﻿LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1215 



1. Blenina DOXANS. 



Pallide cinerea ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce fascia lata indis- 

 tincta nigricante exteriore reniformem nigro suhmarginatam 

 include/lie, lineis transversis nigris angulosis indistinctis in- 

 completis^ linea submarginali albido marginata ; poslicce lute(B^ 

 maryine lato cupreo-fusco. 



Pale cinereous. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with a broad 

 indistinct blackish band beyond the middle, and including the reni- 

 form spot, which is partly bordered with black ; transverse lines 

 black, zigzag, indistinct and incomplete ; submarginal line with a 

 whitish border. Hind wings luteous, with a broad dark cupreous- 

 brown border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a, Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



2. Blenina accipiens. 



Albido'cinerea^ nigro conspersa ; abdomen luteum^ cristis basalibus 

 albido-cinereis ; alee anticce subnebulosee, lineis nonnullis 

 transversis angulosis nigris^ reniformi ex parte nigra ; posticce 

 cupreo-fusccB, vitta discali lutea apud marginem interiorem 

 dilatata^ ciliis luleis apud alee apicem fuscis, Var. /3. — Alee 

 anticee lineis transversis ex parte obsoletis. Var. y. — Alee 

 anticee fascia lata interiore albida. 



Whitish cinereous, speckled with black. Abdomen luteous, 

 with whitish cinereous crests at the base. Fore wings slightly 

 clouded, with several transverse slight zigzag black lines ; reniform 

 spot partly black. Hind wings cupreous-brown, with a luteous dis- 

 cal stripe, which is dilated towards the interior border ; cili-B 

 luteous, except at the tips. Var. /3. — Fore wings with some of the 

 transverse lines obsolete. Var. y. — Fore wings with a broad whitish 

 band near the base. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 

 12—14 lines. 



This species is very variable in the markings of the fore wings, 

 and the Ceylon specimen differs slightly from all the others, but 

 does not seem to be a distinct species. 



a, Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 b — e. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 

 fi 9' ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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