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NOCTUIDJE. 



Blenina grisea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 607, pi. 60, fig. 1 ; C.$S. 



no. 2265. 

 Blenina pannosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 157, pi. 5, fig. 4 ; C. 8f S. 



no. 2267. 



Head and thorax grey, suffused with fuscous ; abdomen orange 

 fulvous, with the slight tuft at base grey. Eore wing grey slightly 

 suffused with fuscous, and with a green tinge in places ; somewhat 

 indistinct waved subbasal, oblique medial and postmedial, and 

 irregular submarginal dark lines ; a dark streak from the disco- 



Fig. 209. — Blenina donans, $ • 



cellulars to the submarginal line above outer angle. Hind wing 

 orange with marginal fuscous-black border, widest at apex. 



The form grisea has a large black spot below end of cell, and 

 rather more green suffusion on fore wing : pannosa is a greener 

 form, with a large fuscous patch on the outer half of the inner area 

 of fore wing. 



Hah. Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; New Guinea. Exp. 40 

 millim. 



2220. Blenina accipiens, Wlh. Cat. xiii, p. 1215 j Moore, Lep. Ceyl. hi, 



pi. 160, fig. 3 ; C.$S. no. 2263. 



Differs from donans in the thorax being browner. Pore wing 

 suffused with fuscous brown ; some specimens with the inner area 

 fuscous, others with the basal area and the whole area beyond the 

 medial line suffused. Hind wing with the basal half suffused with 

 brown ; the outer band more irregular and widest at cost a. 



Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Australia. Exp. 

 38 millim. 



2221. Blenina lichenosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 607, pi. 60, fig. 2 ; 



C. $ S. no. 2266. 

 Blenina variegata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 157 ; C. fy S. no. 2269. 



Differs from donans in the antemedial line of fore wing being 

 more obliquely waved and with a line beyond it below cell ; a 

 black speck in cell ; the postmedial line more waved and incurved 

 below cell. Hind wing fulvous brown, with an orange postmedial 

 band not reaching costa ; underside with a medial dark band. 



Lichenosa has the thorax dark ; the abdomen fulvous brow T n ; 

 fore wing with the basal part green, the rest of wing dark red- 

 brown suffused with fuscous. Variegata is much greyer, the 



