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Botys egenalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. vii, pp. 372, 468, pi. 10, fig. 7. 



Botys suavalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1448. 



Asopia rufipicta, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 682. 



Paliga fuscicostalis, Sivinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 146. 



Ebulea fimbriata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 346 ; C. <§• S. no. 4135. 



Paliga rubicundalis, Warr. A.M.N. H. (6) xvii, p. 96. 



Bright yellow ; palpi white below ; frons white at sides. Fore 

 wing with fulvous-yellow subcostal fascia ; an antemedial line 

 oblique from costa to vein 1, where it is dentate inwards ; a speck in 

 cell and discocellular lunule ; a postinedial crenulate line highly 

 excurved between veins 6 and 2, along which it is retracted, and 

 dentate on vein 1 ; a more or less prominent crenulate submarginal 

 line. Hind wing with crenulate postmedial line bent outwards 

 between veins 5 and 3, along which it is retracted ; both wings with 

 marginal dark line and two lines through the cilia. 



The form suavalis = fuscicostalis has the marginal area of fore 

 wing and of hind wing to vein 2 suffused with fuscous ; rubicun- 

 dalis from the Khasis has all the markings pink. 



Larva pale sap-green, with paired dorsal series of purplish spots ; 

 head yellow; a few erect hairs on each segment. Destructive to 

 teak trees. 



Sab. Formosa ; Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Java ; 

 Australia. Exp., $ 22, $ 24 millim. 



5232. Pyrausta celatalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 657 ; C. $ S. no. 4132. 

 Botys subcrocealis, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 208. 



Bright straw-yellow ; palpi orange, white below. Fore wing 

 with a slight fulvous tinge on costal area ; an antemedial fulvous 

 line, oblique from costa to vein 1, then erect ; a discocellular line ; 

 both wings with a postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 3, 

 then retracted. Underside with marginal fuscous band, broadest 

 at apex of each wing. 



Hab. Formosa ; Ceylon ; Shan States ; Pulo Laut ; Borneo ; 

 Celebes. Exp., <5 22, $ 26 miUim. 



5233. Pyrausta ferrifusalis, Empsn. III. Set. ix. p. 164, pi. 172, 



fig. 13. 



Differs from celatalis in being fulvous red ; both wings with 

 indistinct minutely waved submarginal line. 



Hab. Ceylon; E. Pegu; Tenasserim. Exp: 26 millim. 



5234. Pyrausta extinctalis, Christ. Bull. Mosc. lvi. (1) p. 20. 



Differs from ferrifusalis in the postmedial line being curved at 

 vein 3 of each wing instead of sharply angled, but hardly traceable 

 on hind wing ; neither wing with the submarginal line or darker 

 marginal area ; cilia grey at tips. 



Hab. Amur ; Shan States. Exp. 24 millim. 

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