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Show 874 LIEUT.-COL. c. S W I N H O E O N T H E L E P I D O P T E R A [Dec. 1, 158. BOTYS ABLACTALIS. Botys ablactalis, Walker, xviii. 660. Poona, November. The only specimen of this fine species taken by m e at Poona has a distinctly greenish tinge. 159. BOTYS IDYALIS. Botys idyalis, Walker, xix. 996. Bombay, November. 160. BOTYS EPASTALIS, n. sp. (Plate LVII. fig. 13.) Bombay. Allied to B. albifimbrialis, Walker, from Java. Ochraceous ferruginous, stout, whitish, and shining beneath ; palpi and body white beneath, abdomen extending for one third beyond the wings ; wings opaque, moderately broad ; fore wings with three denticulated brown lines, first antemedial complete and nearly straight, second medial upright and stopping short of the costa, third discal much bent outwardly from the costa, and stops at two thirds of the breadth of the wing ; hind wings with two faint lines, corresponding to the first and second lines of the fore wings, the first line almost invisible, except by a mark near the costa, the second more distinct, and very much bent outwardly; all the lines tinged with pale reddish outwardly, marginal line pale reddish ; fringe brown, tipped with white. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 161. EBULEA CATALAUNALIS. Botys catalaunalis, Duponchel, Lep. de France, viii. p. 330, pi. 232, f. 8. Botys venosalis, Walker, xxxiv. 1401. Poona, September, October, and November ; Bombay, September and October. 162. SPILODES RHODOCRYPTALIS. Spilodes rhodocryptalis, Walker, xxxiv. 1474. Poona, December. The type is marked Moreton Bay ; it is a common insect in many parts of India. 163. SCOPULA DAMASTESALIS. Scopula damastesalis, Walker, xix. 1013. Poona, October, November, and December. 164. SCOPULA EXIMIALIS. Scopula eximialis, Walker, xxxiv. 1471. Bombay, October. |