1877.] ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 607 



Fam. Catocalid^. 



Blenina lichenosa, n. sp. (Plate LX. fig. 2.) 



Upperside — fore wing dark sap-green, with a broad black speckled 

 basal, sinuous-margined discal band, and a sinuous marginal line, 

 the bands being bordered with grey speckles ; a black streak near 

 hind part of discal band ; two black dots in the cell : hind wing dark 

 golden brown, with a median discal short recurved golden-yellow 

 band : cilia yellow posteriorly, brownish anteriorly. Thorax sap- 

 green, grey- and black-speckled ; abdomen dark brown ; legs pale 

 brown, black-streaked ; antennae and palpi black. Underside pale 

 golden brown ; fore wing crossed by a suffused black discal baud, 

 and hind wing by a broad discal and a marginal band. 



Expanse If inch. 



S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. 



Blenina grisea, n. sp. (Plate LX. fig. 1.) 



Upperside — fore wing greyish, sparsely covered with sap-green 

 speckles ; crossed by a sinuous black subbasal, three discal, and a 

 submarginal line, the space within the basal sinuous line and the 

 upper portion of the discal lines darker green-speckled ; a prominent 

 quadrate black spot above middle of hind margin : hind wing golden 

 yellow, with a broad golden-brown marginal band ; cilia pale golden 

 yellow at anal angle, cinereous brown at apex. Thorax grey, speckled 

 with green and black ; abdomen golden yellow. Underside pale 

 golden brown ; fore wing with an indistinct dusky black median 

 band ; hind wing with an indistinct dusky spot on anterior margin, 

 and a broad blackish outer band ; legs pale, black-speckled. 



Expanse l^ inch. 



S. Andamans. In coll. F. Moore. 



Fam. OphideridjE. 



Ophideres aurantia, n. sp. 



Upperside — fore wing deeply excavated on hind margin, dark 

 ochry red, with numerous short transverse grey striae, veins also 

 grey-streaked ; a narrow black oblique band from apex to middle of 

 excavation on hind margin ; the oblique band and two outer trans- 

 verse dusky fasciae washed inwardly with lilac : hind wing ochry 

 yellow, with a black oval constricted spot above the anal angle 

 and a short curved streak beyond it. Head, palpi, and antennae 

 dark ochry red ; abdomen ochry yellow. Underside ochry yellow ; 

 fore wing with a dusky patch at apex and two short curved streaks 

 above posterior angle ; hind wing with a black spot above anal 

 angle and an indistinct fascia beyond it. 



Expanse 4 inches. 



S. Andamans. In coll. British Museum. 



Ophideres fullonica, Linn. (Guen. Noct. iii. p. III). 

 O. pomona, Cram. Pap. Exot. i, pi. 77. f. C. 

 O. dioscorce, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 212. 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



