594 CATALOGUE OF 



70. Botys JMopsalis. 



Foera. Pallide flava, gracilis; caput subtus et pectus anticum 

 Candida ; palpi porrecti, breves, fusci, subtus albi ; thorax 

 antice subcervinus ; alee elongata, semihyalina, valde irides- 

 centes, fascia marginali albida intus nigncante marginata, 

 Ihieis interiors et exteriore fuscis guttularibus ; anticce acutce, 

 orbiculari et reniformi guttaque postica fuscis. 



Female. Pale yellow, whitish beneath, slender. Head beneath 

 and fore part of the pectus pure white. Palpi brown, porrect, 

 short, moderately broad, white beneath ; joints indistinct. Thorax 

 slightly fawn-colour in front. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings elongate, 

 semibyaline, very iridescent, whitish along the exterior border, this 

 hue limited by a blackish diffuse line ; interior and exterior lines 

 brown, slight, mostly composed of minute dots. Fore wings acute, 

 with the exterior line much bent; orbicular and reniform marks 

 brown, the former with another brown dot behind it. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



71. Botys Xiphialis. 



Mas. Albida, gracilis ; palpi arcuati, graciles, fuscescente bifas- 

 ciati ; antenna subpubescentes ; thorace antice fuscus ; abdo- 

 men maculis lateralibus aut fasciis\fuscis ; tibia postica lata, 

 albo nigroque fimbriate ; tibia antica fusco fasciata ; ala 

 iridescetites, subhyalina, plaga apicali fusca, lineis interiore 

 et exteriore fuscis, hac valde undulata, ilia valde incompleta ; 

 antica apud costam testacea, linea basali fusca, lituris apud 

 unguium interiorem diffusis fuscescentibus, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi maximis ; postica linea interiore late interrupta. 



Allied to B. verticalis. Male. Whitish, slender. Palpi 

 curved, ascending, applied to the head, with two brownish bands ; 

 third joint conical. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 brown along the fore border. Abdomen extending far beyond the 

 hind wings, with brown lateral spots, which form bands towards the 

 tip. Hind tibiae broad, fringed with white and black hairs; fore 

 tibia? with a brown band. Wings iridescent, nearly hyaline, with a 

 brown apical patch, which is much largest in the fore wings; inte- 

 rior and exterior line brown, the former very incomplete, the latter 



