LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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BOTYS EVAXALIS. 



Mas. — Lutea, robusta ; palpi ascendentes, arcuati, lati, articulo 2o 

 nigro, So minimo ; antenna sat validce ; thorax et abdomen 

 nigro conspersa, hoc alas postieas superans ; pedes antici nigri^ 

 albo fasciati ; alee robustce, lineis indeterminatis fuscis strigosis 

 et guttularibus ; anticce acutce, guttis basalibus nigris, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo. Foem. — Corpus non conspersum ; an- 

 tenna graciles ; ala? minus notatce. 



Male. — Luteous, stout. Palpi vertical, curved, broad, applied 

 to the head and not rising above it ; second joint mostly black ; 

 third very minute. Antennae moderately stout. Thorax and abdo- 

 men minutely speckled with black, the latter extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Pectus white in front. Legs stout. Fore legs 

 mostly black; their tibiae and tarsi with white bands. Wings robust, 

 moderately broad, with brown dots and streaks, which are arranged 

 in three very irregular lines. Fore wings acute, with a few black 

 basal dots; orbicular and reniform marks not distinguishable; exte- 

 rior border very oblique. Female. — Antennae slender. Body not 

 speckled. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings with fewer and mostly paler markings. Length of the body 

 6J — 7 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



Allied to B. Hirtusalis, as is also the following species. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



Botys Elycesalis. 



Mas. Ferruginea, robusta ; palpi fusci, porrecti, pilosi, non lati, 

 articulo So conico ; palpi maxillares pilosis distincti ; antennce 

 validce ; abdomen alas postieas paullo superans, apice luteum ; 

 pedes validi,femoribus tibiisque anticis fuscis ; alee elongatce , 

 pallide lutea? ; anticce acutce, basi costaque rufescente-ferru- 

 gineis, margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticce lituris nullis. 



Male. Ferruginous, stout, white beneath. Palpi brown, por- 

 rect, pilose, not broad, as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 conical, less than half the length of the second. Maxillary palpi 

 pilose, distinct. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings, pale luteous towards the tip. Legs stout, smooth ; 

 fore femora and lore tibiae mostly brown. Wings elongate, pale 



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