662 CATALOGUE OF 



lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae not pubes- 

 cent. Abdomen extending very far beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft long, testaceous. Legs smooth ; fore legs with brown bands. 

 Wings, iridescent, semihyaliue ; interior, exterior and submarginal 

 lines brown, denticulated. 



g — L Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



201. Botys Amyntusalis. 



. Testaceo-alba, gracilis ; palpi albi, arcuati, ascendentes, albi, 

 sat graciles, apice fusci, articulo 3o conico parvo ; palpi max- 

 illares breves ; antennce squamosa, sat validce ; abdomen luteo 

 varium, alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis ex 

 parte fuscus; tibice anticce fusco fasciatce ; alee iridescentes, 

 semihyalince, lineis interiore et exteriore, linea marginali fasci- 

 culoque apicali fuscis, fimbria alba fasco interlineata ; anticce 

 acutce, costa guttis tribus basalibus fuscis, linea exteriore valde 

 fiexa, reniformi fusca magna subquadrata pallido inter- 

 lineata, 



Male. Testaceous-white, slender, shining white beneath. Palpi 

 white, curved, ascending higher than the vertex, rather slender, 

 brown towards the tips ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Maxillary palpi short. Antennas squamous, 

 rather stout. Thorax brown on each side in front. Abdomen 

 partly luteous, extending far beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 partly brown. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae with a brown band. Wings 

 iridescent, semihyaline ; interior and exterior lines brown, irregular ; 

 marginal line and apical patch brown ; fringe white, interlined with 

 brown. Fore wings acute ; costa with three brown dots towards the 

 base; exterior line extremely bent, touching the reniform mark, 

 which is large, brown, subquadrate and interlined with the ground- 

 colour. Hind wings with the interior line forked in front. Length 

 of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



202. BOTYS LUNALIS. 



Mas et foem. Nigricante-fusca ; palpi bicolores ; antenna vix 

 pubescentes ; pedes albi, tibiis apice genubusque an ticis fuscis ; 

 alee violaceo subnitentes ; anticce lineis duabus obscurioribus 



