LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. W7 



cinerea, lineis interiore et exteriors nigricantibus subobliquis ,• 

 antica vix acuta, apud costam diffuse purpurascente-citu -retc, 

 linea exteriore biangulata, reniformi parva. 



Male. Pale yellow, slender, white and shining beneath. H ead 

 and fore sides of the thorax brown. Palpi brown, porrect, short, 

 broad, white beneath ; third joint very small. Antennae squamous, 

 not pubescent. Abdomen extending far beyoud the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth ; fore femora and fore tibiae brown above, the latter 

 tufted. Wings moderately broad, cinereous along the exterior 

 border ; interior and exterior lines blackish, slender, slightly oblique. 

 Pore wings hardly acute, diffusedly purplish cinereous along the 

 costa, and thus nearly hiding ihe small reniform mark; exterior line 

 bent, and forming two right, angles. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. Prom Mr. Stevens' collection. 



211. Botys Thyalis. 



Fcem. Ochraceo-cinerea, vix robusta ; palpi porrecti, graciles, 

 breves,, non obtusi ; antenna squamosa j pectus antice niveum ; 

 abdomen cinereum, alas posticas non superans.; ala purpuras- 

 centes,fusco conspersa, breviuscula ; antica acuta, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore nigricantibus, hac valde Jiexa, orbiculari et 

 reniformi nigricantibus, hac perangusta, ilia punctiformi ; 

 antica cinerea, linea exteriore nigricante. 



Female. Ochraceous-cinereous, hardly stout, whitish beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, short, not obtuse ; third joint concealed by 

 the hairs. Antennas squamous. Pectus pure white in front. Abdo- 

 men cinereous, not extending beyond the hiud wings. Legs smooth. 

 Wings with a purplish tinge, minutely speckled with brown, rather 

 short. Fore wings acute ; interior and exterior lines blackish, the 

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

 former punctiform, the latter very narrow. Hind wings with no 

 ochraceous tinge ; a blackish exterior line. Length of the body 3 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



212. Botys SUSPICALIS. 



Fcem. Testacea, sat gracilis , caput et thorax anticus fusca ; oculi 

 albo marginati ; palpi por recti, tali, obtusi; abdomen segmentis 



3 M 2 



