LYCLENE.— ^MENE. 51 



Hind -wing paler and immaculate. Cilia of both wings ochrcous. Head and thorax rosy ; 

 abdomen and anal tuft ochreous. 



Near L. inconspicua ■ and L. rosea; fore wing much less marked with black; hind wing 

 without any band. 



Lyclene ochracea. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 26.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male and female. Fore wing pale orange ; an irregular subbasal fuscous blotch extending 

 to the costa ; an inwardly-oblique broad medial band ; an indistinct spot at end of cell ; a 

 highly irregular, more or less diffused submarginal band, sometimes joined to the medial 

 band at its centre, and reaching the inner margin near the outer angle ; a series of antecilial 

 black spots. Hind wing slightly paler, with an indistinct antemcdial band ; a fuscous patch 

 at apex. Underside of fore wing with the markings diffused over the greater portion of the 

 wing. Antennae, head, thorax, and anal tuft ochreous ; abdomen fuscous. 



Not very near to any of the ochreous groups of Lyclene, from all of which it is distin- 

 guished by the series of antecilial spots being combined with broad diffused markings. 



Lyclene obliqua. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 25.) 



Expanse \l inch. 



Male. Allied to L. ochracea, but larger and pale ochreous instead of orange. Fore wing 

 with the medial band uarrower and more inwardly oblique. Hind wing with the medial band 

 more distinct ; the apical blotch extending partly along outer margin. 



Col. C. Swinhoe has a long series of both sexes. 



JEmene nilgirica. (Plate CXL. fig. 1.) 



Expanse ^^ inch. 



Male and female. Fore wing grey, with a black basal blotch on the costa ; an ante- 

 medial inwardly-oblique maculate band, with a distinct black spot in the cell beyond it, 

 sometimes joined to the second spot of the band; a distinct black spot at end of cell ; three 

 less distinct on the costa ; a band of small black spots beyond the cell on the veins ; a series 

 of small antecilial spots. Hind wing slightly darker. Cilia of both wings ochreous white. 

 Head, antennae, and thorax greyish white ; abdomen darker. 



.ffimene cinereicolor. (Plate CXL. fig. 8.) 

 Expanse § inch. 



Male. Fore wing ashy white ; a basal black patch on the costa ; a spot on the costa one 

 third from base, with a large black patch below it in the middle of the cell, extending below 



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