992 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. "Reddish purple, rather stout, pure white beneath. Head 

 with a yellow dot on the vertex. Palpi porrect, not broad, shorter 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint minute, conical. Maxillary 

 palpi very distinct. Antennae rather stout, minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen dull ochraceous, conical, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 acute, with two luteous patches on the interior border, and with an 

 elongated yellow costal spot ; four vitreous discal spots, two of which 

 are contiguous to a black nearly straight line ; exterior part yellow, 

 with rosy marginal dots. Hind wings yellow, with a red discal 

 mark, and with a slight exterior undulating line. Length of the 

 body b\ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Allied to B. Hirtusalis. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Botys ? Panaresalis. 



Fcem. ? Lutea, sat robusta ; palpi ascendentes, breves, subarcuati, 

 sat lati, articulo 3o longi-conico ; antennce graciles ; pedes 

 glabriy tibiis anticis apice nigris ; alee cupreo-fusca, macula 

 magna discali alba hyalina ; anticce apice rotundatce^ dimidio 

 basali luteo, macula discali elongata ; postica basi subhyalina, 

 macula discali rotundata. 



Female P Luteous, moderately stout, paler beneath. Palpi 

 vertical, short, slightly curved, moderately broad, rising a little higher 

 than the head ; third joint minute, elongate-conical, about one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae slender. Legs pale, smooth ; 

 fore tibiae black towards the tips. Wings cupreous-brown, mode- 

 rately broad, with a large white hyaline spot in each disk. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; basal half luteous ; discal spot much 

 longer than broad. Hind wings almost hyaline towards the base ; 

 discal spot round. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



This species has a peculiar form, and perhaps should be removed 

 from the genus. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. 



