572 Pieter C. T. Snellen on a 



The front is protuberant, rounded ; but the palpi are 

 destroyed, so I cannot say whether they are of the same 

 form as in Crypsixantha, Meyrick. 



Sikkim ; Atkinson. 



Genus Botys,* Treitschke, vii., p. 78 ; v. Hein., Schmett. 

 Deutschl. 2, Band i., 2, p. 58. (Boti/s, Led., p. 364, 

 pars.) 



42. Botys Silhetalis. 

 Pyrausta Silhetalis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyr., p. 166, 



No. 78. 

 Porphyrias Sikkima, Moore, Desc. Indian Lep., p. 207 ; 

 S. & C, No. 4337. 



A variety with deep orange markings on the fore wings, 

 consisting in an oblique fascia near the base, not reaching 

 the costa, and a second at two-thirds, which is perfect, 

 much dilatated in its upper half, sinuated near the 

 inner margin. In other respects it well agrees with 

 Guenee's description of the type, which has unmarked 

 fore wings. In the British Museum this variety is 

 labelled maculata, Butler, and identified with Porphyrins 

 Sikkima. 



Sikkim; Moller. 



43. Botys ? quadralis. 



Scopula quadralis, Walker ? ?. 



Two worn males. 



The arrangement under Botys is only provisional ; I 

 think the species must form a new genus, for the costa 

 of hind wings is sinuate, and the palpi are unusually 

 long. 



Sikkim ; H. J. Elwes. 



[The specimens agree with one in Atkinson's collection 

 named Scopula quadralis. Walk., by Moore, but I can 

 find no description of the species, which is not Dichromia 

 quadralis, Walk. — H. J. E.] 



- Prof. Zeller, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges., 1872, p. 503, corrected the 

 name of the genus to Botis, because this word signifies a "hirtin" 

 (shepherdess), but Lederer called the genus Botys, and I believe 

 the reason alleged by Zeller is not sufficient for an alteration of the 

 name. 



