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CATALOGUE OF 
luteous. Fore wings acute, reddish ferruginous at the base and 
irregularly so on the costal half; exterior border very oblique. Hind 
wings without markings. Length of the body \\ lines ; of the wings 
13 lines. 
a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
Botys Idyalis. ^ 
Mas. Purpurascente-cinerea ; caput arg enteurn ; palpi glabri, arti~ 
culo 3o lanceolato brevi ; antennes pubescentes ; thorax antice 
luteus ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans , segmentis luteo 
marginatis ; alee anticce acutce , maculis tribus costalibus 
magnis guttisque duabus posterioribus Jlavescente-albis irides- 
centibus semihyalinis , costa venisque luteis ; postices apud 
costam pallide lutees, 
Male . Closely allied to JB. Althcalis , but different from that 
species in the structure of the palpi. Purplish cinereous, white be- 
neath. Head silvery white. Palpi smooth ; third joint lanceolate, 
not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 
pubescent. Thorax pale luteous in front. Abdomen extending 
some distance beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments 
and tip pale luteous. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 
acute, with three large costal yellowish white iridescent semihyaline 
spots, the middle one very much larger than the first and than the third ; 
the latter subdivided, and forming a very incomplete band by means 
of two hindward dots ; costa and veins mostly pale luteous. Hind 
wings broadly pale yellow along the costa. Length of the body 6 
lines ; of the wings 14 ines.. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Botys Itemalesalis. 
Fcem. Pallide ochraceo-cervina , oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti, 
lati , acuti , subtus nivei ; palpi maxillares distincti ; abdomen 
albido-cinereum , apice testaceum , alas posticas paullo superans ; 
alee latiusculce , iridescentes ; anticce acutes, lineis interiore et 
exterior e 9 reniformi lunulata et margine exteriore obscuriori- 
bus , linea exteriore valde jlexa ; postices albides , magis hya- 
lines : i linea exteriore margineque exteriore obscurioribus . 
