LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 595 



very undulating. Fore wings testaceous along the costa, with a 

 brown basal line, and with some diffuse brownish marks along the 

 interior border ; orbicular and reniform marks brown-bordered, the 

 latter very large, with the whitish part very narrow, aud especially 

 so in the middle. Hind wings with the interior line widely inter- 

 rupted. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



72. BOTYS EuBULEALIS. 



Mas. Purpurascente-fusca, gracilis, subtus albida ; palpi arcuati, 

 ascendentes, subtus basi albi ; antenna pubescentes ; abdomen 

 pallide cervinum; pedes albi, glabri, graciles ; alee pallide 

 fiavi, iridescentes y margine exteriore purpurascente-cinereo, 

 fimbria albido-cinerea ; anticce acuta, costa lata purpuras- 

 cente-cinerea, reniformi fusca. 



Male. Purplish-brown, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 curved, ascending to the vertex, not broad, white beneath at the 

 base ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae pubescent. Abdo- 

 men pale fawn-colour above, extending some distance beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth, slender, white. Wings pale yellow, iri- 

 descent, with a regular purplish cinereous border ; fringe whitish 

 cinereous. Fore wings acute, broadly purplish cinereous along the 

 costa, this stripe partly including the brown reniform mark. Length 

 of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



73. Botys Nerissalis. 



Mas. Albido-flava, gracillima ; palpi porrecti, cervini, subtus 

 albi, non lati ; antenna glabrae; a la line is in teriore et exte- 

 riore nigricantibus, hac valde undulata, linea submarginali 

 denticulata, diffusa; antica acutce, costa pallide ferruginea, 

 orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi e striga tenui ; posticce pal- 

 lidiores, linea submarginali subobsoleta. 



Male. Whitish yellow, very slender, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, fawn-colour, white beneath, nearly as long as the head, not 

 broad. Antenna? smooth. Abdomen extending far beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings with the interior and 

 exterior lines blackish, slight, the latter very undulating ; submar- 



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