LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1423 



BOTYS MYSOLALIS. 



Fcem. Aurato-ftava ; palpi breves, subascendentes, articulo 3o 

 minirno ; thoracis later a aniica cervina ; abdomen alas posticas 

 perpaullo super ans ; aim amplce, lineis duabus subundulatis 

 fasciaque marginali ceneo-cervinis, fimbria cinerea ; anticce 

 costa pallide cervina, linea postmedia angulosa teneo-cervina ; 

 posticce linea [a interrupta, 2a abbreviata. 



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

 Palpi moderately stout, slightly ascending, silvery white beneath, 

 very much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint very 

 minute. Thorax fawn-colour along each side in front. Abdomen 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore femora with 

 ochraceous tips ; fore tibiae with a broad ochraceous band. Wings 

 ample, with two aeneous fawn-coloured slightly undulating lines, 

 and with an aeneous fawn-coloured marginal band ; fringe cinereous. 

 Fore wings acute; costa pale fawn-colour; a zigzag aeneous fawn- 

 coloured line, which joins the band near the interior angle; exterior 

 border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with the band more 

 regular than that of the fore wings ; first line interrupted ; second 

 abbreviated hind ward. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS IGNEALTS. 



Mas. Aurato-flava ; caput antice rufum; palpi rufi, porrecti, 

 capitis latitudine breviores, articulo So lanceolato ; antennae, 

 pubescentes; thorax antice rufus ; abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans, lateribus rufo conspersis ; alee lata, venis 

 lineaque denticuloAa undulata rufis, lunulis marginalibus 

 fuscis, fimbria obscure cinerea; anticce linea valde flex a, costa 

 rufa, litura discali fusca. 



Male. Gilded yellow. Head bright red in front. Palpi bright 

 red, porrect, silvery white beneath, rather shorter than the breadth 

 of the head; third joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of 

 the second. Antennae pubescent. Thorax bright red in front. Pectus 

 silvery white in front. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings, speckled with bright red on each side. Femora and fore 

 tibiae red ; fore tarsi with reddish bands. Wings broad, partly red 

 along the veins, with a red denticulated undulating postmedial line ; 



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