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antemedial band, followed by a very indistinct reddisb band; a lunulate spot at end of cell ; 
the whole exterior area and cilia fuscous, leaving a red antecilial line. 
Nearest to L. rubricosa, but with the markings differently placed and formed on fore 
wing, and hind wing Avith dark markings. 
Lyclene fuscalis. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 9.) 
Expanse to 1 inch. 
. Male. Fore wing : ground-colour brightish red ; the basal discal area fuscous, leaving 
more or less red along the costal and inner margins ; a very oblique medial band ; exterior 
area fuscous with a large red spot on the costa, and another on the inner margin outside the 
medial band, to which it is sometimes joined ; an indistinct lunular spot at end of cell. Hind 
wing pale reddish ochreous, with an indistinct antemedial band ; a dark blotch at apex more 
or less extending along the outer margin. Cilia of both wings yellow. Antennae, head, and 
thorax ochreous ; head with a fuscous apical spot ; thorax with fuscous spots. Abdomen 
fuscous ; anal tuft ochreous. 
Nearest to L. rubricosa, but larger, redder ; the fore wing mostly fuscous ; the hind 
wing with a dark band. Also with a superficial resemblance to L. fuscescens, Butler. 
Lyclene rosea. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 19.) 
Expanse |-| inch. 
Female. Fore wing rosy red ; a narrow black basal streak on the costa ; four black 
subbasal spots ; a rather narrow inwardly-oblique median band ; a small spot at end of cell ; 
a series of small black, more or less difltused submarginal streaks on the veins ; an antecilial 
series of small streaks on the veins, which are longest at the outer angle, shorter towards the 
apex. Hind wing paler, with an indistinct antemedial band. Cilia of both wings rosy 
ochraceous. Head, thorax, and antennae rosy ochraceous ; abdomen fuscous ; anal tuft 
ochreous. 
Near L. inconspicua, Moore. Fore wing without basal band, and the discal streaks not 
reaching the margin ; hind wing without apical streak, and with a dark band. 
Lyclene aurora. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 20.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male. Fore wing more rounded at apex than in L. rosea ; rosy red, with a fine black 
basal streak on the costa ; a subbasal black spot ; a very narrow inwardly-oblique medial 
band; a small indistinct spot at end of cell; a series of small indistinct submarginal streaks 
on the veins, obsolete towards the inner margin; a series of small black antecilial spots. 
