1396 CATALOGUE OF 



head; third joint extremely short. Antennae pubescent ; first and 

 second joints stout, each with a short horn. Abdomen extending 

 much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft black. Legs slender, with 

 fawn-coloured bands on the upper side. Wings iridescent, nearly 

 hyaline, with two brown lines; first line oblique, zigzag, across the 

 middle; second marginal, incomplete. Fore wings pale fawn-colour 

 at the base and along the costa, with two brown lines at the base, 

 and with an undulating brown line at three-fourths of the length. 

 Hind wings with the interior border dilated and thickly tufted with 

 floccose fawn-coloured hairs. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Nearly allied to B. Lybialis. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



BOTYS SELECTALIS. 



Foem. Alba; capitis latera antica Jiava ; palpi jlavi, porrecti, 

 breves, articulo 3o brevissimo ; thorax Jlavo maculatus ; abdo- 

 minis segmenta flavo mbfasciata ; alee semihyalince, latiusculoe, 

 puncto fusco, fascia submarginali jiava undu lata, fascia mar- 

 ginali alba flava fuscoque marginata ; anticce vix acuta, guttis 

 basalibus maculisque quinque jlavis ; posticce fascia jiava 

 abbreviata. 



Female. White, silvery white beneath. Head yellow on each 

 side of the front Palpi porrect, yellow on the outer side, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Thorax with three yellow spots on each side and with one in the 

 disk. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings, with a 

 more or less complete yellow band on the fore border of each seg- 

 ment. Legs silvery white ; fore femora towards the tips and fore 

 tibiae towards the base and anterior tarsi gilded yellow. Wings 

 semihyaline, rather broad, with a brown point in the disk and with 

 a narrow white marginal band, which is bordered with yellow on the 

 outer side and partly bordered with brown on the inner side ; a 

 yellow submarginal band, which is most undulating in the hind 

 wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with several yellow dots near the 

 base and with five yellow spots between the dots and the submar- 

 ginal band ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings 

 with a much abbreviated antemedial yellow band. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



