602 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE [Juiie 19, 



margin very convex ; costal and subcostal parallel, extending to 

 apex ; cell broad, extending hindward towards outer margin ; disco- 

 cellulars nearly straight, outwardly oblique, emitting one radial from 

 their middle ; two discoidal veinlets within tlie cell, joined together 

 at half their length and extending to near base of the cell ; median 

 vein long, its end bent nearly parallel with outer margin of wing, 

 four-branched, the branches short, the two upper arising together 

 at lower end of the cell , a straight submedian, and two internal 

 veins. Body slender, abdomen attenuated, extending half its length 

 beyond hind wings. Antennae broadly bipectinated to tip. Legs 

 slender, sparsely hairy ; fore legs with long tibial spur. 



Mahasena andamana, n. sp. (Plate LIX. fig. 4, d .) 



Male. Wings dark fuliginous brown, piceous towards the base. 

 Body piceous, darkest on abdomen. Antennae fuliginous brown. 

 Legs brown. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll, F. Moore. 



Fam. Saturniid.e. 



ACTIAS IGNESCENS, U. Sp. 



Differs from A. leto from Sikkim in having broader wings, shorter 

 tails, and larger ocelli, in the subbasal and outer fiery-red bands 

 being broader and confluent, the transverse zigzag band in both 

 wings being contiguous to and touching the ocellus. Ou the under- 

 side the markings are more prominent, the outer baud broader, and 

 the basal more sinuous. 



Expanse 6 inches. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. 



AcTiAs SELENE, McLcay, Zool. Misc. (1815), pi. 70; Cram. 

 Pap. Exot. pi. 31. f. A. B. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



AnTHERJEA ANDAMANA, U. Sp. 



Female. — Upperside brownish-buff, base suffused with buff- 

 yellow ; ocelli small, ringed with black and yellow outwardly and 

 red and white inwardly, talcose spot constricted : fore wing with 

 transverse subbasal streaks, two discal lunular bands, and a nearly 

 straight oblique outer band brown, the latter slightly bordered with 

 dull red ; costa and apex grey speckled with brown : hind wing with 

 irregular subbasal streak, lunular median, and two wavy outer brown 

 bands, the latter slightly tinged with red. Collar grey ; thorax 

 brown ; abdomen and legs buff-brown ; antennae reddish brown. 

 Underside greyish brown, inner bands brown, outer band of large 

 triangular spots dark brown. 



Expanse 7 inches. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. British Museum. 



