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Show 686 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [Dec. 14, 12'/. BOTYS THYASALIS. Botys thyasalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xviii. p. 734 (1859). One specimen. 128. BOTYS PRUINALIS 1 Botys pruinalis, Lederer, Wien. ent. Monatschr. vii. pl. ix. fig. 6. One specimen, of apparently this species. TATOBOTYS, gen. nov. Wings ovoid, elongated, with rounded apex. Palpi small and short; antennae thick, nearly as long as the primaries. Body extremely long, with small furcate terminal tuft. Legs very long; tibiae of second pair with one long and two short terminal spines, of third pair with two central and two terminal spines, the inner one in each case being much longer than the outer, but both pairs tolerably long. Type T. argillacea. 129. TATOBOTYS ARGILLACEA, sp. n. Dark clay-coloured, clouded with cupreous brown. Primaries with very irregular denticulated blackish subbasal and discal lines, a black dot in the cell and a double spot at the end, fringe dull black : secondaries with a small black annulus at the end of the cell and an irregular denticulated discal line, a slender black marginal line ; fringe blackish, with a pale basal line ; costa whitish. Wings below paler ; body below whitish. Expanse of wings 10 lines. One example. It is also in Mr. Moore's collection. 130. GODARA COMALIS. Godara comalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xix. p. 8l)9 (1859). Three more or less rubbed specimens. ENNOMIDcE. 131. SCARDAMIA METALLARIA. Scardamia metallaria, Guenee, Phal. i. p. 89 (1857). One example. BOARMIIDJE. 132. BOARMIA INCONCLUSA. 2 . Boarmia inconclusa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxi. p. 382 (1860). One rather shattered female. 133. HYPOCHROMA RUGINARIA. Hypochroma ruginaria, Guenee, Phal. i. p. 278 (1857). Two specimens. ] |