LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 727 



dimidio superans ; pedes longi, graciles ; alee elongates, semi- 

 hyalince, iridescentes, linea exteriore fusca indistincta per- 

 obliqua ; anticce acutce, apud costam fuscescenles, lituris dis- 

 calibus subobsoletis. 



Male. Cinereous, very slender, whitish beneath, nearly allied 

 to B. Macaralis. Palpi ascending, curved, short, slender, white 

 beneath towards the base ; third joint very minute. Autennse long, 

 slender, squamous. Thorax brown on each side in front. Abdomen 

 very long, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft long. Legs long, smooth, slender. Wings elongate, 

 semihyaline, very iridescent, rather narrow ; exterior line brown, in- 

 distinct, very oblique. Fore wings acute, brownish along the costa ; 

 discal marks almost obsolete ; exterior border extremely oblique. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. More ton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



314. Botys Phanasalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, vix robusta ; palpi albidi, porrecti, lati, supra fusci, 

 lateribus fusco lineatis, articulo So minimo ; palpi max- 

 illares distincti ; antenna satgraciles, basi subcornutce ; abdo- 

 men alas posiicas longe superans, apicem versus nigrum ; alee 

 elongates, fere hyalince^valde iridescentes ; antica acutce, fasciis 

 quatuor testaceis fusco marginatis, orbiculari parva fusca, rent- 

 formi magna testacea fusco marginata ; posticce fasciis sub- 

 obsoletis. 



Male. Cinereous, hardly stout, whitish beneath. Palpi brown, 

 porrect, broad, not long, whitish beneath and on each side, where 

 there is a brown line ; third joint very minute, concealed by the 

 hairs. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antenna? rather slender, with an 

 elongate-conical appendage at the base. Abdomen extending far 

 I beyond the hind wings, black above towards the tip, which is white. 

 Legs smooth, slender. Wings elongate, very iridescent, nearly hya- 

 line ; fringe white, slightly interlined with brown. Fore wings acute, 

 with four testaceous brown-bordered bands, of which the third is 

 bent; orbicular mark brown, small, approximate to the reniform, 

 which is large, testaceous, and brown-bordered. Hind wings with 

 some traces of similar bands. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines/ 

 a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



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