LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
993 
Page 652. 
Botys Topasalis. 
Var. Wings with the space beyond the exterior line wholly 
yellow. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Templeton’s collection. 
Page 653. 
Botys Monesusalis. 
Phalangiodes negatalis, p. 468. 
Botys Phanasalis, p. 727. 
Botys Molusalis. 
Fcem. Pallide cinerea , robusta ; palpi breves , fuscescentes , ascend - 
entes , latiusculi , articulo 3o conico minimo ; thorax antice 
purpurascente-fuscus ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 
pedes latiusculi ; alee elongatce , iridescentes , punctis margin - 
alibus fuscis; anticce testacece , acutce , costa basali purpurascente- 
fusca,lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus , hac valde Jlexa, 
orbiculari punctiformi , reniformi e strigis duabus , margine 
exteriore perobliquo ; posticce albido-cinerece , semihyalince , 
/meis indeterminatis . 
Female . Pale cinereous, stout. Palpi brownish, ascending, 
short, rather broad, applied to the head ; third joint conical, very 
minute. Antennae slender. Thorax purplish brown in front. Ab- 
domen extending a little beyoud the hind wings. Legs smooth ; 
femora and tibiae rather broad. Wings elongate, iridescent ; mar- 
ginal points brown. Fore wings testaceous, acute, purplish brown 
at the base of the costa ; interior and exterior lines blackish, slight, 
the latter very much hent ; orbicular mark forming a blackish point ; 
reniform distinguished by two blackish streaks ; exterior border very 
oblique. Hind wings whitish cinereous, semihyaline ; lines more 
indistinct than in the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 
the wings 10 lines. 
Allied to B. Monesusalis. 
a . Ceylon. Presented by It. Templeton, Esq. 
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