OLENE. — ENOME. 1') 



red-brown. Fore wing; with a curved series of seven submarjjinal black spots. Iliud win;; 

 black-browu. Abdomen brown, with a more or less pronounced red tinge. 



The differently coloured specimens were bred from similar larvfe. 



Olene* mendosa, Hiihn., var. basalis, TVlk. (Plate CLX. fig. 2.) 



Antipha basalis, Wtt:. Cat. iv. p. 80G. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Male. Differs from the typical form in having a large black patch at the base of the 

 fore wing instead of a white one. 



Enomet moerens, Feld. (Plate CLX. fig. 1 & Plate CLXXVI. fig. 1 (larva).) 

 Dasychira mosrens, Fdd. Beis. Nov. p. 3, pi. xcix. fig. 4, $ . 



Expanse, J" 1§, ? Scinches. 



Male. Fore wing olive-brown, crossed by a subbasal irregular waved double black band ; 

 another highly irregular antemedian band ; a black-outlined reniform spot at end of cell ; a 

 postmedial waved double black band, concave below the costa, then outwardly oblique to 

 near the outer angle ; an irregular indistinct dentate submarginal black line ; some indistinct 

 dark lunulate marginal marks with grey scales on them. Hind wing rich dark brown. 

 Cilia of both wings chequered in two shades of brown. Underside ochreous brown ; fore 

 wing with a smoky black patch filling the cell and extending beyond and below it ; two 

 indistinct dark submarginal lines. Hind wing with a dark lunule at end of cell; costa smoky 

 black ; two black submarginal bands, narrowing and less distinct towards anal angle. 



Female. Fore wing dark brown ; a broad purplish-grey medial band narrowing towards 

 inner margin, with waved brown lines near its inner and outer borders, and an ochrcous- 

 brown spot on it beyond the end of cell ; two indistinct lunulate submarginal purplish-grey 

 lines. Hind wing dark brown, paler towards the base. Underside paler, greyish towards 

 the outer margin, with an indistinct broad submarginal brown band on the fore wing, which 

 on the hind wing is broader, with a narrow line before it. 



Larva (adult). Dull black and hairy; hinder somites with a median dorsal pale yellow 

 stripe; on fourth to seventh somites a double compact dorsal tuft of yellowish-brown sdky 

 hair; a blackish dorsal tuft on eleventh somite; a lateral row of crimson linear spots. 



Feeds on Smilax and Vitis. 



* Olene is a section of Dasi/chira. 

 t This is a section of Dasijchim. 



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