1400 CATALOGUE OF 



BOTYS FULIGINALIS. 



Fcein. Cupreo-fusca, subpurpurascens ; palpi porrecti, breves, 

 articulo So conico ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 alee lineis duabus fuscis indistinctis subangulosis ; anticce 

 linea 2a valde flexa, striga fusca transversa; posticce albo 

 fimbriata. 



Female. Cupreous-brown, slightly purplish tinged. Body 

 beneath and legs silvery cinereous. Palpi porrect, white beneath, 

 very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, 

 very minute. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings with two brown indistinct slightly zigzag lines, the one ante- 

 medial, the other postmedial. Fore wings acute ; second line very 

 much bent and forming two nearly right angles ; a brown transverse 

 streak in the disk; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with a white fringe. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders 1 collection. 



BOTYS CELLATALIS, 



Foem. Cupreo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, breves; alee lineis duabus 

 fuscis subangulosis ; anticce linea 2a valde flexa, striga fusca 

 transversa. 



Female, Cupreous-brown. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 cinereous. Palpi porrect, squamous, white beneath, much shorter 

 than the breadth of the head. Wings iridescent, with two brown 

 slightly zigzag lines, the one antemedial, the other postmedial. 

 Fore wings acute; second line very much bent, forming two very 

 nearly right angles; a brown transverse streak in the disk; exterior 

 border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



The brown fringe of the hind wings distinguishes this species 

 from B.fuliginalis. It has some resemblance to B. pruinalis, but 

 is much smaller. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



