LEPIDOPTEKA HETEKOCERA 985 



BOTYS AUTOCLESALTS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, sat gracilis ; palpi fusci, porrecti, 

 acuti ; abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superam, guttis subtus 

 lateralibus nigris,fasciculo apicali parvo fusco ; alee cinerea, 

 fusco conspersce, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce acutce % 

 lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus denticulatis, hac 

 obliqua costam versus retracta, spatio marginali fusco, reni- 

 formi e annulis duobas connexis fuscis ; posticce linea exte- 

 riore subtus bene deter minata. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, rather slender, whitish cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi brown, porrect, acute, as long as the breadth of the 

 head, separated by the proboscis. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings, with black dots along each side beneath ; 

 apical tuft small, brown. Wings cinereous, speckled with brown, 

 moderately broad; marginal points black. Fore wings acute ; inte- 

 rior and exterior lines blackish, denticulated ; the latter oblique, 

 retracted towards the costa ; space beyond it brown : reniform mark 

 represented by two connected brown ringlets. Hind wings with the 

 exterior line more distinct beneath than above. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Allied to B. Tytiusalis. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



BOTYS AziONALIS. 



Mas. Albida, gracilis ; thorax antice f us cescens ; abdomen alas 

 posticas longe superans ; pedes longi, gracillimi ; alee angustce, 

 iridescentes, semihyalince, apud marginem exteriorem fusees- 

 cente-cinerece, lineis duabus fuscis, linea exteriore undulata^ 

 linea marginali obscure fusca, anticce valde acuta, apud cos- 

 tam fuscescentes, linea media postica obliqua, linea exteriore 

 apud costam latanigricante, reniformi lunulata, margine exte- 

 riore perobliquo. 



Nearly allied to B. Creonalis and B. Tytiusalis. Male. 

 Whitish, slender. Thorax brownish in front. Abdomen extending 

 far beyond the hind wings. Legs long, very slender. Wings nar- 

 row, iridescent, semihyaline, brownish cinereous along the exterior 

 border, with two brown lines, of which the exterior one is slightly 

 undulating and more oblique than the other; marginal line dark 

 brown ; fringe interlined. Fore wings very acute, brownish along 

 the costa, with a middle oblique brown line behind the somewhat 



