574 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Bright ochraceous. Palpi erect, ascending as high as 

 the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, slender, small. Antennae 

 moderately stout, not pubescent. Abdomen extending somewha? 

 beyond the hind wings, with a brown, white-borderedjband near tin i 

 tip. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi white, with blackist 

 bands. Wings with an exterior slightly undulating black line \, 

 marginal line black, very distinct and regular ; fringe whitish. Fore 

 wings acute, with a black basal line, and a black, slightly undulating 

 interior line, which are broader than the exterior line ; reniform 

 mark represented by a short black streak. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



46. Botys Helcitalis. 



Mas et fcem. Ochraceo-cervina, sat robusta, subtus albida ; palpi 

 fusci, ascendentes, subtus basi albi ; tibia? intermedia? tumidce ; 

 tibia? an tic a? fascia lata fusca ; ala? lineis interiore et exteriore 

 nigricantibus, hac va I de flex a, fimbria albida; antica? macula 

 discali albida, reniformi e yuttis duabus nigricantibus. Mas. 

 — Antenna? pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 

 tibia? intermedia? fasciculata?. 



Male and female. Ochraceous fawn-colour, rather stout, whitish 

 beneath. Palpi brown, ascending, white beneath towards the base. 

 Antennae of the male pubescent. Abdomen of the male extending 

 some distance beyond the hind wings, that of the female shorter. 

 Legs smooth ; middle tibiae somewhat tumid, tufted in the male ; 

 fore tibiae with a broad brown band. Wings iridescent, moderately 

 broad ; interior and exterior lines blackish, approximate, except in 

 the fore part of the fore wings, where they are very remote from 

 each other, the exterior one being extremely bent ; fringe whitish. 

 Fore wings acute, with a whitish spot between the exterior line and 

 the reniform mark, which is represented by two blackish dots. 

 Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a— d. St. Doming-o. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 e,f. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



47. Botys Agave alis. 



Foem. Cinereo- fusca, purpurascente tincta, sat gracilis, subtus 

 alba ; palpi breves, lati^ porrecti ; abdomen alas posticas sat 

 superans; ala? elongata, linea exteriore albido-cinerea valde 



