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antennis pedibusque gracillimis, alis hyalinis albis perangustis, 

 alis anticis vitta lata costali purpureo-fiisca, costa sub-aurata. 



Male. — Vuve white. Head and thorax brown. Antennae and 

 legs very slender. Abdomen attenuated, extending rather far be- 

 yond the hind-wings ; apical tuft brown. Wings hyaline-white, 

 very narrow. Fore-wings with a purplish-brown, broad, costal 

 stripe, which along the costa is dull gilded. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Para. 



Fam. BOTYD^, Guen. 



Genus AsTURA, Guerj. 



Astura insoUtalis. 



Mas. — Pallidelutea, palpis brevissimis nigro-uniguttatis, thorace 

 guttis sex nigris, alis anticis fascia basali plagis duabus costa- 

 libus maculis duabus apud marginem interiorem punctisque 

 nonnullis nigro-fuscis, alis posticis fascia interiore macula 

 apud angulum interiorem plagaque apicali nigro-fuscis. 



Male. — Pale luteous. Palpi very short, not rising to the vertex, 

 with a black dot on each side. Thorax with a black spot on each 

 side in front, and with four black spots on the disk. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind-wings. Tarsal joints with 

 black tips. Wings with blackish-brown marks. Fore-wings acute, 

 with three costal patches, with two spots on the interior border, 

 and with a few points and little streaks ; 1st patch basal, extending 

 to the interior border. Hind-wings with an apical patch, with a 

 spot by the interior angle, and with an interior band, which ex- 

 tends from the inner spot on the interior border of the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 



Genus Botys, Latr. 



Botys addllalis. 



Fcem, — Fuscescente-cinerea, pectore antico candido, alis irides- 

 centibus, lineis tribus fuscis undulatis indistinctis, 3a minus 

 determinata. 



Female. — Brownish-cinereous, whitish-cinereous beneath. Fore- 

 part of the pectus pure white. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind-wings. Wings iridescent, with the interior, exterior 

 and sub-marginal lines brown, undulating, not well determined ; 



