LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. ti/3 



222. Botys Nephealis. 



Mas. Testacea ; thorax ochraceo fasciatus, lateribus anticls fer- 

 rugineis ; abdomen fasciis fusccscentibus ; alee iridescentes^ 

 extus ochracece, lineis margineque exteriore fuscis ; anticce 

 apud costam ochracece, lineis subundulatis, linea submarginali 

 poslice abbreviata ; posticce lineis exteriore et submarginali 

 incompletis. 



Male. Testaceous. Thorax ferruginous on each side in front, 

 and with a pale ochraceous band. Abdomen with brownish bauds. 

 Wings with pearly lustre, somewhat ochraceous towards the exterior 

 border, which is brown. Fore wings ochraceous along the costa ; 

 lines brown, slightly undulating; submarginal line abbreviated 

 hindward and contiguous to a brown streak. Hind wings with the 

 exterior and submarginal lines brown, incomplete. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



223. Botys Myrinalis. 



Faem, Pallide flava ; abdomen flavescente-albidum ; alee anticce 

 acuta?) lineis interiore exteriore et submarginali pallide fuscis 

 indistinctis subunduiatis, spado marginali subfuscescente, 

 orbiculari et reniformi pallide fuscis, kac e annulo informi, 

 ilia punctiformi ; posticce lineis pallidioribm ex parte ob- 

 soletis. 



Female. Pale yellow. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 more whitish. Fore wings acute ; interior, exterior and submargi- 

 nal lines pale brown, slightly undulating, not distinct; a slight 

 brownish tinge between the submarginal line and the border; orbi- 

 cular and reniform marks pale brown, the former punctiform, the 

 latter forming an irregular ringlet. Hind wings with the lines 

 paler and more indistinct than in the fore wings, and partly 

 obsolete. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. ) 



224. Botys plagiatalis. 



Foem. Pallide luteo-flava ; alai antica> apice subrotundata, plagis 

 quatuor fuscis, la basali, 2a 3aque exterioribus, 4a subapicaii, 

 linea submarginali obscure fusca, punctis marginalibus fuscis ; 

 posticce semihyalincz, plaga subapicali fusca. 



