LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1445 



BOTYS AMCENALIS. 



Mas. Aurato-flava ; palpi porrecti, rostriformes, ochraceo uni- 

 guttati, sitbtus argenteo-albi, articulo So minimo ; thorax 

 ochraceo conspersus ; abdominis segmenta ochraceo conspersa; 

 ala? basi ochraceo conspersa, linea postmedia ochraceo. angulosa 

 undulata, fascia submarginali rosea fusco flavoque marginata, 

 fascia marginali ochracea angusta fusco marginata, fimbria 

 argenteo-alba basi nigro lineata ; antica? pemcutce, linea ante- 

 media ochracea angulosa, plaga magna purpurea, 



Male. Bright gilded yellow. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi porreet, rostriform, silvery white beneath, with an 

 ochraceous dot on the outer side, much shorter than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint acute, very minute. Antennae pubescent. 

 Thorax ochraceous-speckled. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white. Wings ochra- 

 ceous-speckled towards the base ; an ochraceous postmedial zigzag 

 deeply undulating line ; a rosy submarginal band, which is bordered 

 on the inner side by an undulating brown line and on the outer side 

 by a gilded yellow line ; the latter divided by a very slender brown 

 line from a narrow ochraceous marginal band ; fringe silvery white, 

 with a black festoon at its base. Fore wings very acute, with a 

 zigzag antemedial ochraceous line and with a large purple patch in 

 the disk ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 

 Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



BOTYS EEFUSALIS. 



Mas. Aurato-flava, robusta ; palpi nigri, breves, subdecumbentes, 

 basi flavi, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna sat valida ; abdo- 

 men alas posticus longe superans ; ala breviuscula?, dimidio 

 basali lineisque duabus angulosis interruptis nigricantibus, 

 pvnctis marginalibus nigris ; anticm vix acuta. 



Male. Gilded yellow, stout. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi moderately broad, slightly decumbent, black on the 

 outer side, except towards the base, much shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint lanceolate, less than one-third of the length 

 of the second. Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft rather large. Legs slender. 

 Wings rather short, blackish on nearly half the surface from the 



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