LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1393 



BoTYS APERTALIS. 



Mas et foem. Aurato-flava ; palpi ochracei, porrecli, capitis 

 latitudine breviores, articulo So minimo ; thorax antice ochra- 

 ceus ; abdomen alas posticas paullo super ans ; alee linea 

 postmedia ochracea obliqua ; anticce linea postmedia arcuata, 

 linea antemedia ochracea subarcuata non obliqua, puncto vitta- 

 que costali ochraceis ; posticce linea postmedia recta. 



Male and female. Gilded yellow, paler beneath. Body 

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

 beneath, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very 

 minute. Antennae of the male microscopically pubescent. Thorax 

 ochraceous in front. Abdomen extending- a little beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Legs slender. Wings with a post- 

 medial oblique ochraceous line, which is curved outward in the fore 

 wings and is straight in the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with an 

 antemedial slightly outward-curved not oblique ochraceous line j 

 an ochraceous point in the disk between the lines ; costa ochraceous 

 from the base to the second line. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



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



Botys? Oajacalis. 



Mas. Ochracea, robusta ; palpi cervini, erecti, articulo 2o Jim- 

 briato. So conico ; pedes cupreo-fusci, tibiis posterioribus 

 tarsisque albis ; alcsfuscce, longce, latiusculce, ceneo-purpureo- 

 que nitentes, plaga alba magna semihyalina nigro marginata 

 antice ex cavata, fimbria albida; anticce macula basali alba 

 semihyalina nigro marginata. 



Male. Ochraceous, stout. Body beneath and legs white. 

 Palpi fawn-colour, erect, not rising so high as the vertex ; second 

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

 second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen lanceolate, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of moderate size. Legs 

 cupreous-brown ; tarsi and posterior tibiae white. Wings long, 

 rather broad, brown, with aeneous and purple reflections ; a large 

 white semihy aline black-bordered patch in the disk, much excavated 

 in front ; fringe whitish. Fore wings acute ; a white semihyaline 

 black-bordered spot in the disk near the base ; costa and interior 



