LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 593 



69. Botys Mnemusalis. 



Mas. Ochracea, subtus alba ; palpi ascendentes, subarcuati, non 

 lati, articulo So distincto ; antenna pubescentcs ; pedes albi, 

 glabri ; antici ex parte ochracei ; ala? apud discum semihya- 

 lina, linea exteriore purpurascente-fusca valde obliqua ; an- 

 ticte acuta, lineis duabus interioribus incompletis fuscis, linea 

 exteriore flexa, reniformi ochracea fusco marginata ; postica 

 macula discali purpurascente-fusca pallido punctata. 



Male. Ochraceous, white beneath. Palpi ascending, slightly 

 curved, not broad, white beneath at the base; third joint conical, 

 minute, "distinct. Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen extending for 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft white on 

 each side, rather long. Legs white, smooth ; fore legs partly ochra- 

 ceous. Wings elongated, mostly semihyaline in the disk ; exterior 

 line purplish brown, very oblique, bent in the fore wings, partly 

 double and denticulated in the hind wings ; marginal line brownish, 

 interrupted by the veins. Fore wings acute, with two incomplete 

 interior brown lines ; reniform mark ochraceous, bordered with 

 brown on each side. Hind wings with a purplish brown discal 

 spot, including a pale point, corresponding to the orbicular mark. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fcem. Abdomen testaceo-cinereum, srgmentis albo marginatis ; alee 

 semihyalina, linea marginali fusca ; anticce lineis purpuras- 

 cente-fuscis incompletis, spatio marginali diffuse purpuras- 

 cente-fuscescente ; postica linea interiore e macula transversa 

 fusca, linea exteriore ex parte duplicata et denticulata. 



Female. Abdomen testaceous-cinereous ; hind borders of the 

 segments white. Win^s with the exterior line purplish-brown, 

 incomplete in the fore wings, partly double and denticulated in the 

 hind wings ; marginal line brown. Fore wings with an incomplete 

 purplish-brown interior line ; orbicular and reniform marks ochra- 

 ceous, brown-bordered ; space between the exterior line and the ex- 

 terior border diffusedly purplish brownish. Hind wings with the 

 interior line represented by a transverse brown spot. Length of the 

 body 8. lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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