142 Col. C. Swinhoe on 



Amphibolurus Tlolsti, Avliich I have described in tliis paper 

 as new, agrees with his species, and therefore the name 

 " Ilolsti (sp. n.) " must be changed to ^^Websteri, Blgr/'' 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Tlate VIL 

 Fry. I. Taretitola tuherciclata, sp. n. 

 Fiff. 2. Egernia inornata, sp. n. 



Plate Mil. 

 Fiy. 1. Dehna lineata, sp. n. 



Fig. 2. Lycjosoma tcmioiatum, White, var. mcmdatn, nov. 

 Fig. 3. Calotes aherrans, sp. n. 



Plate IX. 

 Amphibolurus Holsti, sp. n. 



XV. — Notes on Eastern and Australian Heterocera, icitk 

 Descriptions of One new Genus and Thirteen new Species. 

 By Colonel Charles Savixhoe, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Family Euptcrotidae. 

 1. Melanothrix fumosa, nov. 



? . Of a iiniform dull smoky brown_, shafts of the antennae 

 Avith an ochreous tinge; palpi blackish above: fore wings 

 with a broad, ^hite, discal, transverse band, with even sides, 

 very broad on the costa a little beyond the middle, occupying 

 at least a fifth of the "wing, gradually narrowing landwards 

 to the hinder angle, where it is about one eighth of an inch 

 broad; no other markings. Underside as above, general 

 tint of colour paler, costal line of fore wings slightly ochreous. 



Expanse of wings 2^*^ inches. 



Brunei, Borneo ; one example. 



Allied to M. alternans, Pag. Iris, iii. p. L3, from Palawan, 

 but the white band on the fore wings is much broader and 

 there are no markings on the hind wings. 



Family Drepanulidae. 

 2. Oreta Jiyliaa, nov. 

 (J . Palpi, head, frons, and legs crimson ; antcnnee, body, 



