LEPIDOPTERA HETEUOCERA. 659 



Female, Reddish fawn-colour, rather stout, white beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, short, moderately broad ; third joint lanceolate, 

 decumbent, forming an angle with the second. Antennae squa- 

 mous. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth ; fore femora and fore tibiae brown above ; fore tarsi with 

 brown bands. Wings moderately broad, testaceous beneath ; exte- 

 rior line slender, blackish, much bent; submarginal line less dis- 

 tinct, slightly curved in the fore wings, nearly straight in the hind 

 wings ; fringe pure white, brown at the base. Fore wings with an 

 interior blackish line. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



196. BOTYS DEDUCTALIS. 



Mas. Cinerea, gracilis ; palpi cervini, porrecti, breves, lati, sub- 

 tus albi; antenna? graciles, subpubescentes ; abdomen alat 

 postieas superans, fascieulis parvis later alibus ; ala? latius- 

 cula?, iridescentes, linea exteriore obscuriore indistincta 

 subundulata; antica? vix acuta?, orbiculari et reniformi 

 indistinctis. 



Male, Cinereous, slender, white beneath. Palpi fawn-colour, 

 porrect, short, broad, white beneath ; third joint very minute. An- 

 tennae slender, minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings, with small tufts along each side. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings rather broad, iridescent; exterior line 

 indistinct, slightly undulating, a little darker than the ground- 

 colour. Fore wings hardly acute; orbicular and reniform indis- 

 tiuctly visible. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



197. BOTYS ULTIMALIS. 



Foem. Cinereo-testacea, vix gracilis ; palpi cervini, breves, ob- 

 tusi, vix ascendentes, sublus albi; abdomen fasciculus parvis 

 lateralibus, alas postieas vix superans ; ala? iridescentes, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore cinereis indistinctis subundulatis, linea 

 maruinali tenui albida ; antica? vix acuta?, linea exteriore 

 valde fiexa, orbiculari et reniformi e annulis duobus indis- 

 tinctis cinereis. 



