LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1403 



BOTYS PROFANALTS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; caput et thorax fusca ; palpi breves, 

 porrecti, lanceolati, pilosi, subtus albi; abdomen alas posticas 

 dimidio superans, fascieulo apicali elongato ; alee angustce, 

 lineis tribus obliquis angulosis punctisque marginalibus 

 diffusis fuscis ; anticce vix acuta, orbiculari et reniformi 

 fuscis parvis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head and thorax brown. Palpi 

 porrect, lanceolate, pilose, much shorter than the breadth of the 

 head, white beneath. Antennse minutely pubescent. Abdomen ex- 

 tending for half its length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 elongate. Legs slender. Wings narrow, with three oblique zigzag 

 brown lines ; first line antemedial ; second postmedial ; third sub- 

 marginal, indistinct in the hind wings; marginal points brown, 

 diffuse. Fore wings hardly acute, with the orbicular and the reni- 

 form indicated by two small brown marks ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a, b. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



BOTYS LONGALTS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti, lanceolati, 

 subtus albi, capitis latitudine paullo longiores, articulo So 

 parvo lanceolato ; abdomen album, longissimum ; pedes lon- 

 gissimi, gracillimi ; alee longce, angustce, costa saturatiore, 

 lineis duabus cervinis postice approximatis, \a subobliqua, 

 2a arcuata rectangulata, gutta punctisque marginalibus cer- 

 vinis. 



Male. Ochraceous, slender. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Head white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, 

 white beneath, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae long, slender, setulose. Abdomen white, extending for 

 nearly its whole length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongate. 

 Legs very long and slender. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings 

 acute, deeper ochraceous along the costa; two fawn-coloured lines, 

 which are more than thrice nearer to each other on the interior 

 border than on the costa ; first line slightly oblique ; second curved 

 outward, forming a right angle behind a fawn-coloured dot, which 



