LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERA. 



BOTTS HUMERALIS. 



1397 



Foem. Flava, robusta ; capitis latera antica fusea ; palpi fusci, 



porrecti, breves, lati, subtus albi ; thorax strigis duabus anticis 



rufescente-fuscis ; abdomen alas posticus sat superans ; ales 



lineis tribus ochraceis angulosis ; antica basi guttaque och- 



raceis. 



Female. Yellow, stout. Body white beneath. Head brown 



on each side in front. Palpi brown, broad, short, porrect, white 



beneath. Thorax with a reddish brown streak on each side in iront. 



Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately 



stout. Wings with three ochraceous zigzag lines. Fore wings 



acute, ochraceous at the base and along the adjoining part ol the 



costa ; an ochraceous dot in the disk between the first and second 



lines ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Length ot the 



body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Like B. ostrealis in structure; 

 Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



BoTYS SUPERBALIS. 



Mas. Late ochracea ; palpi porrecti, breves, robusti, articulo So 

 acutominimo; abdomen alas posticas longe superans; pedes 

 robusti ; alee lineis tribus undulatis fasciaque lata margraati 

 rufescentibus ; antica lituris basalibus plagaque subcostali 

 rufescentibus ; postica fascia marginali postice submarginati. 

 Female. Bright ochraceous, stout, paler beneath. Pal pi i por- 

 rect, stout, smooth, very much shorter than the breadth of the head; 

 third joint acute, very minute. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the h4d wings. Legs smooth, stout. Wings with three undulating 

 reddish linesfand with a broad reddish marginal band. Fore wings 

 acute with some reddish marks near the base, and with a reddish 

 Sh near the costa between the second and third lines ; third hue 

 ffdering the marginal band, which is a little pale, Hind wings 

 with the band submarginal, except near the tip. Length ot the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Cuenca. From M. Frazer's collection. 



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