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ilia tridenlata e lineis duabus incipientibus el renifontu, striga 

 postica ; posticae punclo discali lineaque inter rupta. 



Botys alialis, Guen. Ddt. et Pyral. 347, 401. 

 Cayenne. 



103. Botys Hortalis. 



Foem. Lcete citrina, gracilis ; caput et thorax fusca ; palpi lati, 

 breves, ascendentes ; pedes longi, glabri, gracillimi ; antici tes- 

 tacei ; alee angustce, plaga apicali fusca chalybeo-notata nigra 

 marginata ; anticce basi fuscce chalybceo notatce, apud costam 

 ochracea, reniformi e punclo nigro ; posticce punctis duobus 

 aut tribus submarginalibus nigris. 



Female. Bright-lemon colour, slender, white beneath. Head, 

 thorax and palpi brown ; the latter broad, short, obliquely ascending ; 

 third joint very minute. Antennae white, slender. Abdomen ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs long, smooth, very slender ; 

 spurs very long; fore legs testaceous. Wings narrow, wsth a large 

 apical brown chalybeous-marked black-bordered patch. Fore wings 

 brown, and chalybeous-marked at the base, ochraceous along the 

 costa ; reniform mark indicated by a black point. Hind wings with 

 two or three black submarginal points. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



» 104. Botys Quiuinalis. 



Mas. Flava, gracilis ; caput ochraceum ; palpi fusci, breves, gvi- 

 cile^erecti, subarcuati ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio 

 brevior ; antenna? subpubescentes ; thorax antice ochraceus ; 

 abdominis fasciculus basi utrinque nigricans ; pedes antici 

 fusco fasciati ; alee apud marginem exteriorem late par pure te, 

 punctis marginalibus fuscis; anticte fascia basali purpurea, 

 reniformi magna purpureo-marginata. 



Male. Yellow, slender, whitish beneath. Head ochraceous ; 

 under side and the fore part of the pectus white. Palpi brown, short, 

 slender, vertical, slightly curved, white beneath at the base ; third 

 joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae minutely pubescent. Thorax ochraceous in front. Abdomen 

 extending far beyond the hind wings : apical tuft blackish on each 



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