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CATALOGUE OF 



Male, Yellow, rather stout, shining white beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, acuminated, rather short and slender, hrown on the outer 

 side. Antennae stout, minutely squamous. Abdomen cylindrical, 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 

 elongate, semihyaline, iridescent, partly chalybeous or purplish 

 brown ; lines brown ; fringe white, yellow towards the base. Fore 

 wings acute, with the dark part occupying the whole basal surface, 

 excepting the costa, and extending thence to the interior angle; 

 interior and exterior lines and discal marks irregular. Hind wings 

 "with the whole basal half occupied by the dark part, which also ex- 

 tends along the whole length of the costa, and is dilated on the api- 

 cal part. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



264. Botys Dairalis. 



Fcem. Fusca, gracilis ; palpi nigricantes, subascendentes, breves^ 

 lati, subtus albi, articulo So minimo; palpi maxillares (lis- 

 lincti ; abdomen alas posticas vix super an s ; tibia anticm 

 apice nigricantes ; alee cupreo tinctce, breviuscula, latiusculce, 

 sub tits cinerece, lineis interior e et exterior e nigricantibus , in- 

 distinctis ; anticce vix acuta, linea exteriore valde fiexa, 

 reniformi nigricanie indistincta, margine exteriore convexo. 



Female. Brown, slender, white beneath. Palpi blackish,, 

 slightly ascending, short, broad, white beneath ; third joint ex- 

 tremely minute. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antennae slender. Ab- 

 domen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, 

 smooth ; fore tibiae blackish towards the tips. Wings with a 

 cupreous tinge, rather short and broad, cinereous beneath ; interior 

 and exterior lines blackish, indistinct. Fore win^s hardly acute; 

 exterior line much bent; reniform mark blackish, indistinct; exte- 

 rior border convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 3i lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



265. Botys Phytonalis. 



Mas. Ochracea, vix robusta ; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, articulo 

 3o minimo ; antenna valida ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo 

 superans ; pedes glabri ; ala albida, lituris plurimis trans- 

 >versis ockraceis, fimbria fusca bad nigricanie ; anticce acuta, 



