634 CATALOGUE OF 



151. Botys Mysisalis. 



Fcem. Flavescens ; caput et thorax anticus cervina ; palpi cervini, 

 obtusi, vix ascendentes, subtus albi ; abdomen guttis duabus 

 basalibus fuscis ; ala lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis 

 margineque purpuraseentibus, linea exteriore valde Jlexa ; 

 anticce apud costam subochracea, orbiculari et reniformi nigri- 

 cantibus, hae parva. 



Female. Yellowish, white beneath. Head and fore part M 

 the thorax fawn-colour. Palpi fawn-colour, hardly ascending, obtuse 

 at the tips, white beneath ; joints indistinct. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings, with a brown dot on each side near the 

 base. Legs smooth. Wings with the denticulated interior and ex- 

 terior lines and a band along the exterior border purplish ; exterior 

 line much bent. Fore wings somewhat ochraceous along the costa • 

 orbicular and reniform marks blackish, the latter small. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



152. Botys Vibiusalis. 



Fcem. Flavescente-alba, gracilis ; palpi pailide fusci, porrecti, 

 breves , lati, obtusi ; abdomen apice tesllaceum, alas posticas 

 perpaullo superans ; alee sat angustce, iridescentes, semihyalina^, 

 fascia marginali pailide cinereo-fusca intus undulata fusco 

 marginata ; anticce vix acutce, lineis interiore et media pailide 

 fuscis, hac abbreviata, reniformi sat magna, posticce linea 

 interiore. 



Female. Yellowish white, slender, white beneath. Palpi pale 

 brown, porrect, short, broad, obtuse, white* beneath ; third joint 

 extremely minute, concealed by the hairs. Abdomen testaceous 

 at the tip, extending very little beyond the hi id wings. Legs smooth. 

 Wings rather narrow, iridescent, semihyaHne, with a pale cinereous- 

 brown marginal band, which is undulating and bordered with brown 

 on the interior side. Fore wings hardl} acute ; interior and middle 

 lines pale brown, the latter ending in the reniform mark, which is 

 rather large and of the same hue. Hind wings with an interior line. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



