LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1455 



Pectus and legs silvery white. Abdomen extending beyond the hind 

 wings; hind borders of the segments white ; under side cinereous. 

 Wings elongate ; marginal points black ; under side brownish cine- 

 reous. Fore wings acute, with a while undulating line, which 

 extends from nearly three-fourths of the length of the costa to the 

 middle of the interior border; three cinereous longitudinal streaks 

 between the line and the base ; first streak near the costa, com- 

 mencing opposite two-thirds of the length of the second, and con- 

 taining two black points; third short, near the interior border; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings with a 

 straight white line, cinereous towards the base, with a blackish dot 

 near the costa. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



BOTVS CRASSICORNIS. 



Mas. Rufescens ; palpi porrecti ; antenna crassce, glabra ; abdo- 

 men argenteo-cinereum^ alas posticas longe superans ; alee anticm 

 apice subroiundata, fascia media fiava intus dentata extus 

 subundulata, spalio marginali Jlavesnente, costa apicem versus 

 ochracea, punctis marginalibus strigaque apicali diffusa fus~ 

 cis ; posticce albidce, semihyalina, fusco late marginata?. 



Male. Kedclish, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head. Antennae thick, smooth. 

 Abdomen silvery cinereous, extending much beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft elongate. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 

 a yellow not oblique middle band, which is dentate on the outer side 

 and slightly undulating on the inner side; marginal space dull 

 yellow; costa ochraceous towards the tip; marginal points brown ; 

 a brown oblique diffuse apical streak ; exterior border convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. Hind wings whitish, iridescent, semihyaline, broadly 

 bordered with brown. Length of the body 4J- lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



Botys Melonalis, C. L. H. xviii. 702. 

 Scopula Nititisalis, C. X. H. xviii. 773. 



