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CATALOGUE OF 





in front. Disk of the pectus black. Abdomen with a black sub- 

 apical band. Legs smooth ; femora and tips of the fore tibiae black. 

 Wings elongate, moderately broad, with a broad purplish black 

 border; fringe blackish cinereous. Fore wings hardly acute, with 

 two purplish black bands, which diverge from each other hindward ; 

 the exterior one dilated as it approaches the black border. Male. — 

 Antennae pubescent. Abdomen contracted before the middle, ex- 

 tending some distance beyond the hind wings. Female. — Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings, with black bands beneath. 

 Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings 12—14 lines. 



This species has much resemblance to the genus Hyalea. 



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



b, c. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 

 d. Australia. 



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BOTYS EUPILESALIS. 



Albido-cinerea, gracilis ; caput et thorax anfice fusca ; palpi fusci, 

 porrecti, breves, lati, articulo So minimo ; antenna sat gra~ 

 cites ; pectus antice niveum ; pedes antici fusco fasciati ; alee 

 elongatce, iridescent.es, fusco subconspersa, linea marginali 

 fusca ; anticce vix acutce, apud costam fuscescentes, orbiculariet 

 reniformi e maculis duabus fuscis ; posticce striga discali 

 transversa fusca. 



Whitish cinereous, slender. Head and thorax brown in front. 

 Palpi brown, porrect, short, broad, white beneath ; third joint very 

 minute. Antennae rather slender. Pectus pure white in front. 

 Legs smooth; fore legs with brown bands. Wings elongate, irides- 

 cent, moderately broad, thinly speckled with brown; marginal line 

 brown. Fore wings hardly acute, brownish along the costa, which 

 is slightly convex ; orbicular and reniform spots represented by two 

 brown spots, the latter very large ; exterior border moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings with a transverse brown discal streak. 

 Length of the body 6 ? lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



