LEPIDOPTERA HETEXOCERA. 699 



vitta postica basali in discum producta maculaque magna dis- 

 cali candidis,plaga postica ferrnginea ; postica basi Candida, 

 linea intermedia ferruginea. 



Male. Ochraceous, hardly stout, white beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, short, broad ; third joint very minute, concealed by the hairs. 

 Antennae stout. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth. Wings whitish, moderately broad, with very 

 numerous transverse ochraceous marks ; fringe brown, blackish at 

 the base. Fore wings acute, wilh a pure while stripe extending 

 along the basal part of the interior border and produced into 

 the disk ; a large exterior discal spot of the same hue; hindward 

 intermediate part ferruginous. Hind wings with a pure white fer- 

 rugiuous-bordered basal space. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of 

 the wings 8—9 lines. 



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



266. Botys Brcesialis. 



Mas. Ochraceo- ferruginea, gracilis; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, 

 obtusi, subtus basi nivei ; antenna robusta ; pectus album; 

 abdomen alas posticas longe superans, fasciculo apicali albo>; 

 tibice intermedia incrassata, subtus alba ; alee opacce ; an- 

 ticce acuta, linea exteriore nigricante denticulata valde fiexa, 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus, fimbria obscure cinerea 

 basi pallida, reniformi parva nigricante ; postica cinereo- 

 fusca, linea exteriore indistincta. 



Male. Ochraceous-ferruginous, slender, fawn-colour beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, short, broad, obtuse, pure white beneath towards the 

 base. Antennae stout, not pubescent. Pectus white, pure white in 

 front. Abdomen extending rather far beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft white. Legs smooth ; middle tibiae incrassated, white 

 beneath. Wings opaque, moderately broad. Fore wings acute; 

 exterior line blackish, denticulate 1, much bent; marginal points 

 blackish ; fringe dark cinereous, pale at the base ; reniforra mark 

 small, blackish. Hind wings cinereous-brown ; exterior line indis- 

 tinct. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



