982 CATALOGUE OP 



Botys Olliusalis. 



Fcem. Albido-cinerea, gracilis ; palpi fusci, porrecti, breves, gra- 

 ciles, acuti, subtus nivei ; antennae graciles, longiusculce ; 

 thoracis latera antica fuscescentia ; abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans ; alee latiuscula?,iridescentes, lituris fuscis, linea mar- 

 ginali obscure fusca subinterrupta, lineis interiore el exteriore 

 subundulatis ; anticce costa basali fuscescente, linea exteriore, 

 orbiculari et reniformi annularibus, hac longa angusta. 



Female. Whitish cinereous, slender, white beneath. Palpi 

 brown, porrect, short, slender, acute, pure white beneath, as is also 

 the fore part of the pectus. Antennae rather long and slender. Tho- 

 rax brownish on each side in front. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings rather broad, irides- 

 cent ; markings brown ; marginal line dark brown, slightly inter- 

 rupted by the veins ; interior and exterior lines slightly undulating ; 

 fringe broad. Fore wings brownish along the costa towards the 

 base ; exterior line extremely bent ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 represented by two ringlets, the latter long and narrow. Length of 

 the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Allied to B. Theseusalis. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



BOTYS JECHMISALIS. 



Foem. Flavescente-alba, gracilis ; palpi graciles, ascendentes, sub- 

 arcuati, arliculo So lanceolato ; antennce graciles ; abdomen 

 lanceolatum, alas posticas superans, punclis duobus basalibus 

 unoque apicali nigris ; ala iridescentes, semihyalince, apice 

 fuscce, lineis fuscis obliquis, linea interiore subrecta, linea 

 marginali tenui, punclis marginalibus nigris; anticce acuta 1 , 

 guttis duabus basalibus unaque coslali nigris, reniformi e 

 macula transversa nigricante, linea exteriore valde Jlexa, 



Female. Yellowish white, slender. Palpi slender, vertical, 

 slightly curved, rising a little higher than the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 

 lanceolate, extending some distance beyond the hind wings, with a 

 black point on each side near the base, and a black apical point. 

 Legs smooth, slender. Wings iridescent, semihyaline, moderately 

 broad ; lines brown, oblique ; interior line nearly straight ; exterior 



