LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 635 



153. Botys Neoclesalis. 



Mas. Cervina, gracilis ; palpi porrecti, longiusculi, latissimi, 

 obtusi ; antennas squamosa ; abdomen alas posticas sat supe- 

 runs ; fasciculus apicalis albo quadrilineatus ; alee sat angustce, 

 iridcscent.es, semihi/alince, lineis tribus purpurascente-fuscis, 

 fimbria albida basi testacea fusco interlineata ; anticce per- 

 acutce, postice pallidiores, linea interiore apud costam subangu- 

 lata, linea exteriore valde flexa, reniformi e lunula truncata 

 obscure fusca ; postica? albidaz. 



Male, Fawn-colour, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 rather long, very broad, obtuse, white beneath ; third joint concealed 

 by the hairs. Antennae squamous. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings ; pical tuft with four while lines. Legs 

 smooth. Wings rather narrow, iridescent, semihyaline, with three 

 purplish brown lines ; marginal line brown ; fringe whitish, testa- 

 ceous at the base, interlined with brown. Fore wings very acute, 

 paler hindward ; interior line slightly bent on approaching the costa; 

 exterior line as usual much bent; reniform mark distinguished by a 

 dark brown truncate lunule. Hind wings whitish, except towards 

 the border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



154. Botys Sinisalis. 



Mas. Cervina, gracilis ; palpi porrecti, latiusculi, non longi, arti- 

 culo So minimo ; antennce subsetulosce ; abdomen alas posticas 

 longe superans, segmentis albido marginatis ; tibia? intermedial 

 subincrassatce ; alee testaceo-cinerece, iridescentes, semihyalince, 

 fimbria alba ; antica perangusta?, liluris subobsoletis ; posticce 

 pallidiores, magis hyalines, apud costam dilatatce, margine ex- 

 teriore subundulato. 



Male. Fawn-colour, slender, white and shining beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, rather broad, not long, white beneath ; third joint very 

 minute, concealed by the hairs. Antennae very minutely setulose. 

 Abdomen extending far beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the 

 segments whitish. Legs smooth ; middle tibiae slightly thickened. 

 Wings testaceous-cinereous, iridescent, semihyaline; fringe white, 

 shining. Fore wings very narrow, with almost obsolete traces of 

 lines and of the discal marks ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Hind wings paler and more hyaline than the fore wings, somewhat 



