1414 CATALOGUE OF 



BOTYS CONTINUALIS. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba, sat robusta ; caput antice ochraceum ; palpi 

 porrecti, rostriformes, subtus albi, articulo So brevissimo ; tho- 

 racis latera anlica ochracea ; abdomen alas posticas sat su- 

 perans ; pedes graciles ; alee anlicce longce, subhyalince, puncto 

 disci nigro, linea submarginali cinerea ; anticce acuta, linea 

 submarginali undulata, costa ochracea, punctis tribus submar- 

 ginalibus nigris. 



Female, Silvery white, rather stout. Head oehraceous in 

 front. Palpi oehraceous, porrect, rostriform, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head, white beneath ; third joint very short. Thorax oehra- 

 ceous on each side in front. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender ; fore femora and fore tibiae oehra- 

 ceous above. Wings long, iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a black 

 point in the disk, and with a cinereous submarginal line. Fore 

 wings acute ; submarginal line undulating ; costa oehraceous ; three 

 black submarginal points ; first near the base ; second antemedial ; 

 third opposite the point in the disk ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, rather oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



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BOTYS SUBMARGINALIS. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba, robusta; caput antice ochraceum; palpi 

 cervini, porrecti, breves, obtusi ; thoracis latera antica ochra- 

 cea ; abdomen pallide ochraceum, alas posticas sat superans ; 

 alee fere hyaline, linea fusca submarginali subundulata, punctis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ; anticee costa ochracea, guttis 

 tribus subcostalibus guttague media nigricantibus ; posticee 

 striga punctoque nigricantibus. 



Female. Silvery white, stout. Head oehraceous iu front. 

 Palpi fawn-colour, porrect, obtuse, silvery white beneath, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Thorax oehraceous on each side in front. Abdomen pale oehraceous, 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Wings nearly hyaline, 

 with a submarginal slightly undulating brown line ; marginal points 

 blackish. Fore wings acute; costa oehraceous; three blackish sub- 

 costal dots ; a blackish dot at the end of the areolet; exterior border 



