1440 CATALOGUE OF 



with brown on half the length from the exterior border ; a whitish 

 longitudinal streak in the disk, excavated by two elongated blackish 

 dots; marginal points black, elongated; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS OPHICERALIS. 



Mas. JEneo-fusca, crassa ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti, 

 breves, latissimi, articulo So lanceolato gracili; antenna ban 

 bicornutce et serpentina ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans, 

 fasciculo apicali gracili compresso ; tarsi postici basi squamoso 

 fasciculati ; alee longce, purpureo nitentes. 



Male. iEneous-brown, very stout. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax ochraceous. Eyes white-bordered. Palpi porrect, squa- 

 mous, very broad, very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, slender. Antennae undulating near the base, 

 which is furnished with two short horns, slightly mcrassated at one- 

 sixth of the length. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft slender, compressed. Legs rather stout; hind 

 tarsi with a thick squamous tuft at the base. Wings long, purple- 

 tinged. Fore wings acute; exterior border hardly convex, very 

 oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



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



BOTYS TRUNCATALIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; caput, thorax antice et abdomen basi sub- 

 ochracea ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi erecti, brevissimi, latissimi ; 

 abdomen lineare, apice albidum, alas posticas plus dimidio 

 superans ; alee angustce, subpurpurascentes ; anticce litura 

 transversa plagaque magna exteriore nigricantibus. 



Female, Cinereous-brown. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 whitish. Head and thorax dull ochraceous. Eyes white-bordered. 

 Palpi erect, very broad and short, silvery white beneath ; third joint 

 extremely small. Antennae slender. Pectus silvery white in front. 

 Abdomen linear, dull ochraceous towards the base, extending for 

 more than half its length beyond the hind wings, whitish at the tip. 

 Wings narrow, purplish-tinged. Fore wings acute, with a small 

 transverse blackish mark at the end of the areolet, and with a very 



