614 CATALOGUE OF 



115. BOTVS AMISSALIS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; antennae vix pubescentes ; abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans, subtus album; pedes antici tibiis 

 villosis, metatarso fasciculato ; alee linea media lituraque dis- 

 cali vix conspicuis ; anticce violaceo tine tee, apice productce, 

 plica costali basali cinereo pilosa, fasciculo subtus fuseo ; 

 posticce p a llidiores, fimbria apice alba. 



Botys amissalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 351, 415. 

 Brazil. 



116. Botys Orontesalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi obscure fusci, latissimi, ascendentes, 

 subtus basi albi ; antenna subsetosce ; abdomen fas ciis nigris 

 albo marginatis, fasciculo apicali nigricante ; pedes pallide 

 lutei, tibiis anticis nigro fasciatis ; alee lineis interiore et exte- 

 riore nigris t hac valde Jflcxa, linea marginali nigra, fimbria 

 alba basi testacea fusco interlineata ; anticce acutce, maculis 

 duabus costalibus luteis trigonis connexis, margine exteriore 

 valde obliquo ; posticce linea interiore valde abbreviata. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, whitish beneath. Palpi dark brown, 

 very broad, obliquely ascending, white beneath towards the base. 

 Antennae minutely setose. Abdomen extending very far beyond 

 the hind wings; hind borders of the segments with black white- 

 bordered bands ; apical tuft blackish. Legs smooth, mostly pale 

 luteous ; fore tibiae very short, with a black band. Wings with the 

 interior and exterior lines black, the former much abbreviated in the 

 hind wings, the latter much bent ; marginal line black ; fringe 

 white, testaceous at the base, interlined with brown. Fore wings 

 acute, with two luteous triangular connected costal spots ; exterior 

 border very oblique, forming a continuous line with that of the 

 hind wings. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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



