LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.; 1441 



large exterior blackish patch. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 truncated along half the length from the interior angle ; interior 

 border fringed with very long pale ochraceous hairs. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 

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



BOTYS CONTIGUALIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi breves, lati, oblique ascendentes, sub- 



tus argenteo-albi, articulo So minimo ; alee amplm, aneo pur- 



pureoque nitentes, lineis duabus fuscis, fimbria alba basi 



fusca ; anticce linea 2a effracta, gutta lunulaque inter lineas 



albidis fusco marginatis ; posticce linea 2a valde abbreviata. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Body beneath and legs silvery 



white. Palpi broad, obliquely ascending, silvery white beneath, 



hardly rising as high as the vertex ; third joint extremely short. 



Antenna? slender. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 



wings. Wings ample, with asneous and purple reflections; two 



brown lines; first line antemedial, slightly curved outward ; second 



postmedial, much dislocated in the fore wings, much abbreviated 



towards the interior border in' the hind wings; fringe white, brown 



at the base. Fore wings acute; a whitish elongated brown-bordered 



dot and a whitish brown-bordered lunule between the lines ; exterior 



border convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; 



of the wings 15 lines. 



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



BOTYS SUBJUNCTALIS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, ceneo nitens ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 



subtus argenteo-albi, articulo So brevissimo ; abdomen alas 



posticas dimidio fere superans ; alee amplce, purpureo nitentes, 



lineis duabus fuscis, \a abbreviata, 2a disjuncta albido mar- 



ginata, puncto antemedio albo, fimbria alba basi fusca; anticre 



lunula alba fusco marginata ; posticce fimbria apud angulwn 



interiorem fusca. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, tinged with seneous. Body beneath 



and legs silvery white. Palpi hardly broad, obliquely ascending, 



silvery white beneath, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 



extremely short. Antenna? slender. Abdomen extending for almost 



half its length beyond the hind wings. Wings ample, with aeneous 



