LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1413 



wings; third marginal. Fore wings acute; orbicular and reniform 

 marks between the first and second lines, represented by a brown 

 point and a brown dot ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately 

 oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Amoy. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS PAUCJFERALTS. 



Fuern. Pallide ockracea ; abdomen ft avescente- album, alas posticus 

 paullo superans ; alee anticcv vix aeutce, guttis sex fuscis, la 

 antemedia, 2a 3(tque postmediis, 2a subeostali, 3a postica, 4a, 

 5a et 6a exterioribus ; posticce subaurato-albidce. 



Female. Pale ochraceous, silvery white beneath. Abdomen 

 yellowish white, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with six brown dots ; 

 first dot in the disk before the middle ; second and third beyond the 

 middle; second subcostal; t'sird near the interior border; fourth, 

 fifth and sixth more exterior, Conning a short transverse streak ; 

 fringe whitish; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings 

 whitish, slightly gilded. Length of the body 3i lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a, South Hindostan. Presented by M.J. Walhouse, Esq. 



BOTYS PTEROPHORALIS. 



Fcera. Cervina, gracillima ; palpi breves, graciles, oblique ascend- 

 entes, subtus albi, articulo 3o minimo ; abdomen longissimum ; 

 pedes gracillimi ; alee longce, perangusta, purpurascente cupreo 

 sujfusce ; anticce acuta. 



Female. Fawn-colour, very slender. Body silvery white 

 beneath. Palpi pubescent, slender, white beneath, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint very short. An- 

 tennae slender. Abdomen very long, extending for nearly its whole 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs long, silvery cinereous, very 

 slender; spurs very slender. Wings long, very narrow, with a 

 purplish cupreous tinge. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, extremely oblique. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Most allied to B. Damalis. 

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



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