1412 CATALOGUE OF 



slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with a brown marginal 

 line. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



«. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse Esq. 



BOTYS LUCIFEEALIS. 



Pallide flava ; caput rufo fas datum ; thorax rufo bifasciatus, 

 plagis lateralibus duabus rufis duabusque argenteis ; abdomen 

 rufum, alas posticas sat superans, maculis dorsalibus argenteis ; 

 alee rufo conspersce, linea marginali rufa ; anticce maculis 

 duabus maximis albis fere hyalinis rufo marginatis, fascia 

 exteriore e maculis argenteo -albis ; posticce macula maxima 

 alba fere hyalina rufo marginata. 



Pale yellow. Body beneath and legs silvery white. Head 

 with a red band on the vertex. Thorax with two red hands, of which 

 the hind one is much more determinate than the fore one and is 

 connected on each side with a red patch, the latter joining a silvery 

 patch. Abdomen red, extending rather beyond the hind wings, with 

 a transverse silvery spot on the hind border of each segment. Wings 

 red-speckled ; marginal line red. Fore wings acute, with two very 

 large white nearly hyaline red-bordered spots; an incomplete band 

 of silvery white spots nearer the exterior border, which is slightly 

 convex and rather oblique. Hind wings with a very large white 

 nearly hyaline red-bordered spot. Length of the body 5j lines; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



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



BOTYS EEDTJCTALIS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi late fimbriati, oblique ascendentes > articulo 

 So brevissimo ; antennae robustce, pubescentes ; abdominis fas- 

 ciculus apicalis parvus^ compressus ; alee lineis tribus fuscis, 

 \a 2aque vix dentatis,la subarcuata, 3a marginali; anticce 

 puncto guttaque fuscis, linea 2a valde flexa. 



Male. Ochraceous^ paler beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 broadly fringed with squamous hairs, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint extremely short. Antennae stout, pubescent. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, 

 compressed. Wings moderately broad, with three brown lines; first 

 and second lines hardly dentate; first slightly curved outward; 

 second very deeply bent in the fore wings, incomplete in the hind 



