LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 733 



long. Pectus pure white in front. Legs smooth. Wings mode- 

 rately broad, hardly iridescent ; interior and exterior lines brown, 

 slightly undulating; marginal line brown, distinct; fringe whitish, 

 long, full, pale brown towards the base. Fore wings hardly acute ; 

 costa brown towards the base; exterior line extremely bent, the 

 intermediate part obsolete ; orbicular and reniform marks represented 

 by two irregular elongated brown ringlets ; exterior border mode- 

 rately oblique. Length of the body 4 ? lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



322. Botys Thestealis. 



Fcem. Ochracea, gracilis, subtus alba; palpi fusci, porrecti, 

 breves, lati, subtus nivei ; palpi maxillares graciles, distincti ; 

 abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; ala? amplce, iride- 

 scentes, apud discos albidce semihyalince, lituris fuscescente- 

 purpureis, lineis interiore et exteriore undulatis, linea sub- 

 marginali denticulata ; anticce acutce, linea exteriore valde 

 fiexa, orbiculari et reniformi annularibus. 



Female. Ochraceous, slender, white beneath. Palpi brown, 

 porrect, short, broad, pure white beneath; third joint extremely 

 minute. Maxillary palpi slender, distinct. Antennae smooth. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments and tips whitish. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae and 

 fore tarsi with brown tips. Wings ample, iridescent, mostly whitish 

 and semihyaline in the disks, with brownish purple markings; 

 interior and exterior lines undulating, the former incomplete; sub- 

 marginal line denticulated ; fringe yellowish white. Fore wings 

 acute ; exterior line much bent ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 represented by two ringlets, the latter elongate and oblique. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



323. Botys Lacoalis. 



Mas. Lutea, sat gracilis ; palpi ferruginei, subascendentes, breves, 

 lati, subtus nivei ; antennae pubescentes ; thoracis latera antica 

 ferruginea ; pectus niveum ; abdomen albidum, luteofasciatum, 

 subtus chalybceum ; pedes antici fusco cincti ; alee laUe, lineis 

 tribus rufescentibus undulatis ; anticce vix acutce, basi, linea 

 basali, orbiculari et reniformi rufescentibus, costa sub- 

 ochracea. 



