LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 545 



Var. p. Fawn-colour, white beneath. Head white about the 

 eyes and with a white middle stripe. Fore wings mostly vitreous 

 in the disk, slightly and irregularly streaked with brown or with 

 black ; two blackish marks representing the orbicular and reniform 

 spots. 



a, Ceylon. Presented by B. Templeton, Esq. 



b. Nepaul. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Fam. 8. BOTYD.E. 



Corpus laeve, squamosum. Caput saepissime parvum. Pro- 

 boscis mediocris. Palpi sqnamoso-pilosi, porrecti aut subascend- 

 entes, saepe rostriformes, articulis non bene determinatis. Palpi 

 maxillares distincti aut obsoleti. Antennae simplices aut ciliatae, 

 rarissime pectinatae. Abdomen plusminusveconicum etattenuatum. 

 Pedes glabri ; tibiae anticae brevissimae. Alae nitentes, tenues, sat 

 amplae; anticae lineis interiore et exteriore liturisque discalibus 

 saepe distinctis ; posticae angulo interiore saepissime producto. 



Botydae, Guen. Dell, et Pyral. 315. 



Body smooth, squamous. Head generally small. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi squamous-pilose, porrect or slightly as- 

 cending, often rostriform ; joints generally indistinct. Maxillary 

 palpi distinct or obsolete. Antennae moderately long, simple or 

 ciliated, very rarely pectinated. Abdomen more or less conical and 

 attenuated. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae very short. Wings shining, 

 somewhat ample, delicate. Fore wings with the interior and exte- 

 rior lines and the orbicular and reniform marks often distinct. 

 Hind wings with the interior angle generally elongated. 



A. Alae anticse costa non fasciculata. 

 A. Pedes lati, 



a. Corpus valde robustum. 



a. Alae anticae non falcatae. - 1. Polygrammodes, Guen. 



b. Alae anticae falcatae. - - 11. Megastes, Guen. 

 B. Corpus non valde robustum. 



a. Alae valde gultatae. - - - 2. Astura, Guen, 



b. Alae non valde guttatae. 



i. Antennae articulo lo valde tumido. 



3. Botyodes, Guen. 



3b 



