LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 671 



218. Botys (Emealis. 



Fcem. Fusca, gracilis ; palpi ascendentes, non lati, subtus nivei, 

 articulo So conico minima ; antennce squamosa ; tibiae, anticce 

 fusco fasciatce ; alee fuscesce?ite-purpurece, fimbria postice alba ; 

 alee anticce subrotundatce, linea exleriore fuse a vulde jiexa, 

 maculis duabus anticis lineolaque postica albis ; posticce fascia 

 informi interrupta alba* 



Female. Brown, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi ascending 

 obliquely higher than the vertex, not broad, pure white beneath 

 except towards the tips ; third joint conical, not one-sixth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae squamous. Legs smooth ; anterior 

 knees brown ; fore tibiae with a brown band, slightly tufted. Wings 

 brownish purple, moderately broad ; fringe brown, white towards 

 the tips hindwaid. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; ex- 

 terior line brown, much bent, accompanied hindward by a little 

 white line, and emerging from an elougate white spot, which parts 

 from the costa ; a white quadrate spot on the inner side of the in- 

 distinct reniform mark. Hiud wings with an irregular white band, 

 which is slightly interrupted in the middle. Length of the body t> 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



219. Botvs? Vulsalis. 



Foem. Rufa, robusta ; fasciculus frontalis elongatus ; palpi por- 

 recti, longiusculi, non lati, articulo So parvo lineari gracili ; 

 thorax squamosus ; abdomen alas posticus non superans ; pedes 

 validi, cinereo-rufi, subpilosi, tibiis intermediis niveis ; alee 

 linea exteriore obscuriore subdenticulata extus pallido rnar- 

 ginata, fimbria basi fusees cente ; anticce linea interiore, co:Ua 

 media nigra ulbo quinque punctata ; posticce lutece^ antice jla- 

 vescentes. 



Female Red, stout, short, paler beneath. Frontal tuft promi- 

 nent. Palpi porrect, rather long, not broad ; third joint slender, 

 linear, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae squa- 

 mous. Thorax squamous. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout, cinereous-red, somewhat pilose ; middle 

 tarsi snow-while. Wings moderately broad ; exterior line darker, 

 slightly denticulated, pale-bordered exteriorly ; fringe brownish at 



