630 CATALOGUE OF 



146. Botys Phrynealxs. 



Purpurascente-cineredi gracilis; palpi erecti, arcuati, non lati, 

 articulo 3o gracili longi-conico distincto ; antenna glabra ; 

 abdominis fasciculus apicalis subfurcatus ; alee nitentes, bre- 

 viusculce ; anticce vix acuta, plagis duabus strigaque inter- 

 media flavis, punctis marginalibus fuscis, fimbria cinerea ; 

 postica cinerea, apud costam alba. 



Male. Purplish cinereous, sleuder, white beneath. Palpi 

 vertical, curved, not broad; third joint slender, elongate-conical, 

 minute, distinct. Antennae smooth. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft slightly furcate. Legs smooth, 

 slender. Wings shining, rather short. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with two yellow costal patches, which are nearly connected by an 

 intermediate yellow costal streak; fringe cinereous. Hind wings 

 cinereous, white along the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



147. Botys Hellicalis. 



Fcem. Testacea, sat gracilis ; caput rufescente-fuscum ; palpi 

 graciles, ascendentes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio 

 non brevior ; antenna sat validce; pedes robusti; alee bre- 

 viuscula, latiuscula, cervino tincta, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 fuscis duplicatis valde denticulatis, linea marginali nigri- 

 cante ; anticce reniformi, linea basali lineaque postica media 

 fuscis, linea marginali apud costam submarginali, costa fus- 

 cescente, margine exteriore convtxo vix obliquo ; posticce mar- 

 gine exteriore subflexo. 



Female. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and palpi reddish 

 brown; the latter slender, obliquely ascending; third joint elon- 

 gate-conical, about half the length of the second. Antenna? rather 

 stout. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, smooth. Wings rather short and broad, mostly overspread 

 with a fawn-coloured hue ; interior and exterior lines brown, 

 double, much denticulated; marginal line blackish, becoming sub- 

 marginal towards the tips of the fore wings. Fore] wings with the 

 basal line, the reniform mark and the posterior middle line brown ; 

 costa brownish ; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border slightly bent. Length of the body 

 4£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



