LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA.. 14H 



BOTVS ALBIDALIS. 



Foem, Albida ; caput et thorax antieus pallide ochracea ; al& 

 amplce, linea postmedia cinerea undulata dentieulata ; anticce 

 vitta costali abbreviata pallide ochracea. 



Female. Whitish. Head, palpi, fore part of the thorax and 

 an ahbreviated costal stripe of the fore wings pale ochraceous. An- 

 tennae and legs lo-nar, slender. Wings ample, with a postmediai 

 denticulated undulating cinereous line. Fore wings acute; exterior 

 border almost straight, slightly oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



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



BOTYS CONVECTALTS. 



Mas. Cinerea, sat gracilis ; caput et thorax antieus cervina ; 

 palpi porrecti, subtus fimbriati, capitis latitudine breviores, 

 articulo So brevissimo ; antennce subpubescentes ; abdomen 

 pallide ochraceum, alas posticas longe superans, segmeniis albo 

 marginatis, fasciculo apicali magno albo-quadrivittato ; alee 

 lineis tribus fascis postice approximatis, fascia marginali pal- 

 lide fusca postice abbreviata, fimbria albida fusco interlineata ; 

 anticce vitta costali lineaque abbreviata fuscis, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce linea marginali fusca. 



Male. Cinereous, rather slender. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax fawn-colour. Body beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi 

 porrect, fringed beneath, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint very short. Antennse very minutely pubescent. Abdomen 

 pale ochraceous, extending much beyond the hind wings, with a 

 black dot on each side at the tip ; hind borders of the segments 

 white ; apical tuft deeper ochraceous, long, compressed, with four 

 white stripes. Legs slender. W r ings iridescent, with three brown 

 lines ; first and second lines converging from the costa of the fore 

 wings to the interior angle of the hind wings ; third irregnlar, con- 

 verging to the second, abbreviated in the hind wings; a pale brown 

 marginal band, which is much abbreviated in the hind wings ; 

 fringe whitish, interlined with brown near the base. Fore wings 

 acute; costa brownish; an undulating brown line between the 

 second and third lines extending from the costa to a little beyond 

 the middle of the breadth; marginal points blackish ; exterior border 



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