T.EPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 663 



vix denticulaiis, interiore subrecta, exteriore valde flexa, orbi- 

 mlari punctiformi et reniformi lunulata albis ; poslica lineis 

 duabus rectis obliquis, 2a abbreviuta. 



Botys lunalis, Guen. Dell, et Pyral. 352, 417. 



Coromandel. 



203. Botys Megesalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-eervina, gracilis; palpi fusci, ascendentes, breves, 

 non lati ; antenna graciles, squamosa? ; abdomen alas posticas 

 fere dimidio super ans ; ala elongate, linea exteriore fusca 

 recta obi? qua ; anticce non acuta, reniformi parva fusca ; pos- 

 ticas apud costam albida. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Palpi brown, ascending, 

 short, not broad ; third joint very minute. Antennae slender, squa- 

 mous. Abdomen long, extending for nearly halt* its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings elongate, moderately broad ; 

 exterior line brown, straight, oblique. Fore wings not acute ; reni- 

 form mark small, brown. Hind wings whitish along the costa. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



204. Botys abstkusalis. 



Mas et fosm. Fusca, vix robusta ; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, 

 obtusi; abdomen cinereo-fuscum, segmentis albido marginatis ; 

 pedes antici nigricante vittati ; a/a subpurpurascentes, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore nigricantibus diffusis denticidatis pallido 

 submarginatis, linea marginali pallida ; antica acuta, linea 

 exteriore valde flexa, orbiculari et reniformi nigricantibus, hac 

 lunulata. 



Male and female. Brown, hardly stout, whitish beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, short, broad, obtuse. Abdomen cinereous-brown ; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs smooth ; fore legs 

 wilh blackish stripes. Wings with a purplish tinge ; interior and 

 exterior lines blackish, diffuse, denticulated, slightly pale-bordered; 

 marginal line pale; fringe cinereous. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 line much bent ; orbicular and reniform marks blackish, the latter 

 lunulate. Male. — Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Middle femora fringed 



