XEFTBOPTERA HETEROCERA. W* 



214. BOTVS STULTALIS. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea, gracilis ; caput ct thorax anticus cervina ; 

 palpi fusci, porrecti, breves, lati, obtusi,subtus albi ; abdomen 

 alas posticas lunge superans, apice compressum ; alee ungusta , 

 ir ides cen tea, lineis interiors et exteriore nigricantibus denticu- 

 latis ; anticce ucutce, linea exteriore valde jlexa, orbiculari 

 punctiformi et rent for mi lunulata nigricantibus, margine exte- 

 riore perobliguo. 



Male and female. Cinereous, slender, with a testaceous tinge, 

 white beneath. Head and fore part of the thorax fawn-colour. 

 Palpi brown, porrect, short, broad, obtuse, white beneath. Antenna? 

 squamous. Abdomen extending rather far beyond the hind wings, 

 compressed at the tip. Legs smooth. Wings narrow, iridescent ; 

 interior and exterior lines blackish, denticulated. Fore wings acute ; 

 exterior line much bent ; punctiform orbicular mark and lunulate 

 renif'orm blackish ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the 

 body 5 Hues ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



b, c. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

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



215. BOTYS ADOUCTALIS. 



Fuscescente-purpurea, sat gracilis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi ascen- 

 dentes, graciles, subarcuati, subtus albi, articulo 3o minima ; 

 antennce squamosce .; tibice anticce fusco fasciata? ; alee opacce, 

 lineis interiors et exteriore fuscescentibus indistinctis cinereo 

 fasciatis ; anticce vix acutce, maculis duabus subcostalibus albis, 

 linea exteriove valde flexa. 



Brownish purple, rather slender, white and shining beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi obliquely ascending, slender, slightly 

 curved, white beneath ; third joint very minute, not more than one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antennae squamous. Legs smooth. 

 Fore tibiae with a .brown band. Wings opaque; interior and exterior 

 lines brownish, indistinct, cinereous-bordered. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with two transverse white spots in front, the interior one cor- 

 responding to the reuiform mark, the outer one accompanying the 

 exterior line, which is much bent. Length of the body 4 ? lines; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



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



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