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Show 600 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE [June 19, narrowest on hind margin; a short subapical transverse row of decreasing purplish white spots. Abdomen golden yellow in male, in female purple-black beneath and with a dorsal row of black spots. Palpi and legs cinereous. Underside as above ; discal black spots more prominent: hind wing with a small yellow basal streak and also a streak above the cell. Expanse 2-^j- inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. Brit. Mus. and F. Moore. Nearest allied to E. auristriga, Walk., and to E. bernsteini, Feld. E. RCEPSTORFFI, n. Sp. Allied to E. bellona, Walk. Male. Smaller in size, differs on fore wing in having the basal black markings formed into prominent bands instead of being composed of separate spots ; the purplish white discal band is nearer the apex, broader, and more prominent: on the hind wing the black spots are larger, and there is also a distinct purplish white discal maculated band crossing the broad black margin. Expanse 2y4*y to 2 ^ inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. CELERENA ANDAMANA, Feld. Nov.-Reise, Lep. iv. pl. 130. f. 18 (1875). S. Andamans (Port Blair). Fam. CHALCOSHD.E. CYCLOSIA NIGRESCENS, n. sp. Female. Differs from C. papalionaria from Sikkim and Silhet in the fore wings being more acute at the apex, having broader pale yellow interspaces between the veins, and in the marginal row of spots being almost obsolete ; the hind wing has a simple band with a marginal row of very indistinct small pale spots. Expanse 3 inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. Fam. LIPARID.F:. R E D O A FLAVESCENS, n. sp. Male. Yellowish white; front of head brown. Antennae pale brown, shafts white. Upperside with glittering silvery scales, exterior margins slightly fawn-coloured. Palpi white, brown at tip. Legs whitish. Expanse 1-| inch. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. REDOA SERICEA, n. sp. Male. Pure white ; front of head brown. Antennae pale brown, shafts white. Upperside covered with glittering silvery white scales; costa of fore wing ochreous; a black dot at end of the cell; exterior |