50 LITHOSIID^. 



antemedial band, followed by a very indistinct reddish band ; a lunulate spot at end of cell ; 

 the -nhole exterior area and cilia fuscous, leaving a red antecilial line. 



Nearest to L. rubricosa, but with the markings differently placed and formed on fore 

 wing, and hind wing with dark markings. 



Lyclene fuscalis. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 9.) 



Expanse § to 1 inch. 



Male. Fore wing : ground-colour brightish red ; the basal discal area fuscous, leaving 

 more or less red along the costal and inner margins ; a very oblique medial band ; exterior 

 area fuscous with a large red spot on the costa, and another on the inner margin outside the 

 medial band, to which it is sometimes joined ; an indistinct lunular spot at end of cell. Hind 

 wing pale reddish ochreous, with an indistinct antemedial band ; a dark blotch at apes more 

 or less extending along the outer margin. Cilia of both wings yellow. Antennae, head, and 

 thorax ochreous; bead with a fuscous apical spot; thorax with fuscous spots. Abdomen 

 fuscous ; anal tuft ochreous. 



Nearest to L. rubricosa, but larger, redder ; the fore wing mostly fuscous ; the hind 

 wing with a dark band. Also with a superficial resemblance to L. fuscescens, Butler. 



Lyclene rosea. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 19.) 



Expanse |-| inch. 



Female. Fore wing rosy red ; a narrow black basal streak on the costa ; four black 

 subbasal spots ; a rather narrow inwardly-oblique median band ; a small spot at end of cell ; 

 a series of small black, more or less dift'used submarginal streaks on the veins ; an antecilial 

 series of small streaks on the veins, which are longest at the outer angle, shorter towards the 

 apex. Hind wing paler, with an indistinct antemedial band. Cilia of both wings rosy 

 ochraceous. Head, thorax, and antennae rosy ochraceous ; abdomen fuscous ; anal tuft 

 ochreous. 



Near L. mconspicua, Moore. Fore wing without basal band, and the discal streaks not 

 reaching the margin ; hind wing without apical streak, and with a dark band. 



Lyclene aurora. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 20.) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male. Fore wing more rounded at apex than in L. rosea ; rosy red, with a fine black 

 basal streak on the costa; a subbasal black spot; a very narrow inwardly-oblique medial 

 band ; a small indistinct spot at end of cell ; a series of small indistinct submarginal streaks 

 on the veins, obsolete towards the inner margin ; a series of small black antecilial spots. 



