LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1447 



lituraque fuscis ; posticce fimbria apud angulum interiorem 

 pallide ochracea. 



Female. Dull ochraceous. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Eyes white-bordered. Palpi porrect, rostriform, very acute, 

 silvery white beneath, as long as the breadth of the head; third joint 

 lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings rather broad, with 

 a brown postmedial zigzag much bent line; a diffuse dark brown 

 marginal line ; fringe white, dark brown at the base. Fore wings 

 very acute, with an outward-curved antemedial brown line, and with 

 a little transverse brown mark between the lines ; exterior border 

 nearly straight, slightly oblique, flind wings with the fringe pale 

 ochraceous towards the interior angle. Length of the body 5 Hues ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



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



BOTYS RETRACTALIS* 



Foem. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi fusci, 

 lati, oblique ascendentes, sub t us argenteo-albi, articulo So bre- 

 vissimo ; abdomen pallide ochraceum ; alee ceneo subnitentes, 

 linea postmedia fusea angulosa albido marginata valde arcuata, 

 linea marginali fusca diffusa ; anticce linea antemedia sub- 

 arcuata albido marginata lanulaque fuscis. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Body beneath and legs 

 silvery white. Eyes white-bordered. Palpi brown, broad, obliquely 

 ascending, silvery white beneath, not rising higher than the vertex; 

 third joint extremely short. Abdomen pale ochraceous, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi with black 

 tips ; posterior tibiae sometimes blackish-striped. Wings moderately 

 broad, slightly aeneous-tinged, with a brown zigzag postmedial line, 

 which is bordered with whitish on the outer side, and is very deeply 

 curved inward behind the middle ; a diffuse brown marginal line ; 

 fringe cinereous, interlined with fawn-colour near the base. Fore 

 wings acute ; a brown antemedial line, which is slightly curved 

 outward and is whitish-bordered on the inner side ; a brown point 

 and a brown lunule between the lines ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



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