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CATALOGUE OF 



luteous. Fore wings acute, reddish ferruginous at the hase and 

 irregularly so on the costal half; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 wings without markings. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Botys Idyalis. 



Mas. Purpuras cente-cinerea ; caput aryenteum ; palpi glabri, arti- 

 culo So lanceolato brevi ; antennce pubescentes ; thorax antice 

 luteus ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans, segmentis luteo 

 marginatis ; alee antica? acuta, maculis tribus costalibus 

 magnis guttisque duabus posterioribus flavescente-albis irides- 

 centibus semihyalinis, costa venisque luteis ; posticce apud 

 costam pallide lutece. 



Male. Closely allied to B. Althealis, but different from that 

 species in the structure of the palpi. Purplish cinereous, white be- 

 neath. Head silvery white. Palpi smooth ; third joint lanceolate, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 pubescent. Thorax pale luteous in front. Abdomen extending 

 some distance beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments 

 and tip pale luteous. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 acute, with three large costal yellowish white iridescent semihyaline 

 spots, the middle one very much larger than the first and than the third ; 

 the latter subdivided, and forming a very incomplete band by means 

 of two hindward dots ; costa and veins mostly pale luteous. Hind 

 wings broadly pale yellow along the costa. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the wings 14 ines.. 



«. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Botys Itemalesalis. 



Foem. Pallide ochraceo-cervina, oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti y 

 lati, acuti, subtus nivei ; palpi maxillares distincti ; abdomen 

 albido-cinereum, apice teslaceum, alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 alee latiusculm. iridescentes ; anticce acuta, lineis interiore et 

 exterior -e, reniformi lunulata et margine exteriore obscuriori- 

 bus, linea exteriore valde fiexa ; posticce albidce, magis hya- 

 lince, linea exteriore margineque exteriore obscurioribus. 





