in the B<t{tin of the Amazons. 275 



The only specimen is so much worn that only a partial 

 description of it can be given. 



It is a well-known fact that the use of the term Botijs 

 for a genus of Pyralidina has been all along an error, 

 the type of Boti/s, as ultimately restricted by Schrank 

 himself, being the Geometer now known as Lythria 

 jnirpuraria. This being the case, no good can be done 

 by perpetuating the blunder. Mr. Moore, in his work 

 on the Insects of Ceylon, vol. iii., has adopted, from 

 Hiibner's ' Verzeichniss,' the generic name Hapalia as a 

 substitute for Botys, and it will, I think, avoid confusion 

 if we call the family HapaUadce. 



HAPALIAD.E. 



Phostria, Huh. 



This genus was placed by Hiibner, along with Thyris, 

 next to the Sesice. Although this position was wrong, 

 the name of the genus will stand for a group of Pyrali- 

 dina, for which I herewith give the following diagnosis : — 



Fore wing narrow, elongate, the costa two-tliircls as long again 

 as the inner margin ; costa straight till shortly before apex, where 

 it becomes suddenly convex. Apex acute ; hind margin very 

 oblique, with a slight elbow in the middle, which is also reproduced 

 in the hind wing ; fore wings with three rows of dull white semi- 

 diaphanous spots ; hind wing with two rows. Palpi short, rounded, 

 not reaching above the eyes ; first joint beneath white ; second 

 triangular, ascending, concolorous with the fore wing ; third joint 

 very minute, blunt. Tongvie well-developed, scaly at base ; face 

 smooth, forehead rough ; patagia rather long, extending beyond 

 thorax. Antennae simj)le, finely pubescent. Femora and tibiae 

 hairy inside ; all the tarsi and the middle tibiae white. Neuration : 

 First, second, and third subcostal branches apparently all free, and 

 running closely parallel to each other ; fourth and fifth from end 

 of cell ; first median bi'anch near the end of cell, second from the 

 end, third and lower radial close together, a little above the lower 

 end of cell ; upper radial from a little below the upper end ; in- 

 ternal vein curving round, and forming a loop by coalescing with 

 the submedian. Hind wing : Costal bent, with two branches ; 

 subcostal approximating to costal in the middle, then divergent ; 

 first median branch one-fifth before the end of cell, second only 

 just before it ; third along with tlie radial from the lower angle 

 of cell. 



