602 CATALOGUE OF 



85. Botys Melitealts. 



Mas. Albida, gracilis ; palpi porrecti, breves, squamosi, non lati ; 

 antenna glabra ; thorax antice subcervinus ; pedes anteriores 

 subtestacei ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore cervinis subundu- 

 latis, punctis marginalibus fuscis ; anticce vix acuta, apud 

 costam cervina, linea exteriore valde flexa, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi cervino margin atis. 



Male. Whitish, slender, white beneath. Palpi porrect, short 

 squamous, not broad, extending very little beyond the head An- 

 tennas smooth, slender. Thorax slightly fawn-colour in front. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender; anterior legs somewhat testaceous. Wimr S shining 

 moderately broad; interior and exterior lines fawn-colour, slightly 

 undulating, the latter much bent in the fore wings; a row of margi- 

 nal brown points; fringe full. Fore wings hardly acute, fawn- 

 colour along the costa ; orbicular and reniform marks with fawn- 



10 lbes borders# Length of the bod y 4 lines ' of the win gs 

 Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



86. Botys Belialis. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea, sat robusta, subtus albida; oculi albo 

 marginati; palpi fuscescentes, [porrecti, sat lati, subtus albi, 

 articulo 3o conico ; pedes albi, glabri ; alee linea exteriore ob- 

 scuriore valde indistincta ; anticce linea interiore subrecta, 

 linea exteriore valde flexa, reniformi valde indistincta. 

 Female. Pale ochraceous, whitish beneath, moderately stout. 

 Head white about the eyes. Palpi brownish, porrect, moderately 

 broad white beneath ; third joint conical. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs white, smooth. Wings vvith 

 the exterior line darker, very indistinct, much bent in the fore 

 wings. Fore wings with the interior line nearly straight, slanting 

 hindward from the base, very indistinct, as is also the reniform 

 mark. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 

 a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



