654 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Dingy whitish, stout. Head and thorax 

 more or less brown or ochraceous. Palpi porrect, brown, short, 

 moderately broad. Maxillary palpi very distinct, rather long. 

 Legs smooth, moderately stout ; fore legs varied with brown. Wings 

 rather ample, irregularly marked with brown ; interior and exterior 

 lines also irregular. Fore wings subfalcate, mostly brown or ochra- 

 ceous towards the base, with an exterior testaceous tinge ; three 

 discal vitreous spots. Hind wings mostly semihyaline. Male. — 

 Third joint of the palpi very short. Antennae stout, serrate-ciliate. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Female. — 

 Third joint of the palpi elongate. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 — 16 lines. 



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



h. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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



186. BOTYS CELSALIS. 



Fcem. Alba, sat valida ; caput et. thorax anticus cervina ; palpi 

 porrecti, breves, lati, obtusi ; abdomen ochraceo notatum ; pedes 

 antici cervini ; alee iridescentes, semihyaline, linea submar- 

 ginali cinerea undulata denticulata, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticce acutce, vitta costali cervina, maculis tribus sub- 

 costalibus maculaque posteriore cervinis fusco marginatis ; pos- 

 ticce macula discali guttaque interiore fuscis. Mas. — Abdo- 

 minis fasciculus apicalis utrinque subtusque niger. 



Female. White, rather stout. Head and fore part of the tho- 

 rax fawn-colour. Palpi fawn-colour, porrect, short, broad, obtuse, 

 white beneath towards the base. Abdomen slightly marked with 

 ochraceous. Legs smooth ; fore legs mostly fawn-colour. Wings 

 iridescent, semihyaline, with a cinereous undulating denticulated 

 submarginal line ; marginal points black. Fore wings acute, with 

 a costal fawn-coloured stripe, which joins three subcostal fawn- 

 coloured brown-bordered spots ; a fourth spot hindward in the disk. 

 Hind wings with one discal spot, and with an interior pale brown 

 dot. Male. — Antennae moderately stout. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft black on each side 

 and beneath. Female. — Abdomen extending very little beyond the 

 hind wings. Length oi* the body 4-| — 5 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 

 lines. This species has some affinity to the genus Margaronia. 



Borneo. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



