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Show 1877.] ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 607 Fam. CATOCALID^E. B L E N I N A L I C H E N O S A , n. sp. (Plate L X . fig. 2.) Upperside-fore wing dark sap-green, with a broad black speckled basal, sinuous-margined discal band, and a sinuous marginal line, the bands being bordered with grey speckles; a black streak near hind part of discal band ; two black dots in the cell: hind wing dark golden brown, with a median discal sbort recurved golden-yellow band : cilia yellow posteriorly, brownish anteriorly. Thorax sap-green, grey- and black-speckled; abdomen dark brown ; legs pale brown, black-streaked; antennae and palpi black. Underside pale golden brown; fore wing crossed by a suffused black discal band, and hind wing by a broad discal and a marginal band. Expanse If inch. S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. BLENINA GRISEA, n. sp. (Plate LX. fig. 1.) Upperside-fore wing greyish, sparsely covered with sap-green speckles ; crossed by a sinuous black subbasal, three discal, and a submarginal line, the space within the basal sinuous line and the upper portion of the discal lines darker green-speckled ; a prominent quadrate black spot above middle of hind margin : hind wing golden yellow, with a broad golden-brown marginal band; cilia pale golden yellow at anal angle, cinereous brown at apex. Thorax grey, speckled with green and black ; abdomen golden yellow. Underside pale golden brown ; fore wing with an indistinct dusky black median band ; hind wing with an indistinct dusky spot on anterior margin, and a broad blackish outer band ; legs pale, black-speckled. Expanse If inch. S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. Fam. OPHIDERID^E. O P H I D E R E S A U R A N T I A , n. sp. Upperside-fore wing deeply excavated on hind margin, dark ochry red, with numerous short transverse grey striae, veins also grey-streaked ; a narrow black oblique band from apex to middle of excavation on hind margin ; the oblique band and two outer transverse dusky fascise washed inwardly with lilac: hind wing ochry yellow, with a black oval constricted spot above the anal angle and a short curved streak beyond it. Head, palpi, and antennse dark ochry red ; abdomen ochry yellow. Underside ochry yellow • fore wing with a dusky patch at apex and two short curved streaks above posterior angle; hind wing with a black spot above anal angle and an indistinct fascia beyond it. Expanse 4 inches. S. Andamans. In coll. British Museum. OPHIDERES FULLONICA, Linn. (Guen. Noct. iii. p. 111). O. pomona, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pl. 77. f. C. O. dioscorce, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 212. S. Andamans (Port Blair). |