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187. BOTYS HISTRICALIS. 



Mas. Pallide-ochracea, gracilis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi fusci 

 porreti, breves, lati, subrostriformes, subtus albi ; antennce 

 late setulosa? ; thoracis latera antica fusca ; abdomen alas pos- 

 iicas superans, sey mentis albido maryinatis ; pedes antici fusci ; 

 alee an gust a, lineis fuscis interruptis, fimbria flavescente-alba ; 

 anticce valde acuta, basi et apud costam fuscce, maculis quatuor 

 fuscis, quatuor vitreis. Fcem. ? — Pallida ; alee anticce macu- 

 lis tribus vitreis. 



Male. Pale ochraceous, slender, white beneath. Head white 

 about the eyes. Palpi brown, porrect, short, broad, slightly rostri- 

 form, white beneath. Antennae broadly setulose. Thorax brown 

 on each side in front. Abdomen extending" somewhat beyond the 

 hind wings ; hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs smooth ; 

 fore legs mostly brown. Wings narrow ; interior and exterior lines 

 brown, irregular, interrupted ; fringe yellowish white. Fore wings 

 very acute, brown at the base and along part of the costa, with four 

 vitreous brown-bordered spots of various size. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Female. ? Much paler. Fore wings with only three vitreous 

 spots. Length ot the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



b. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



c. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



188. BOTYS UNITALIS. 



Cinerea, robusta, subtus albida ; palpi breves, ascendentes ; abdo- 

 men alas posticus non superans ; pedes ylabri, genubus anticis 

 fuscis, tibiis anticis fusco fasciatis ; alee amplce ; lineis inte- 

 riors et exteriore obscurioribus vix conspicuis ; anticce non 

 acutce, tinea exteriore fiexa, orbiculari et reniformi vix con- 

 spicuis. 



Botys unitalis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL, 349, 41 1. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



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