LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 983 



line much bent in the fore wings, slightly bent in the hind wings ; 

 marginal line slender, accompanied by black points ; tips brown. 

 Fore wings acute, with two black basal dots, and with a black costal 

 dot near the base ; reniform mark forming a blackish transverse spot* 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Allied to B. Theseusalis. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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Botys Iarchasalis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, vix rohusta; palpi arcuati, aseendentes,sat 

 lati, articulo So conico parvo ; abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans, segmentis albo marginatis, apice testaceo ; pedes an- 

 tici nigro fasciati ; alee sat amplai, purpurascente et cupreo 

 nitentes, lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus subundula- 

 tis Jiavescente submarginatis ; anticcs apice subrotundatce^ 

 costa ochracea, linea exteriore valde Jlexa, reniformi elongata 

 annulari nigra, macula contigua alba semihyalina. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, hardly stout, white beneath. Palpi 

 curved, moderately broad, ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings; hind borders of the segments white; tip testaceous. 

 Legs slender ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi with black bands. Wings 

 somewhat ample, purplish and cupreous-tinged ; interior and exte- 

 rior lines blackish, slightly undulating, slightly yellowish-bordered; 

 fringe cinereous. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa 

 somewhat ochraceous; exterior line much bent ; reniform mark dis- 

 tinguished by an elongated black ringlet, with a white semihyaline 

 spot adjoining its inner side. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Allied to B. Ceresalis. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Botys Dracusalis. 



Foem. Pallide cervina, robusta ; antenna? sat graciles ; pectus 

 antice niveum ; tibia intermedia? subincrassata? ; ala? antica 



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