LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 601 



lata pallidissime fusca, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticcB 

 subfalcatce, apud cos lam fusca?, lineis interior e et exteriore 

 pallidissime fuscis, orbiculari et reniformi fusco marginatis ; 

 posticce linea interiore pallidissime fusca lata interrupta. 



Male, White, very slender. Palpi blackish, short, porrect, 

 not broad, white beneath. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antenna? very 

 pubescent or nearly pectinated. Abdomen extending rather far 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, very slender. Wings elon- 

 gate, iridescent, semihyaline, with a slightly undulating very pale 

 brown middle line ; a diffuse cinereous tinge along the exterior 

 border, especially in front ; marginal points black, less distinct in 

 the hiud wings. Fore wings subfalcate, brown along the costa; in- 

 terior and exterior lines very pale brown, the former almost obsolete; 

 orbicular and reniform marks with pale brown borders, the latter 

 narrow. Hind wings with a very pale brown interior line, which is 

 widely interrupted in front. Length of the body 5J lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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84. Botys Chlorisalis. 



Mas. Pallide flava, gracilis ; palpi fusci, porrecti, breves, lati, 

 obtusi, subtus albi fascia angulata fusca ; antenna pubes- 

 centes ; ala subiridescentes, fere opacce, lineis interiore et exte- 

 riore fuscis denticulatis, linea marginali fusca bene delermi- 

 nata ; antics costa, linea basali, orbiculari annuliformi et 

 reniformi subquadrata fuscis. 



Male. Pale yellow, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi brown, 

 porrect, short, broad, obtuse, white beneath, with an angular brown 

 hand. Antenuse pubescent. Abdomen extending very far beyond 

 the hind vvin^s. Legs white, smooth, slender. Wings slightly iri- 

 descent, nearly opaque ; interior and exterior lines brown, denticu- 

 lated; marginal line brown, distinct, regular. Fore wings hardly 

 acute ; costa mostly, basal line and borders of the discal marks 

 brown ; orbicular annulif'orm ; reniform subquadrate, straightened 

 in the middle; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the 

 interior line somewhat dilated. Length of the body 6^ lines j of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



