B0TT8. — SCOPULA. 77 



collar, and abdomen testaceous. Under surface altogether paler, discocellulars blackish. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas) . 



Allied to B. togalis, Led. 



Botys arbiter. (Plate LIX. fig. 13.) 



Bright shining stramineous : primaries crossed by three convergent brown stripes, black 

 upon the costa, the two outer lines uniting on the internal area ; a submarginal curved 

 greyish stripe : secondaries crossed by two slightly divergent subparallel brown stripes ; a 

 submarginal greyish stripe. Under surface pale golden yellow, shining, without markings. 

 Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



CIRCOBOTYS. g. n. 



Allied to Cmnostula, but the primaries very narrow, extremely produced and subfalcate 

 at apex, consequently with very oblique outer margin; the secondaries unusually small, almost 

 triangular : abdomen slender, extending for some distance beyond the secondaries. Type 

 C. nycierina. 



Circobotys nycterina. (Plate LIX. fig. 14.) 



Pale greyish brown ; primaries with the discocellulars and a costal spot halfway between 

 the cell and apex dusky ; external area dusky ; the fringe from near apex and a marginal 

 series of spots stramineous : secondaries rather paler than the primaries, darkest at apex ; 

 fringe, excepting at anal angle, stramineous : head, collar, tegulse, hind margins of abdominal 

 segments, and anus testaceous ; antennae and palpi stramineous ; basal fringe of palpi, collar 

 below, pectus, and legs white ; venter testaceous,' sprinkled with whitish scales. Wings below 

 as above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



SCOPULA, Schr. 



Scopula testacea. (Plate LIX. fig. 15.) 



Primaries testaceous, the discoidal spots, one or two dots below the cell, an undulated 

 arched discal line, and the fringe grey : secondaries whitish, tinted with testaceous towards 

 the outer margin ; a spot at tbe base of the median branches and an arched macular discal 

 streak grey ; a marginal series of blackish dots : thorax testaceous, abdomen white. LTndcr 

 surface paler, the primaries slightly greyish in the centre. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Nearly allied to S. martialis of Africa. 



