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Show 598 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE [June 19, Fam. HYPSIDCE. P E R I D R O M E ORBICULARIS, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. ii. p. 445 (1854). Aganopis subquadrata, H.-Schaff. Lep. Sp. Nov. p. 70, f. 501 (1856). S. Andamans (Port Blair). EUPLOCIA MEMBLIARIA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 269. f. C, D. S. Andamans (Port Blair). DAMALIS ALCIPHRON, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 133. f. E. S. Andamans (Port Blair). HYPSA ANDAMANA, n. sp. (Plate LIX. fig. 5.) Allied to II. egens from N. India. Upperside much brighter ochreous : fore wing with a series of six basal black spots, two of which are withiii the cell ; prominent ochreous-brown streaks between the veins, which form two partly confluent, transverse, irregular, median and outer bands. Underside- fore wing with a broad lunular black spot at end, and a large round spot in the middle of the cell ; the hind wing has a small black spot at end of the cell on upper discocellular, and a small lunular spot above the end of the cell. Expanse 2-| inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. F. Moore. HYPSA VENALBA, n. sp. Female. Upperside cinereous-black ; base of fore wing and abdomen ochreous-yellow : fore wing with a broad white longitudinal dilated streak ; some black spots at the base; veins narrowly lined with white to near outer margin ; a white spot at upper end of the cell : hind wing white, with a broad black marginal band, and narrow spot at end of the cell; cilia white. Thorax with black spot on tegulae, streak down middle, and a dorsal and lateral row of spots on abdomen. Antennae black. Palpi ochry-yellow, first and second joints with a spot on outer side, and the entire third joint black. Legs black, streaked with grey. Expanse 2JQ inches. S- Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. This species is nearest allied to H. dama. PHILONA CINERASCENS, n. sp. (Plate LIX. fig. 6.) Differs from P. inops in the fore wing being of a much darker cinereous colour, and the veins more prominently lined with white ; the hind wing is white, the marginal band greyish-black and broader, and continued broadly along anterior margin on both upper and undersides ; the fore wing beneath and the band on the hind wing are very dark fuliginous black, with a blacker median curved streak on fore wing, the space beneath the streak and the lower basal space of hind wing being white. |