LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1405 



BoTYS PR^ITERITALIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi lati, porrecti, capitis latitudine multo 

 breviores ; alee punctis margin alihus nigricantibus , fimbria 

 basi pallide cinerea; anticce lineis duabus fuscis, la sub- 

 arcuata, 2aflexa biangulata, litura discali fusca indisiincta ; 

 posticcB linea fusca arcuata indistincta. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, nearly allied to B. adhaesalis. Body 

 beneath and legs pale silvery cinereous. Palpi broad, porrect, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head. Wings with indistinct blackish 

 marginal points; a pale cinereous line at the base of the fringe; 

 under side silvery cinereous. Fore wings acute, with two darker 

 brown lines; first line at one-fourth of the length, slightly curved 

 outward; second at two-thirds of the length, abruptly bent and 

 forming two right angles behind an indistinct brown mark in the 

 disk; exterior border nearly straight, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings with an indistinct much outward-curved brown line in the 

 middle. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



BOTYS PATULALIS. 



Fcem. Aurato-flava ; capitis latera antica fusca; palpi fusci, 

 porrecti, breves, articulo So brevissimo ; alee amplce, macula 

 strigaque subapicali fuscis transversis; antica? costa basali, 

 gutta basali maculaque apud angulum in teriorem fuscis. 



Female. Gilded yellow. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Head brown on each side in front. Palpi porrect, brown on the 

 outer side, very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint extremely short. Wings long, broad, with an elongated brown 

 transverse spot in the disk, and with a transverse brown subapical 

 streak. Fore wings acute ; costa brown towards the base ; a brown 

 dot in the disk near the base, and a brown spot close to the interior 

 angle; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



