660 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Cinereous-testaceous, hardly slender, paler beneath. 

 Palpi fawn-colour, hardly ascending, short, obtuse, moderately 

 broad, white beneath, Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings, with small tufts along each side. Legs smooth. Wings 

 moderately broad, iridescent ; interior and exterior lines cinereous, 

 indistinct, slightly undulating; a slender whitish marginal line. 

 Fore wings hardly acule ; exterior line much bent; orbicular and 

 reniform marks forming two indistinct cinereous ringlets. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



198. BOTYS ABLACTALIS. 



Foem. Testacea, gracilis ; palpi porrecli, lati, rostriformes, capite 

 non breviores, articulo So conico minima ; alee sublestaceo- 

 cinerece, semihyalince, iridescentes, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 obscurioribus indistinctis, kac undulata, tinea marginali nigra, 

 fimbria alba; anticce peracutce, linea exteriore valde Jlexa, 

 reniformi angustaarcuata obscure cinerea. 



Female. Testaceous, slender, white and shining beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, broad, rostriform, as long as the bead ; third joint 

 conical, very minute. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth. Wings cinereous, with a slight testaceous 

 tinge, moderately broad, semihyaline, iridescent; interior and exte- 

 rior lines darker gray, indistinct, the latter undulating; marginal 

 line black ; fringe white. Fore wings very acute ; exterior line 

 much bent; reniform mark forming a slender curved dark cinereous 

 streak. The shape of the palpi and of the fore wings will dis- 

 tinguish this species from B. deductalis, which it much resembles. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a—-/. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Var. )8. Foem. Pallide fuscescente-cinerea ; pectus antice niveum ; 

 alee lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis indistinctis undulatis, 

 tinea ' marginali obscure fusca; anticce reniformi e lunula 

 fusca. 



Female. Pale brownish cinereous, whitish beneath. Pectus 

 pure white in front. Wings with the interior and exterior lines 

 brown, indistinct, undulating; marginal line dark brown. Fore 



