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Botys liipponalis, Walk. 



Asopia hipponalis, Walk., 374 ; Botys pigresalis, ib., 

 721. 



$ , 20 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen pale 

 yellowish-ochreous ; anteunal ciliations \\\ shoulders narrowly 

 dark fuscous ; abdomen with two black dots on third segment. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, beneath white towards base. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish, anterior pair with apex of joints dark grey, posterior 

 tibia^ with outer spurs one-third of inner. Fore wings rather 

 elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 hind margin rather obliquely rounded ; light yelloAvish-ochreous ; 

 costa suffused with dark grey from base to two-thirds ; a blackish 

 dot beneath costa near base, and another on inner margin near 

 base ; lines slender, irregularly subdentate, dark fuscous ; first 

 from one-fifth of costa to two-fifths of inner margin, irregular ; 

 second from three -fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, 

 middle third bent outward in an abrupt quadrate projection ; a 

 blackish dot beneath costa at one-third, and small blackish narrow 

 transverse discal spot in middle; a rather narrow irregular grey 

 hind-marginal fascia, somewhat excavated below middle ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with a sharp dark grey line. Hind wings with colour, 

 discal spot, second line, hind-marginal fascia, and cilia as in fore 

 wings; hind-marginal fascia becoming obsolete towards anal angle. 



Queensland : one specimen (coll. Lucas). 



Botys epitrota, n. s. 

 $ , '2G mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen light ochreous- 

 yellowish ; shoulders narrowly fuscous ; abdomen with two dark 

 fuscous dots on anal segment. Palpi dark fuscous, lower half 

 white. Antennas yellow-whitish, ciliations one. Legs white, 

 anterior pair with a dot at apex of femora and tarsi, and apical 

 half of tibia? black ; posterior tibiae with outer middle-spur one- 

 third, outer end-spur one-half inner. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa posteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, hind 

 margin bowed, oblique ; light ochreous-yellowish ; an indistinct 

 fuscous subcostal streak from base to two-thirds ; a dark fuscous 

 dot at base of costa. and another on inner margin near base ; lines 

 dark fuscous, interrupted into dots, first from before one-fourth 

 of costa towards one-third of inner margin, not reaching it. second 

 from three-fourths of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, 

 sinuate above middle, below middle rectangularly bent very widely 

 inwards beneath discal spot; a blackish dot beneath costa near 



