600 CATALOGUE OF 



81. BOTYS ACASTALIS. 



Fcem. Pallide lutea, gracilis ; palpi albidi, ascendentes, arcuati, 

 non lati, fusco cincti ; pedes antici nigricantes ; alee semi- 

 hyalince, sat angustce, lituris nidlis ; anticce acutce. 



Female. Pale luteous, slender. Palpi whitish, ascending, 

 curved, not hroad ; first and second joints with brown tips ; third 

 brown, very minute. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender; fore legs mostly blackish. Wings 

 iridescent, semihyaline, rather narrow, without markings. Fore 

 wings acute ; exterior border moderately oblique. Length of the 

 body 3| lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr, Dyson's collection. 



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82. Botys Pyrrhusalis. 



Mas. Pallide flava, gracilis ; caput fuscum ; palpi nigricantes, 

 ascendentes, breves, lati, obtusi, subtus albi ; antenna sub- 

 pubescentes ; thorax fusco vittatus ; abdomen pallide fuscum 

 basi album ; pedes albi; antici fusco varii ; alee semihyaline 

 margine exteriore cupreo-fusco ; anticce costa basi, vitta ob 

 liqua, orbiculari et reniformi fuscis. 



Male. Pale yellow, slender, white beneath. Head brown 

 above. Palpi blackish, ascending, short, broad, obtuse, white 

 beneath. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Thorax with a broad 

 brown stripe. Abdomen pale brown, extending far beyond the 

 hind wings, white at the base. Legs white, smooth, slender; fore 

 femora above and fore tibiae towards the tips brown. Wings 

 iridescent, semihyaline, cupreous-brown along the exterior border. 

 Fore wings acute, brown at the base of the costa, whence an oblique 

 brown stripe proceeds to the interior angle; orbicular and reniform 

 marks brown, the former punctiform, the latter irregular, rather 

 large.. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



83. Botys Electralis. 



Mas. Alba, gracillima; palpi nigricantes, breves, porrecti, non 

 lati, subtus albi ; palpi maxillares distincti ; antennce ciliata? ; 

 pedes glabri, gracillimi ; ale iridescentes, semihyaline, apud 

 marginem exteriorem subcinerascentes, linea media subundu- 



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