LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1007 



conical, minute, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae slender. Fore pectus pure white. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings narrow, black-speckled, mostly cinereous ; interior and exte- 

 rior lines black, diffuse, undulating ; marginal lunules black. Fore 

 wings acute ; exterior line very much bent ; three black streaks 

 representing the orbicular and reniform marks ; exterior border very 

 oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Allied to B. Pharisalis. 



a. Australia. From M. Darnel's collection. 



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Botys Thiasalis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, vix robusta ; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, 

 obtusi, subtus nivei ; antennce graciles ; pectus niveum ; abdo- 

 men alas posticas paullo superans ; aim purpureo cupreoque 

 nitentes. 



Female, Cinereous-brown, hardly stout, pale cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi porrect, short, broad, obtuse, pure white beneath, as 

 is also the fore part of the pectus. Antennse slender. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings with purple and 

 cupreous reflections. 



b. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



BOTYS ACHCEUSALIS. 



Mas et foem. Late lutea, sat robusta ; palpi porrecti, lati, atri, 

 acuti ; palpi maxillares, thoracis latera antica, pectoris discus 

 abdominisque fascia subapicalis nigra ; pedes glabri, tibiis 

 anticis apice femoribusque nigris ; alee elongates, margine lato 

 purpurascente nigro ; anticce vix acuta, fasciis duabus pur- 

 purascente nigris, 2a postice dilatata. Mas. — Antenna pu- 

 bescentes ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans, segmentis 

 nonnullis coarctatis. Fcem. — Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans, fasciis ventralibus nigris. 



Male and female. Bright luteous, moderately stout. Palpi 

 porrect, broad, acute, deep black, not longer than the breadth of the 

 head. Maxillary palpi black, distinct. Thorax black on each side 



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