736 CATALOGUE OF 



Male, Ferruginous, rather stout, white beneath. Palpi short, 

 obliquely ascending, rather slender; third joint conical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? pubescent, rather 

 stout. Pectus pure white in front. Legs smooth, here and there 

 marked with brown ; middle tibiae slightly incrassated, brown above. 

 Wings elongate, iridescent, opaque; exterior line blackish, undu- 

 lating ; fringe cinereous, brownish towards the base. Fore wings 

 acute ; interior line blackish, slight, bordering a large purplish 

 black spot, which rests on the interior border; exterior line much 

 bent ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings a little paler than 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 7? lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



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328. Botts Orphnealis. 



Mas. Cervina, vix robusta, subtus albida ; palpi fusci, ascend- 

 entes, arcuati ; antennce pubescentes, subtus basi incisce ; 

 pectus antice niveum ; abdomen testaceum^ alas posticas su- 

 perans ; tibia posteriores dense fasciculate?, calcare uno 

 incrassato ; aim elongatce, iridescentes , lineis interior e et 

 exteriore fuscis ; anticce acutce, linea interiore arcuata, linea 

 exteriore valde flexa, maculis duabus hyalinis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, hardly stout, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 brown, curved, obliquely ascending, moderately broad, white be- 

 neath towards the base; third joint conical, very minute, about 

 one-sixth of the length of the second. Antenna? pubescent, with a 

 notch near the base. Pectus pure white in front. Abdomen tes- 

 taceous, extending rather far beyond the hind wings, hegs smooth ; 

 middle femora with a black spot above; posterior tibia? densely 

 tufted, one of their spurs much incrassated. Wings elongate, very 

 iridescent ; interior and exterior lines brown ; fringe cinereous. 

 Fore wings acute; interior line curved; exterior line extremely 

 bent; a hyaline spot in the interior part of the disk, and another 

 larger beyond and nearer the costa; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a , ^ p Presented by E. Poubleday, Esq. 



