1878.] LEPIDOrTERA FROM JAMAICA. 493 



127. Desmia orbalis, Guenee, Delt. p. 192. n. 128 (1854). 



128. Desmia prognealis, Walker, Lep. Het. xvii. p. 346. n. 22 

 (1859). 



129. Samea chlorophasma, n. sp. 



Wings hyaline, slightly yellowish, with stramineous borders ; 

 outer border spotted with rust-red ; primaries with three mustard- 

 yellow irregular lines across the basal area, followed by a straight 

 golden brown transverse line, then a stramineous belt margined with 

 brown, followed by a quadrate spot of the same character at the end 

 of the cell (its inner edge continued as a single line to internal 

 margin) ; an angulated brown discal line, terminating at inner margin 

 in a rusty reddish spot: secondaries with a black-edged stramineous 

 discocellular spot, from which a brown line runs obliquely to inner 

 margin ; an angulated brown discal line, terminating at anal angle in 

 a quadrate rusty reddish spot : thorax stramineous, streaked with 

 mustard-yellow ; abdomen testaceous. Wings below altogether paler 

 than above, the markings less distinct ; body below silvery white ; 

 palpi yellow ; legs cream-coloured. Expanse 10 lines. 



A delicate golden-looking little species. 



130. Agathodes monstralis, Guenee, Delt. p. 209. n. 165 

 (1854). 



131. Hymenia perspectalis, Hiibner, Ex. Schm. Zutr. fig. 

 101. 



132. Conchylodes DiPHTHERALis, Hiibner, Ex. Schm. Zutr. 

 figs. 691, 692. 



133. Phakellura hyalinata, Linn. Syst. Nat. iii. 2, p. 873 

 (1766). 



134. Phakellura nitidalis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 371. 

 fig. F( 1782). 



Mr. Bowrey says that he found the species of Phakellura feeding 

 upon the flowers of gourds. 



135. Margaronia ciuadristigmalis, Guenee, Delt. p. 304. 

 n. 319(1854). 



136. Botys butyrosa, n. sp. 



Wings dull lemon-yellow : primaries with the costa sericeous, a 

 feeble opaline tint beyond the middle, an angular pale brown line 

 across the basal third, and a sickle-shaped pale brown line across 

 the disk ; marginal line tawny : secondaries with opaline costal area ; 

 marginal line tawny : head and prothorax yellow ; rest of the body 

 shining creamy white ; abdomen with a yellow dorsal line ; project- 

 ing frontal tuft white ; palpi brown above, white below. Body below 

 pearly white ; legs pearly white, with the femora and the anterior 

 tibiae brown ; wings below opaline. Expanse 1 inch 7 lines. 



