598 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Fawn-colour, much paler beneath. Palpi brown, 

 broad, slightly ascending, white beneath ; joints indistinct. Max- 

 illary palpi testaceous, distinct. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings, with a black line along 

 each side. Legs white, smooth; fore femora above and fore tibise 

 dark brown. Wings elongate, brown along the exterior border. 

 Fore wings subfalcate; interior line blackish, oblique, bent ; exte- 

 rior line curved, composed of black points; orbicular mark forming 

 a blackish point ; reniform whitish, with a blackish border, black on 

 the under side ; fringe blackish. Hind wings paler, with a blackish 

 discal mark corresponding to the orbicular ; exterior line blackish, 

 slightly curved, accompanied by some black points ; fringe whitish, 

 interlined with cinereous, testaceous at the base, with black points. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



78. BOTYS POLYTESALTS. 



Mas. Flava ; palpi ascendentes, pilosi, supra nigricantes, non lati, 

 articulo So indistincto ; antenna pubescentes ; pedes antici 

 nigricantes ; tibia intermedia: sat crassa ; alee apud marginem 

 exteriorem cervina, linea exteriore tenui nigricante denticulata 

 valde flexa, linea marginali nigra, fimbria nigro guttata ; an- 

 ticce apud costam cervina, linea interiore nigricante in com- 

 pleta, orbiculari et reniformi nigris, hac lunulata-subquadrata 

 flavo biguttata, ilia punctiformi ; posticce gutta discali nigra. 



Male. Yellow, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 pilose, blackish above, not broad ; third joint indistinct. Antennas 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore femora and fore tibise blackish ; middle tibiae rather thick. 

 Wings fawn-colour along the exterior border; exterior line slender, 

 blackish, denticulated, extremely bent ; marginal line black, com- 

 posed of elongated dots in the fore wings ; fringe with black dots. 

 Fore wings fawn-colour along the costa ; interior line blackish, 

 incomplete ; orbicular and reniform marks black, the former puncti 

 form, the latter lunulate-subquadrate, including a yellow dot at 

 each end. Hind wings with a black discal dot. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



