1428 CATALOGUE OF 



BOTYS? MEGALOPSALTS. 



Mas. JEneo-cinerea ; caput fusco vittatum ; palpi fusci, ascend- 

 entes, verticem non attingentes, articulo So minimo ; thorax 

 antic e fusco trimaculatus ; abdomen longissimum ; pedes Ion- 

 gissimi, gracillimi ; alee lineis duabus fuscis dentatis, 2a valde 

 undulata ; anticce vix acuta, lituris duabus basalibus fuscis, 

 linea la dilatata, linea fusca serniarcuata, macula subcostali 

 magna nigra punctum album includente, fascia subapicali 

 fusca brevi. 



Male. iEneous-cinereous, slender. Body beneath and legs 

 silvery cinereous. Head with a brown stripe. Palpi brown, 

 ascending, applied to the head, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 third joint extremely short, Antenna? long, smooth, slender. Tho- 

 rax with three brown spots in front. Abdomen very long, extending 

 for more than half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small, elongate. Legs very long and slender. Wings with two 

 dentate brown lines; first line antemedial ; second postmedial, 

 deeply undulating. Fore wings hardly acute ; an irregular brown 

 mark at the base and another near the base ; first line dilated ; a 

 slender semicircular brown line near the outer side of a large round 

 black subcostal spot, which contains a white point ; a short brown 

 subapical band ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Closely allied to B.P Trogusalis. 



Malacca, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS TRIFERALIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi ochracei, robusti, verticem vix superantes, 

 articulo So conico ; al& ceneo nitentes ; antica vix acuta, 

 purpureo suffusa, fascia antemedia undulata fusco mafginata 

 postice attenuata et abbreviata, gutta costali postmedia quadrata 

 strigaque lata exteriore fiavis ; posticm cinerea. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Body beneath and legs silvery white 

 Palpi ochraceous, stout, squamous, curved, hardly rising higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of 

 the length of the second. Antennae pubescent. Fore tibiae mostly 

 ochraceous. Wings moderately broad, with aeneous reflections. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, purple-tinged ; a yellow antemedial undu- 

 lating brown-bordered band, which is attenuated and abbreviated 



