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broad. Pectus with large white scales in front. Abdomen of the 

 male tumid, hardly conical, with a quadrate apical tuft of blackish 

 hairs. Wings alike in colour and with like markings ; lines and 

 discal marks distinct. Fore wings prolonged at the tips. Hind 

 wings short, with the interior angle slightly elongated ; their exte- 

 rior border in a line with that of the fore wings. 



1. BOTYODES VESTIGIALIS. 



Mas. Flavescens ; palpi roslriformes, fusco-flavi, subtus albi ; 

 antennae articulo \o pi lis flails albisque vestito ; abdominis 

 fasciculus apicalis nigricans, flaw varius ; pedes albi, tarsis 

 intermediis flavo cinctis ; alee linea communi sinuata ; antiea 

 linea interiore subarcuata subundulata liturisque duabus dis- 

 calibus pallide violaceo-cinereis ; postica? striya parva discali 

 lineaque tenui submarginali. 



Botyodes vestigialis, Guen. Dell, el Pyral. 321, 349. 



Colombia. 



2. Botyodes asialis. 



Mas et fcem. Ochraceo-flava ; abdomen flavum, fasciculo apicali 

 maris nigro-cinereo ; ala? margine lato lineaque media valde 

 sinuata et interrvpta rufescente-violaceis costam non attingen- 

 tibus ; aniica? linea interiore interrupta obliqua, orbiculari 

 punctiformi, reniformi e annulo ovato, postica litura discali 

 magna e striga flava divisa. 



Botyodes asialis, Guen. Dell, et Pyral. 321, 348. 



Hindustan. 



Genus 4. BOTYS. 



Corpus plus minusve gracile. Ocelli distincti. Proboscis 

 valida. Palpi porrecti et rostri formes aut ascendentes, non longi ; 

 aiticulus 3us crassus, squamosus, brevis. Palpi maxillares indis- 

 tincii. Antennae cylindricse, filiformes, simplices, maris nonnun- 

 quam pubescentes rarissime pectinatae. Thorax sat robustus. 

 Abdomen conicum, alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes 

 longi, nudi, calcaribus longis. Alae longiusculae ; anticae saepis- 

 sime acutae. 



