702 CATALOGUE OF 



third of the length of the second. Antennae slender. Thorax 

 fawn-colour on each side in front. Abdomen pale cinereous, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings moderately broad, slightly hyaline and iridescent ; interior 

 and exterior lines purplish, undulating. Fore wings hardly acute ; 

 exterior border broadly purplish ; reniform mark purplish, narrow ; 

 exterior line much bent. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



«, b. Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



271. Botys Melonalis. 



Fcem. Alba, sat gracilis, aniice ochracea ; palpi porrecti, subros- 

 triformes, non longi ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superans; 

 alee flavescente-albce, iridescentes, opacce, latiusculce, liners inte- 

 riore et exteriore fuscescentibus undulatis sat diffusis ; anticce 

 acutce, linea exteriore fiexa, orbiculari et reniformi fuscis ap- 

 proximatis, costce dimidio basalt ochraceo. 



Female. White, rather slender. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax ochraceous. Palpi ochraceous, porrect, subrostriform, not 

 lon<r ; third joint acute, concealed by the hairs. Antennae slender. 

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

 Wings yellowish white, iridescent, opaque, rather broad ; interior 

 and exterior lines brownish, undulating, rather diffuse. Fore wings 

 acute ; exterior line bent ; orbicular and reniform marks brown, 

 approximate ; costa ochraceous along half the length from the base. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



272. Botys Habisalis, 



Mas et fcem. Ochracea, sat gracilis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi 

 porrecti, rostriformes, sabtits nivei, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 palpi maxillares breves ; abdominis segmenta albo marginata ; 

 pedes intermedii subincrassati ; femora antica testacea ; tibice 

 antica? apice fusca; alee pallide lulece, latiusculce, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore ochraceis undulatis subobsoletis, fascia mar- 

 ginali lata purpurea ; anticce apice subrotundatce, costa 

 ochracea. 



Male and female. Ochraceous, rather slender, white beneath. 

 Head white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, rostriform, as long as 



