688 CATALOGUE OF 



245 Botys Pkonaxalis. 



Mas. Albida, gracilis, fusco notata ; palpi ascendentes, arcuati, 

 obtusi, non lad, fusco bifasciati ; antennce sat validce ; abdo- 

 men alas posticas longe superans, apice album fusco vittatum ; 

 pedes fusco fas ciati ; alee elongates, fuscce, iridescentes, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore obscure fuscis undulatis, linea marginali 

 alba ; anticce apice subrotundatce, apud costam albidce, linea 

 basali obscure fusca, linea exteriore valde flexa, spatio inter- 

 medio albido. 



Male. Whitish, slender, marked with brown. Palpi as- 

 cending, curved, obtuse, not broad, with two brown bands ; third 

 joint not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antenna? 

 rather stout. Abdomen extending rather far beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical segment white, with brown stripes. Legs smooth, with 

 brown bands. Wings elongate, brown, iridescent; interior and ex- 

 terior lines dark brown, undulating; marginal line white; fringe 

 whitish, brown at the base. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the 

 tips, mostly whitish along the costa; basal line dark brown ; exte- 

 rior line much bent; space between it and the interior line whitish ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks dark brown, the former punctiform, 

 the latter an irregular ringlet ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



246. Botys Curiusalis. 



Mas. Purpurascente-fusca, robusta, subtus testacea ; palpi as- 

 cendentes, subarcuati, basi testacei, articulo So minimo ; palpi 

 maxillares breves, graciles ; antennce validce, pubescentes, basi 

 incrassatce et incisce ; pectus candidum ; abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas sat superans ; pedes robusti, femoribus posticis fascicu- 

 latis, tibiis intermediis dense fasciculatis, tibiis anticis apice 

 nigris, tarsis posticis basi fasciculatis ; alee opacce ; anticce 

 apice subrotundatce, fascia exteriore lata ochracea, postice 

 abbreviata. 



Male. Purplish brown, stout, testaceous beneath. Palpi as- 

 cending, slightly curved, moderately broad, testaceous towards the 

 base ; third joint extremely minute. Maxillary palpi short, slender. 

 AntennaB stout, pubescent, incrassated and notched at the base. 

 Pectus shining white. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 



