724 CATALOGUE OF 



Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; 

 fore tibiae brown towards the tips ; fore tarsi with a brown band. 

 Wings rather broad, with brown markings ; interior and exterior 

 lines complete ; submarginal line denticulated ; marginal line dis- 

 tinct ; the veins between these two lines bordered with brown. Fore 

 wings acute, with a basal line ; exterior line much bent; orbicular 

 and reniform marks represented by two large ringlets, the latter 

 elongate. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Biggies' collection. 



308. BOTYS PlGRESALIS. 



Foem. Pallide lutea, sat gracilis; palpi fusci, porrecti, breves, 

 non lati, subtus nivei, artieulo So brevissimo ; thoracis latera 

 antica fusca ; pectus niveum ; abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 super ans, nigro bipunctatum ; alee linea exteriore purpurea 

 fiexa, margine exteriore purpuras cen te ; anticce acuta, costa 

 basi lineaque interiore incompleta purpureis, gutta postica 

 basali nigra, reniformi lunulata. 



Female. Pale luteous, rather slender. Palpi brown, porrect, 

 short, not broad, pure white beneath ; third joint very minute. 

 Thorax brown on each side in front. Pectus pure white in front. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, with a black 

 point on each side before the middle. Legs smooth. Wings mode- 

 rately long and broad ; exterior line purple, bent ; exterior border 

 purplish. Fore wings acute ; costa purple towards the base ; inte- 

 rior line purple,, incomplete ; a black dot near the base of the inte- 

 rior border ; orbicular mark forming a dot ; reniform lunulate. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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



309. Boty& Nurscialis. 



Mas. Flava, gracilis ; caput fusco bilineatum ; palpi fusci, por- 

 recti, breves, lati, subtus fiavi ; thoracis latera antica fusca ; 

 abdomen apice fuscum albo bivittatum, segmentis fusco alboque 

 marginatis ; femora anteriora fusco vittata ; alee lineis ex- 

 teriore et submarginali fuscis rectis obliquis, hac diffusa; 

 anticce acutce, linea interiore erecta costaque fuscis, fasciculo 

 costali iridescente. 



Male. Yellow, slender, paler beneath. Head with two brown 

 lines. Palpi brown, porrect, shorty broad, pale yellow beneath ; 



