700 CATALOGUE OF 



267. Botys NlCOALIS. 



Foem. Cervina, sat robusta ; palpi erecti, fimbriati, breviusculi, 

 non lati, articulo So brevissimo ; antenna sat valida, articulo 

 lo incrassato ; abdomen alas posticas vix superans, segmentis 

 albido marginatis ; pedes antici nigro fasciati ; alee latius- 

 cul(je> Uriels interiore et exteriore niyricantibus subundulatis, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce margine exteriore antico 

 non obiiquOy linea exteriore valde flexa, reniformi nigricante 

 lunula ta. 



Female. Fawn-colour, moderately stout, whitish beneath. 

 Palpi vertical, fringed, rather short, not broad, white in front; third 

 joint not one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae rather 

 stout; first joint incrassated. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings; hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs 

 smooth ; fore legs with black bands. Wings rather broad ; interior 

 and exterior lines blackish, slightly undulating ; exterior border 

 pale, with black points. Fore wings rectangular at the tips* exte- 

 rior border oblique hindward ; exterior line extremely bent ; reni- 

 form mark blackish, lunulate. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



268. Botys Megillalis. 



Foem. Testacea, sat robusta; palpi fusci, ascendentes, arcuati, 

 non lati, subtus basi albi, articulo 'So longi-conico ; abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans ; tibia: anticaz apice nigricantes ; 

 ala? opacG, lutiusculce, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis den- 

 ticulatis incompletis, margine exteriore fuscescente, fimbria 

 fusco interlineata extus albida ; antics acuta, lineis interiore 

 et exteriore apud cos tarn nigris dilatatis, reniformi nigra an- 

 tice angusta. 



Female. Testaceous, moderately stout, white beneath. Palpi 

 brown, ascending, curved, not broad, rising as high as the vertex, 

 white beneath towards the base ; third joint elongate-conical, less 

 ihan half the length of the second. Antennas squamous. Abdomen 

 extending hardly beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae 

 blackish towards the tips. Wings opaque, rather broad ; interior 

 and exterior lines brown, slight, denticulated, incomplete; exterior 

 border brownish ; fringe whitish exteriorly, interlined with brown. 



