652 CATALOGUE OF 



hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments yellow. Legs white, smooth ; fore knees and fore tibiae 

 blackish, the latter white towards the base. Wings moderately 

 broad, brownish purple along the exterior border ; interior and ex- 

 terior lines of the same hue, the latter much bent ; fringe cinereous, 

 full. Fore wings acute, brownish purple along the costa ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks of the same hue, the latter obtusely lunulate. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



182. BOTYS loPASALIS. 



Fcem. Flava, sat gracilis ; palpi fusci, ascendentes, arcuati, sat 

 graciles, subtus fimbria ti, articulo So brevi ; abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo superans ; alee elongata, lineis interiore et exterior e 

 fusees cente-purpureis scepe macularibus, liac fiexa,plaga magna 

 subapicali purpuras cente-fusca, guttis marginalibus fuscis ; 

 antica acuta, guttis basalibus fuscis, orbiculari el reniformi 

 fuscis, hac magna annuliformi, ilia minima. 



Female. Yellow, rather slender. Palpi brown, curved, rather 

 slender, fringed beneath, ascending higher than the vertex; third 

 joint less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate, inte- 

 rior and exterior lines purplish brown, often macular, the latter 

 bent ; a large subapical purplish brown patch ; marginal dots 

 brown. Fore wings acute, with a basal line of brown dots ; orbicu- 

 lar and reniform marks brown, the former very small, the latter 

 large, annular; exterior border moderately oblique. Length of the 

 body 4 — 6 lines ; of the wings 10 — 14 lines. 



a — c. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 d. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



183. BOTYS ADMENSALIS. 



Foem. Testacea, vix gracilis ; palpi fusci, porrecti, breves, lati, 

 subtus albi ; abdomen alas posticas vix superans, guttis duabus 

 basalibus nigricantibus ; tibiae antica fusco fas data ; ala 

 tineis interiore et exteriore fusees centibus indistinctis undu- 

 latis ; antica vix acuta, linea exteriore valde fiexa, orbiculari 

 et reniformi nigricantibus parvis ; posticce pallidiores. 



Female. Testaceous, hardly slender, white and shining be- 

 neath. Palpi brown, short, broad, porrect, white beneath ; third 



