1392 CATALOGUE OF 



BoTYS OBLITERALIS." 



Mas. Flavescem ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi ochracei, rostriformes, 

 articulo So lanceolato 2i dimidio breviore ; abdomen albidum, 

 alas posticus paullo superans ; alee anticce latce, lineis duabus 

 strigaque subobscurioribus vix conspicuis, linea 2a valde fiexa ; 

 posticce albidcB) lineis duabus arcuatis cinereis, la postmedia, 

 2a submarginali. 



Male. Yellowish, slender. Head white about the eyes. Body 

 beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi ochraceous, rostriform, white 

 beneath at the base, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae smooth. 

 Abdomen whitish, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings acute, with the transverse streak in the disk and 

 the two usual lines a little darker than the ground hue, very indistinct, 

 the second much bent in the middle. Hind wings whitish, with two 

 cinereous curved lines, the first postmedial, the second submarginal. 

 Length of the body 5J lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



BOTYS STRICTALTS. 



Mas. JEneo-cinerea ; palpi fusci, porrecti, graciles, capitis lati- 

 tudine breviores, articulo 3o brevissimo ; abdomen gracillimum, 

 alas posticas dimidio superans ; alee lineis duabus sub- 

 angulosis vix obliquis lineaque marginali fuscis ; anticce linea 

 2a valde jlexa, vitta costali abbreviata annulisque duobus 

 __ fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous, slender, tinged with seneous. Palpi brown, 

 porrect, slender, squamous, white beneath, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head; third joint very small. Antennae slender, pubescent. 

 Abdomen very slender, extending for half its length beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft elongate. Wings with two brown hardly oblique 

 very slightly zigzag lines ; first line antemedial, second postmedial ; 

 marginal line brown. Fore wings acute; costa brown for more than 

 half the length from the base; second line approaching the interior 

 angle, then suddenly bent inward and forming a second angle near 

 the hind side of the narrow brown ringlet, which represents the reni- 

 form mark ; orbicular mark formed by a nearly round brown ringlet. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a, b. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



