230 Mr. E. Meyrick on Pyralidina from 



Dysallacta negatalis, Walk. 



Phalangiodes negatalis, Walk., 468 ; Botys monesnsalis, 

 ib., 653; B. phanasalis, ib., 727; Dysallacta 

 negatalis, Ld., pi. xiii., 6. 



Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland ; Newcastle, 

 New South Wales ; in December. Also from Celebes, 

 Java, and India. 



Botys, Tr. 

 Botys pharidalis, Walk. 

 Botys pharidalis {pharisalis), Walk., 726. 



S, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown; palpi 

 white beneath. Antennae pale ochreous, ciliations two-thirds. 

 Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Legs white, femora and anterior 

 tibia j ochreous-fuscous, posterior tibiae with outer spurs half inner. 

 Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded; ochreous- 

 brown, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings dark 

 fuscous, tolerably defined; lines slender, waved, first from one- 

 fourth of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, obsolete towards 

 costa, nearly straight, second from three-fourths of costa to two- 

 thirds of inner margin, moderately curved outwards, slightly 

 sinuate beneath costa, triangularly indented at two -thirds to below 

 discal spot ; a discal dot close beyond first line, and a small narrow 

 transverse discal spot in middle ; cilia grey-whitish, with a thick 

 basal and slenderer median line dark grey. Hind wings fuscous- 

 grey, becoming lighter towards base ; faint traces of second line as 

 in fore wings ; cilia whitish, with a dark grey basal line. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; one specimen, in March. 

 Walker's original specimen is in exceedingly bad con- 

 dition. 



Botys phaopteralis, (In. 



Botys licarsisalis, Walk., 686, is another synonym of 

 this species. Mr. Moore appears to think that this 

 species is not Guenee's phaopteralis, but he gives no 

 reasons ; Lederer and Zeller were satisfied that it is. 



