'^'■^0 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. .587 



maculated banJ more erect and the lo-ver spots smaller ; the band on 

 tlie hmd wing is also strai-hter, more evenlv bordered on the inner 

 edge, and regn arl y sinuous on its outer edge. Tiie female on the 

 fore wnig has the band continuous and less broken up into spots : it 

 IS also broader at the costal end; the band on the hind wing, as in 

 the male, is also more evenly edged within and regularly sinuous 

 without. On the underside both sexes are much paler, are suffused 

 with lilac exferiorly, and have no red in the discoidal marks. 



Lxpanse, ^ 2f, $ :^ inches. 



S. Andamans. In coll. F. xMoore and II. Druce. 



Fam, LkmoniiDvE. 

 Abisara kausambi, Feld. Wien. ent. Monats. iv. p. 397(1860) 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



Abisara bifasciata, n. sp. (Plate LVIII. fig. 2, $ ) 

 From the Malayan A kausambi this differs on° the upperside in 

 the discal transvcTse bauds being sinuous; and in the female these 



sepa.atd and broadly white anteriorly; the upper and lower spots 

 on he hnu wing are also larger. On the undJiside the bands' ars 

 broader and sinuous, and on the hind wiug there are but two anterior 

 spots instead of three. 



Expanse, <? 1^, 5 li inch. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair;. In coll. F. xAIoore. 



Fam. Lyc.enid^. 



CURETIS saronis, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Nearest allied to C. insidaris of Java, but 

 sma ler the fore wmg on the upperside of the male having the black 

 border less angulated on its inner margin; the underside of both 

 wings IS white with slight dusky undulated lines, G. insularis beiu^ 

 cream-coloured and with rather prominent undulated lines. Female 

 dark brown, with golden-yellow disk. 



Expanse l| inch. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. F. Moore and II. Druce. 



Lep. p. 66, pi. I. f. 2; Butler. Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 161. 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



Castalius ETHioN {Lyccenn eth.), Ilewitson ; Doubleday & 

 Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 70. f. 3 ; iid. Exot. Butt. v. Lye. pi. i. f. 5. 



Castalius elna {Lye. el), Hewits. Exot. Butt. v. Lye. pi. i. f. 8. 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



C^'^f^fo^^ manluena {Lye. man.), Felder, Verb, zool.-bot. 

 wes. l»02, p. 484. 



Nicobars (Kondul). 



