LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 639 



161. BoTYS P(EONALIS. 



Fcero. Cinereo-fusca, gracilis ; palpi ascendentes, nigricantes, 

 breves, lati, valde obtasi ; abdomen alas poslicas paullo su- 

 perans ; alee subiridescentes, lineis duabus nigricantibus ; 

 antica acuta, linea exteriore valde flexa, crbiculari et reni- 

 formi nigricantibus, hac apud medium contracta. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 ascending, blackish, short, broad, very obtuse, white beneath ; third 

 joint extremely minute. Pectus shining white in front. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 

 moderately broad, slightly iridescent ; interior and exterior lines 

 blackish. Fore wings acute; exterior line very much bent; orbi- 

 cular and reniform marks blackish, the latter contracted in the 

 middle. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



162. Botvs Triarialis. 



Mas. Fusca, gracilis; palpi lati, vix ascendentes, subrostri- 

 formes; antenna subpubescentes ; abdomen cinereum ; pedes 

 antici fuscescentes ; alee angusta, subpurpurascentes ; lineis 

 obscuris subobsoletis ; antica acuta, reniformi nigricante 

 parva, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. BrowD, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi broad, very 

 slightly ascending, nearly rostriform, white beneath, Antenna? 

 minutely pubescent. Pectus shining white in front. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Legs smooth ; fore legs brownish. Wings narrow, 

 with a purplish tinge ; Hues dark, very indistinct. Fore wings 

 acute; reniform mark blackish, small ; exterior border very oblique. 

 Length of the body 5? lines ; of wings 10 lines. 



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



163. Botys Ceadesalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, sat gracilis ; palpi fusci, porrecti, sub- 

 rostriformes, non longi; articulus 3us longi-conicus,2i dimidio 

 brevior ; antenna subpubescentes; abdomen alas posticas su- 

 per an s,fasciculo apicali nigricante ; alee sat ampla, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore fuscescentibus indistinctis ; antica acuta, 

 orbiculari et reniformi fuscescentibus indistinctis. 



