LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCEBA. 989 



Female. Cinereous, slender. Palpi brown, broad, porreet, 

 not long ; third joint very minute. Maxillary palpi distinct. An- 

 tennae slender. Pectus white in front. Abdomen extending some 

 distance beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate, speckled with 

 brown ; exterior line pale oblique ; marginal lunules blackish ; 

 fringe interlined. Fore wings acute; exterior line bent; reniform 

 mark distinguished by a brown ringlet ; exterior border very oblique. 

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



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Botys ? Adalis. 



Mas. Lutea, sat gracilis, fasciis albidis ; palpi porrecti, obtusi, 

 brevissimi, nigro bifasciati ; antenna pubescentes ; abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans ; pedes luteo varii, tibiis tarsis- 

 que nigro fasciatis ; alee sat angusta, margine exteriore lineisque 

 tribus obliquis serpentinis angulatis nigris ; anticce apice 

 rotundatce, litura discali e strigis tribus vitreis, costa nigra 

 snbobliqua ; posticce margine exteriore truncato. 



Male. Luteous, rather slender, with whitish bands, shining 

 white beneath. Palpi porreet, very short and obtuse, with two 

 black bands ; third joint extremely short. Head beneath and fore 

 pectus pure white. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Leg's smooth, partly luteous; tibiae 

 and tarsi with black bands. Wings rather narrow, irregularly 

 black along the exterior border, and with three irregular oblique 

 serpentine and angular black lines. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips, with a vitreous discal mark composed of three contiguous 

 streaks; costa black, very slightly convex; exterior border rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border somewhat truncated 

 along the whole length. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



Its structure has most affinity to that of B. Hellicalis. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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BOTYS SURTNAMENSIS. 



Testacea ; alee lineis media et exteriore nigricantibus subundulatis, 

 linea marginali nigra ; antica linea interiore nigricante. 



