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Show 620 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE [Julie 19, BOTYS ABSTRUSALIS, Walk. Catal. Lep. B. M. xvii. p. 663. B. retractalis, Walk. (I. ci) Suppl. p. 1447. S. Andamans (Port Blair). BOTYS OPALINALIS, n. sp. Upperside pale silky brownish yellow with greyish opaline reflections ; fore wing with two very indistinct brownish spots in the cell and a recurved transverse discal line. Body and legs ochreous-white ; palpi and antennae brown. Underside ochreous-white. Allied to B. megapteralis, Walk. Expanse lg inch. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. F. Moore. BOTYS IMMUNDALIS, Walk. Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. Suppl. p. 1448. S. Andamans (Port Blair). Tribe CRAMBICES. Fam. GALLERID^E. PROPACHYS LINEALIS, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 665, pl. 33. fig. 17. S. Andamans (Port Blair). Tribe URANIDES. Fam. NYCTALEMONID^:. NYCTALEMON NAJABULA, n. sp. Smaller and of a much darker fuliginous-brown colour, both above and below, than the Indian N. zampa and the Malayan N. docile, and has a narrower median transverse pale band on both wings above than the former species; and on the underside these bands are well defined and narrow. Expanse 5 inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. F. Moore. Tribe GEOMETRES. Fam. URAPTERIDJE. URAPTERYX CROCOPTERATA, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 483 (1844). V S. Andamans (Port Blair). Fam. ENNOMIDJE. H Y P E R Y T H R A LUTEA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 370. f. C, D, $ . H. limbolaria, Guen. Phal. i. p. 101, pl. 3. f. 3, 4, $ . H. susceptaria, Walk. Catal. Lep. B. M. Suppl. p.' 1664, 2 • H. penicillaria, Guen. (1. ci) p. 101, 3. S. Andamans (Port Blair). |