1434 CATALOGUE OF 



Female, Pale ochraceous, paler beneath. Body beneath and 

 legs silvery whitish. Palpi fawn-colour, porrect, rather broad, sil- 

 very white beneath, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint very minute. Antennae very slender. Pectus silvery 

 white in front. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings rather narrow, with two brownish denticulated lines. Fore 

 wings acute ; second line much dislocated in the disk ; two little 

 brownish ringlets in the disk between the lines; exterior border very 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Ceram. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS ? PKOXIMALIS. 



Mas. AuratO'flava ; caput et thorax chalybceo-cyanea ; palpi 

 chalybceo-cyanei, lati, breves, obtusi, oblique ascendentes, arti- 

 culo So securiformi ; antenna pallide Jlavescentes, fuscescente 

 annulati ; alee breviusculce, lalinsculce, linea posimedia undu- 

 lata punctisgue marginalibus nigris, fascia marginali chalybceo- 

 cyanea postice intermpta ; anticce vix acuta, vitta costali 

 maculisque duabus chalybao-cyaneis connexis, striga costali 

 apicali aurato-fiava, striga postica nigricanie ; posticce gutta 

 nigricante. 



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

 Head and thorax chalybeous-blue. Palpi chalybeous-blue, broad, 

 obtuse, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third 

 joint short, securiform. Antenna? stout, pale yellowish, with brownish 

 rings. Wings rather broad and short, with a postmedial undulating 

 black iine, which is connected with a broad chalybeous-blue marginal 

 band, which is interrupted towards the interior angle; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings hardly acute ; a chalybeous-blue costal 

 stripe, which is connected with two spots of the same hue in the 

 disk ; a short gilded yellow streak along the tip of the costa ; a 

 blackish streak proceeding from the interior border to the disk ; ex- 

 terior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings with a 

 blackish dot in the disk. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



Very nearly allied to B. CEaxalis, 

 Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



