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LYCLENE.— ^MENE. 51 
Hind wiug paler and immaculate. Cilia of both wings ochrcous. Head and thorax rosy; 
abdomen and anal tuft ochreous. 
Near L. inconspicua and L. rosea; fore wing much less marked with black; hind wing 
without any band. 
Lyclene ochracea. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 26.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male scaA. female. Fore wing pale orange ; an irregular subbasal fuscous blotch extending 
to the costa ; an inwardly-oblique broad medial band ; an indistinct spot at end of cell ; a 
highly irregular, more or less diffused submarginal band, sometimes joined to the medial 
band at its centre, and reaching the inner margin near the outer angle ; a series of antecilial 
black spots. Hind wing slightly paler, with an indistinct antemedial band ; a fuscous patch 
at apex. Underside of fore wing with the markings diffused over the greater portion of the 
wing. Antennje, head, thorax, and anal tuft ochreous ; abdomen fuscous. 
Not very near to any of the ochreous groups of Lyclene, from all of which it is distin- 
guished by the series of antecilial spots being combined with broad diffused markings. 
Lyclene obliqua, (Plate CXXXIX, fig. 25.) 
Expanse |i inch, 
Male. Allied to L. ochracea, but larger and pale ochreous instead of orange. Fore wing 
with the medial band narrower and more inwardly oblique. Hind wing with the medial band 
more distinct ; the apical blotch extending partly along outer margin. 
Col. C. Swinhoe has a long series of both sexes, 
.ffimene nilgirica. (Plate CXL. fig. 1.) 
Expanse -j'''^ inch. 
Male and female. Fore wing grey, with a black basal blotch on the costa ; an ante- 
medial inwardly-oblique maculate band, with a distinct black spot in the cell beyond it, 
sometimes joined to the second spot of the band; a distinct black spot at end of cell ; three 
less distinct on the costa ; a band of small black spots beyond the cell on the veins ; a series 
of small antecilial spots. Hind wing slightly darker. Cilia of both wings ochreous white. 
Head, antenna?, and thorax greyish white ; abdomen darker. 
.ffimene cinereicolor. (Plate CXL. fig. 8.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male. Fore wing ashy white ; a basal black patch on the costa ; a spot on the costa one 
third from base, with a large black patch below it in the middle of the cell, extending below 
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