1452 CATALOGUE OF 



BOTYS SUBLITURALIS. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-slraminea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, breves, 

 subtus argenleo-albi, artieulo So minimo ; antenna valida, 

 pubescentes ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis compressus, mini- 

 mus ; alee latiusculce, linea antemedia subrecta lineaque post- 

 media subdenticulata valde undulata pallidisslme fuscescenti- 

 bus ; anticce puncto lunulaque pallidissime fuscescentibus, 



Male, Pale cinereous buff-colour. Body beneath and legs 

 silvery white. Palpi porrect, slender, silvery white beneath, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennae pubescent, rather stout. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed, very small. Wings 

 rather broad, with a postmedial slightly denticulated deeply undu- 

 lating very pale brownish line, and with an antemedial nearly 

 straight line of the same hue. Fore wings acute, with a point and 

 a lunule between the lines and like them in colour; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



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



BOTYS PLAGIFERALIS. 



Foem. Argenteo-alba ; palpi graciles, arcuati, oblique ascendentes, 

 apices versus fusci, artieulo So lanceolato ; thorax ceneo fasci- 

 atus et trimaculatus ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 

 ahe latiusculce, semihyalince, subaurata, lineis duabus laiis 

 fasciaque marginali informi bimaculata fuscis, linea \a sub- 

 arcuata; anticce strigis duabus fuscis basalibus transversis t 

 litura inter lineas fusca lata transversa, linea 2a bipunctata 

 postice f areata. 



Female, Silvery white. Palpi slender, curved, obliquely 

 ascending, brown towards the tips, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

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

 Thorax with an aeneous band and with three aeneous spots in front. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Fore femora, 

 fore tibiae and fore tarsi with brown tips. Wings semihyaline, 

 rather broad, slightly gilded, and with slight purple reflections ; two 

 broad brown lines, and a broad brown irregular marginal band 

 which contains two spots of the ground hue ; first line slightly curved 



