596 CATALOGUE OF 



filial line denticulated, diffuse, almost obsolete in the hind wings, 

 which are paler than the fore wings. Fore wings acute, pale ferru- | 

 ginons along part of the costa ; orbicular mark punctiform ; reniform 

 distinguished by a slender streak. Length of the body 4 J- lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



74. Botys Phi le alts. 



Foem. Albido-cinerea, gracilis ; caput ct thorax anticus pallide 

 cervina ; palpi breves, lati, porrecti, supra fusci ; pedes gla- 

 bris ; aUe. iridescentes, semihi/aliiKC, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 fuscis interrupts ; anticce acuta:, costa margineque exteriore 

 subcervinis, linea exteriore. flexa apud costam nigra snbdila- 

 tata, orbiculari et reniformi nigris parvis ; posticce linea inte- 

 riore apud marginem nigra. 



Female. Whitish cinereous, slender, white beneath. Head 

 and fore part of the thorax pale fawn-colour. Palpi brown, short, 

 broad, porrect, white beneath ; joints indistinct. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs white, smooth. 

 Wings iridescent, semihyaline ; interior and exterior lines brown, 

 interrupted, the latter bent; marginal linebrown, slight, interrupted 

 by the veins. Fore wings acute, somewhat fawn-colour along the 

 costa and along the exterior border ; exterior line black and slightly 

 dilated by the costa ; orbicular and reniform marks black, small. 

 Hind wings with the interior line black at each end. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



75. Botys CyprjEalis. 



Mas. Albida, gracilis ; caput ochracvo fasciatum ; palpi ochra- 

 cei, ascendentes, breves; antenna subpubescentes ; thorax an- 

 lice ochraceus ; abdomen alas posticus fere dimidio superans ; 

 pedes gracilis, glabri ; ala Intiiisculce, lineis duabus valde in- 

 d/stinctis, 2a Jlexa, fimbria alba; anticcc vix acuta, costa 

 ochracea. 



Male, Whitish, slender. Head with an ochraceous band. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, ochraceous, short, moderately broad; 

 third joint very minute. Antenna) very minutely pubescent. Tho- 



