578 CATALOGUE OF 



53. Botys Gealis. 



Mas. Rufescens, gracillima ; palpi breves, lati, porrecti ; antenna 

 pubescentes ; abdomen apice albido-testaceum ; pedes albi, 

 longi, glabri ; alee perangustce, linea submarginali nigricante 

 arcuata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce maculis quatuor 

 discalibus subquadratis, duabus luteis duabusque obscure 

 rufescentibus nigricante marginatis ; posticce macula una 

 nigricante marginata. 



Male. Reddish, very slender, pale beneath. Head white 

 beneath. Palpi short, broad, porrect. Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous at the tip, extending far beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs white, long, slender, smooth. Wings very narrow ; submarginal 

 line blackish, curved ; marginal points black. Fore wings with two 

 luteous discal subquadrate spots, the larger one between two large 

 dark reddish, blackish-bordered subquadrate spots, the smaller one 

 adjoining the interior side of the first of the last-mentioned spots. 

 Hind wings with one blackish-bordered spot, smaller than those of 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



54, Botys Eratalis. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; caput albo bilineatum ; palpi porrecti, arti- 

 culo So gracili acuto ; antennce non pubescentes ; abdomen 

 apice albidum ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore fuscescentibus 

 indistinctis, linea submarginali valde diffusa, linea marginali 

 lutea ; anticce linea exteriore valde fiexa, reniformi per- 

 angusta. 



Male. Pale luteous, paler beneath. Head with a white line 

 on each side of the front. Palpi porrect; th^" 1 5^ nt slender, acute. 

 Antennae bare, slender. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the 

 hind wings ; tip whitish. Legs smoo^ white ; spurs long. Wings 

 with the interior and exterior lines brownish, indistinct, slender, the 

 latter extremely bent in the fore wings, interrupted in the bend : 

 submarginal line rather darker than the ground hue, very diffuse ; 

 marginal line luteous. Fore wings with the reniform mark brown, 

 very narrow, appearing like part of the exterior line. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



