LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 573 



Female. Closely allied to B. detritalis. Testaceous, white 

 beneath. Palpi ascending, short, broad ; third joint extremely 

 minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending very little heyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender, smooth. Wings moderately broad, 

 with the interior and exterior lines blackish, the latter deeply undu- 

 lating ; marginal line almost obsolete. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 interior line hardly undulating ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 represented by two black dots. Hind wings with the interior line 

 only appearing as a blackish dot near the costa. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection, 

 c. Jamaica. 



44. Botys Deyalts. 



Mas et foem. Lutea aut ochracea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, basi 

 albi ; pedes antici nigro fasciati ; alee iridescentes, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore purpurascente-cinereis sat diffusis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ehmgatis indistinctis ; anticce linea 

 exteriore valdeflexa, orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi angusta 

 sat magna, 



Male and female, Luteous or ochraceous, white beneath. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, white towards the base. Abdomen of 

 the male extending rather beyond the hind wings. Fore legs with 

 black bands. Wings iridescent ; interior and exterior lines purplish 

 cinereous, rather diffuse, the latter very much bent in the fore wings ; 

 marginal points blackish, elongated, indistinct ; fringe cinereous, 

 shining. Fore wings with the orbicular mark punclifoim ; reniform 

 rather large and narrow. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 J2 lines. 



a — c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



45. Botys Hecalialis. 



Mas. Lcete ochracea ; palpi erecti, articulo So longi-conico tenui 

 parvo ; antennce non pubescentes ; abdomen fascia subapicati 

 fusco albo marginata ; pedes glabri ; tibiis tarsisque anticis albis 

 nigricante fasciatis ; ala linea exteriore subundulata lineaque 

 marginali nigris, fimbria albida ; anticce linea basali lineaque 

 subundulata interiore nigris, reniformi e striga brevi lata 

 nigra, 



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