126 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



sub-iTiarginal line less distinct than the others. Hind-wings not 

 paler than the fore wings. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Botys ineffectalis. 



Fcem. — Alba, nitens, palpis fuscescentibus subtus niveis, pectore 

 antico niveo, alis lineis tribus cervinis sub-undulatis sub- 

 parallelis subtus fuscescentibus, punctis marginalibus fuscis, 

 alis anticis lineis apud costam fuscescentibus. 



Female. — White, shining. Palpi short, porrect, brownish above, 

 snowy-white beneath, as is also the fore-part of the pectus. Wings 

 with the basal, interior and exterior lines fawn-coloured, slightly 

 undulating, nearly parallel, brownish on the costa of the fore- 

 wings and on the underside ; a slight fawn-coloured tinge along the 

 exterior border ; marginal points brown. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Botys rectiferalis. 



Mas. — Cinereo-alba, palpis extus thoracisque lateribus anticis 

 nigris, alis acutis, linea exteriore recta obliqua, linea margi- 

 nali punctoque costali fuscis, alis anticis acutis striga obliqua 

 subcostali fusca, costa basi nigra. 



Male. — Cinereous-white. Palpi on the outer side, sides of the 

 thorax in front, and costa of the fore-wings towards the base, black. 

 Wings with a straight oblique exterior brown line ; marginal line 

 brown, slender ; a brown point on the interior part of the costa. 

 Fore-wings acute, with an oblique brown discal streak near the 

 costa. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



New Caledonia. 



Genus Scopula, Schr. 



Scopula desistalis, 



Fcem. — Ferruginea, abdomine alisque posticis cinereis, alis an- 

 ticis lineis tribus dentatis indistinctis punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris, fimbria pallide cinerea, alis posticis extus sub-fusces- 

 centibus. 



Female. — Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Abdomen and hind- 

 wings cinereous^ the former hardly extending beyond the hind- 



