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Show 1877.] ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 613 H. DENTILINEALIS, n. sp.. (Plate LX. fig. 7.) Upperside-fore wing testaceous-white, sparsely speckled with black scales ; an oblique pale brown dentated line from apex to middle of hind margin ; a short, black, linear spot at upper end of the cell; an oblique submarginal series of small, indistinct, black spots : hind wing and abdomen cinereous-brown: thorax testaceous-white. Underside-fore wing testaceous-yellow, clouded with cinereous-brown ; hind wing cinereous-white ; antennae and legs cinereous-brown. Expanse 1 inch. S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. Fam. HERMINID.E. B E R T U L A ALBINOTALIS, n. sp. Upperside dark purplish fawn-colour ; a black, broad, subbasal, oblique band crossing both wings ; a marginal wavy, yellow spotted black line; fore wing with a short, black, oblique,"apical streak, which is indistinctly continued across the hind wing; a yellow oval spot at end of the cell. Underside purplish-brown, a yellowish oval spot at end of cell in both wings. Body and legs brown. Expanse ly1^ inch. Andamans. In coll. British Museum. Allied to B. my sedis and B. hypenalis, Walk., from Ceylon. APPHADANA EVULSALIS, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. Suppl. 1212. S. Andamans (Port Blair). HYDRILLODES SUBBASALIS, n. sp. (Plate LX. fig. 8.) Upperside-fore wing blackish-brown, with a broad, subbasal, pale yellowish-testaceous band, which is slightly brown speckled, and has a blackish dot in the cell ; hind wing pale testaceous, with an indistinct dusky brown marginal band. Underside-fore wing brown ; hind wing whitish-testaceous, with a submarginal row of pale lunules, and a black streak in the cell; palpi and legs blackish, streaked with pale testaceous. Expanse 1 inch. S. Andamans. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. HYDRILLODES TRANSVERSALIS, n. sp. Upperside pale brown; fore wing with a white zigzag median transverse line ; cilia of hind wing alternate brown and grey. Underside paler ; both wings with a median discal transverse darker band, which is sinuous on the hind wing ; palpi and legs above black speckled. Expanse lg inch. S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. CYCLOPTERYX CANALIFERALIS, n. sp. Upperside-fore wing pale sienna-brown, outer margin and cilia |