566 CATALOGUE OF 



towards the tips. Wings moderately broad, iridescent ; interior and 

 exterior lines brown, slightly denticulated ; marginal line brown 

 regular. Fore wings hardly acute, with the exterior line much 

 bent; orbicular and reniform marks brown, the former a dot the 

 latter lunulate. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the win^s 10 

 lines. & 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Mexico. 



32. BOTYS SCYLLALIS. 



Mas. Lutea ; palpi breves, porrecti, non lati, extus fuscescentes ; 

 antenna apud medium subconvolutce ; thoracis latera antica 

 rufescentia; abdominis fasciculus apicalis fuscescens ; pedes 

 antici crassi, supra nigricantes ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore 

 rufescentibus diffusis subdenticulatis subundulatis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus elongatis ; anticce acuta, costa et 

 reniformi maxima rufescentibus. 



Male. Luteous, paler beneath. Palpi short, porrect, not 

 •^7 br ° wmsh extei ' iorlv - Antennae slightly convoluted in the 

 middle. Thorax reddish on each side in front. Abdomen extending 

 some distance beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft brownish. Fore 

 egs thick, blackish above. Wings with the interior and exterior 

 lines reddish, diffuse, slightly denticulated and undulating; margi- 

 nal points blackish, elongated. Fore wings acute, reddish along- 

 the costa; a middle line visible behind the reniform mark, which is 

 also reddish and very large. Length of the body 5* lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



West Indies. 

 A. Alae anticas lituris nullis semihyalinis. 

 A. Alee anticae margine exteriore non rlexo. 

 a. Thoracis tegulae non longissimee. 



f a!* a u b *T ostrealis, Guen. 



^Al»albida3. - - - - . detritalis, Guen. 



c. Alas albidae, extus fuscescente-cinereae. Thalialis Walk. 



d. Alae cinereae. 



i. Palpi albido fasciati. - - Pyrenealis, Walk. 



