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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 723- 



306. BOTYS POMPUSALIS.I 



Mas et fcem. Flava, sat gracilis; palpi ascendenics, arcuati, 

 graciles, arliculo So purvo ; thorax antice niyro trimaculatus ,* 

 abdomen opice fits cum, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee iri- 

 descentes, lineis interior e et exterior e margineque fnscis ; 

 ontica vix acuta, macula busali nigra, reniformi longi- 

 quadra to, linea exteriore valde flexa. Mas. — Palpi fusco 

 notati ; antenna valida ; abdomen alas posticas longe su- 

 perans. Fceni. — Antenna graciles; abdomen alas posticas 

 vix super ans. 



Male and female. Yellow, rather slender, shining white be- 

 neath. Palpi ascending, curved, slender ; third joint conical, not 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Thorax with three black 

 spots in front. Abdomen brown above at the tip ; hind borders of 

 the segments white. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae with brown tips. 

 Wings moderately broad, iridescent, nearly opaque, irregularly 

 brown along the exterior border; interior and exterior lines brown, 

 the former interrupted, the latter partly connected with the brown 

 marginal space ; fringe cinereous. Fore wings hardly acute, with a 

 black basal spot; orbicular mark punctifonn ; reniform elongate- 

 quadrate; exterior line very much bent. Male. — Palpi marked 

 with brown. Antennae stout. Abdomen extending far beyond the 

 •hind wings. Female. — Antennae slender. Abdomeu hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 12, lines. 



a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



307. Botys Otysalis. 



Fcem. Albido-testacea, gracilis ; palpi porrecii, breves, sat graciles, 

 fusco binotati, articulo 3o brevissimo ; palpi maxillares dis- 

 tincti ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; ala latiuscula, 

 lituris fuscis, lineis interior e et exteriore integris, linea submar- 

 ginali denticulata, venis submarginalibus fusco marginatis, 

 linea marginali distincta ; antica acuta, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi e annulis duobus magnis. 

 Female. Whitish testaceous, slender. Palpi porrect, short, 

 rather slender ; first and second joints with a brown spot on each 

 outer side; third conical, very minute. Maxillary palpi distinct. 



