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EUXENISTIS; BLEPHARIDIA. Bij W. Warren. 



them slightly darker; claviform stigma insignificant; the two upper paler, with grey centres and ochreous grey 

 annuli; subterminal line pale, sinuous, the terminal area beyond it darker; hindwing dark fuscous, the fringe 

 transversa, whitish; the $ is generally darker, with less yellow, than the $; — transversa Moore (= asiatica Alph.) 

 (34 d), has the basal and terminal areas paler grey more varied with yellow scales, the median area more pro- 

 minently darker. Recorded from W. Turkestan, and Kashmir; also from N. India. 



exirita. B. extrita Stgr. (34 d). Forewing greenish grey, dusted with darker grey, the median area darkest, 



showing a waved dark median shade; the filling up of the lines, the annuli of the stigmata, and the submarginal 

 line white, instead of ochreous grey, as in centralasiae ; hindwing blackish grey. W. and E. Turkestan and 

 Mongolia. 



h llllironiis. 



B. tenuicornis Alph. (34 e). Forewing pale olive grey slightly tinged with fleshcolour in <$, more 

 strongly in $, the median area darker; inner and outer lines blackish, the latter strongly dentate-lunulate ; 

 median shade distinct; orbicular and reniform stigmata pale grey with whitish annuli; submarginal line pale, 

 slightly defined by darker on each side; hindwing brownish fuscous, paler at base; the fringe whitish. W. 

 and E. Turkestan. 



chamaeleon. B. chamaeleon Alph. (34 d, e). Forewing pale grey, with dense dark grey irroration, and a faint 



olive tinge; inner and outer lines thick, olive fuscous, the former wavy and oblique, the latter lunulate-dentate, 

 widely separated on costa, but approximated on inner margin; the median area in cell and beyond it darker; 

 claviform stigma subquadrate, dark grey with blackish outline; upper stigmata large, whitish grey; submar- 

 ginal line indicated by slight grey lunules; hindwing fuscous grey, darker beyond the curved outer line. 

 W. and E. Turkestan and Kashmir; also N. India. 



vircscens. B. virescens Hmps. (34 e). Forewing olive grey, thickly dusted with darker, with yellowish scales 



intermixed; lines hardly darker; upper stigmata paler, large, defined mainly by the darker grey spaces on 

 each side of them; submarginal line yellowish, wavy, preceded by a grey cloudy shade; hindwing dark fus- 

 cous, with dark outer line and a slight pale mark from anal angle. Kashmir. The $ does not differ at all from 

 the S- 



carducha. B. carducha Stgr. (34 e). Forewing greyish ochreous, thickly sprinkled with blackish; the median 



area darker; lines grey, indistinct; claviform stigma small; upper stigmata with dark centres, edged with 

 ochreous and outlined with black, the orbicular round and small; submarginal line shown by a series of grey 

 spots; fringe ochreous and fuscous; hindwing fuscous, with basal and inner marginal areas paler. Syria 

 and Mesopotamia. The antennae of the $ are almost simple. 



49. Genus: Euxenistis gen. 



nov. 



Distinguished from the next genus Blepharidia Pueng. by the dorsum bearing tufts; by the pecti- 

 nated antennae of the (J, the pectinations being thickened and bent forward at extremity; and by veins 

 6, 7 of hindwing being stalked. Type Euxenistis amicina Stgr. 



E. amicina Stgr. (34 f). Forewing greyish pink, dusted with olive brown; the median area suffused 

 with olive brown, except the stigmata and costal streak; costa and terminal area with a lilac grey tint; 

 lines pale, obscure; upper stigmata of the pale ground colour with somewhat paler annuli; subterminal line 

 indicated mainly by the darker olive shade beyond it which is stronger on the two folds; hindwing brownish 

 grey, darker terminally. Tibet, Kuku Nor. 



50. Genus: Blepharidia Pueng. 



Tongue present; palpi obliquely porrect, second segment long-haired below, third slender, smooth; 

 frons and vertex rough-haired; vestiture hairy; dorsum without crests; antennae of $ with fasciculate cilia; 

 veins 6, 7 of hindwing from end of cell. Type Blepharidia lama Pueng. 



Sect. I. Antennae of <$ with pedicellate fascicles of cilia. 



grumi. B. grumi Alph. (34 f). Forewing lilac-grey; the median and terminal areas olive-brown; the costal 



area, the inner margin, and the veins lilac grey; lines blackish, conversely edged with grey; claviform stigma 

 brown, black-edged; orbicular grey, reniform white, both black-edged, with fuscous centres; the orbicular 

 round; subterminal line emphasised by the darker edge of the terminal area, preceded on costa by a dark 

 blotch and in middle by 3 wedge-shaped marks; fringe with double dark line and pale mottling; hindwing 

 brownish, with the fringe pale; in the $ the grey areas of forewing are darker, and the submarginal line whiter. 

 Kuku Nor, Tibet. 



Sect. II. Antennae of $ with serrate fascicles of cilia. 



