LEPID0PTE11A HETEHOCEUA. 597 



rax ochraceous in front. Abdomen extending for nearly half its 

 length beyond the hind wings. .Legs slender, smooth. Wings 

 rather broad, iridescent ; interior and exterior lines very indistinct, 

 a little darker than the ground-colour, the latter bent; fringe white, 

 shining. Fore wings hardly acute; costa ochraceous ; reniform 

 mark very indistinct, like the lines in hue. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection . 



?<>. BoiYS TlUTEAMS. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; caput apud oculos album; palpi por- 

 recti, lati, cervini, subtus albi ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore 

 nigricantibus indistinctis, fimbria alba basi fuscescente ; an- 

 ticce sat acutce, linea exteriore valde flexa, reniformi e striga 

 tenui alba intus nigro marginata. 



Female. Pale ochraceous, white beneath. Head white about 

 the eyes. Palpi porrect, broad, fawn-colour, white beneath. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, white. 

 Wings with the interior and exterior lines blackish, slender, indistinct 

 the former almost obsolete in the hind wings, the latter much bent in 

 the fore wings ; fringe white, brownish at the base. Fore wings 

 moderately acute ; reniform mark represented by a slender white 

 streak, which is bordered with black on the inner side. Length of 

 the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



77. Botys Rem us axis. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi lati, subascen denies, supra fusci ; pa/pi 

 maxillares testacei, distincti ; antennce pubescent.es ; abdomen 

 nigro bilineatum ; pedes albi, glabri, femoribus tibiisque an- 

 ticis obscure fuscis ; ala apud marginem exteriorem fuscce ; 

 anticce subfalcatcc, linea interiore nigricante obliqua fiexa, 

 linea exteriore arcuata e punctis nigris, orbiculari nigricante 

 punctiformi, reniformi albida nigricante marginata subtus 

 nigra, fimbria nigricante ; posticce litura discali lineaque ex- 

 teriore nigricantibus, hac subarcuata nigro punctata, fimbria 

 albida cinereo interlineata basi tettacea nigro punctata. 



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