716 CATALOGUE OY 



296. BOTYS SlNONALIS. 



Mas. Testacea, sat gracilis ; palpi fusci, subaseendentes, lati, 

 breves, subtus nivei, articulo So minimo ; antenna pubescentes ; 

 thoracis latera antica fusca ; abdomen alas posticas sat supe- 

 rails ; alee elongatce, iridescentes, fascia marginali lata mneo- 

 fusca, lineis interior e et exterior e purpurascente-fuscis undu- 

 latis interrupts ; anticce acuta, apud costam fuscescentes, 

 orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi obliqua ; posticce gutta 

 sub cos tali nigra. 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender, white beneath. Palpi brown, 

 slightly ascending, broad, short, pure white beneath i third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennae pubescent. Thorax brown on each 

 side in front. Pectus pure white in front. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings elon- 

 gate, iridescent, broadly aeneous-brown along the exterior border ; 

 interior and exterior lines purplish brown, undulating, interrupted. 

 Fore wings acute, brownish along the costa ; orbicular mark puncti- 

 form ; reniform oblique. Hind wings with the interior line repre- 

 sented by a black dot near the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



297. BOTYS BOTEEALIS. 



Fcem. Lutea, sat robusta ; palpi fusci,ascendentes, breves , lati, 

 mbtus albi, articulo So parvo conico ; abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans, segmentis albo marginatis ; tibice intermedice 

 subincrassata, antica apice nigra ; alee lineis interiore et exte- 

 •riore purpurascentibus guttularibus undulatis, plagis duabus 

 purpureis, una subapicali, altera apud angulum interiorem ; 

 anticce vix acuta, guttis marginalibus anticis nigris, macula 

 discali rotunda purpurascente. 



Female. Luteous, moderately stout. Palpi brown, ascending, 

 short, broad, white beneath ; third joint small, conical. Antennae 

 slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; hind 

 borders of the segments white. Legs smooth ; middle tibiae slightly 

 incrassated ; fore tibiae black towards the tips. Wings moderately 

 broad ; interior and exterior lines undulating, composed of purplish 

 dots; two purple patches, one subapical, the other near the interior 

 angle, both largest in the fore wings. Fore wings hardly acute, 



