, Hind wing with the hace area whitish suffused 
WitHebrOWIL) se/c-sc-cee Scedcagesaa stanton dcesesalseeses'ss obliquinaria. 
}1, Hind wing without postmedial line. 
a*, Hind wing almost uniform fuscous brown. 
a®, Fore wing with the basal half green, the ter- 
Tina altel nOW Ms. ceceqcess-<occors sees enease -.... Cchloromelana, 
(% ore wing with the ground-colour w hitish. 
. Fore wing largely suffused with green and 
with irregular black markings on medial 
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