610 CATALOGUE OF 



side at the base. Legs while, smooth, slender ; fore femora brown ; 

 fore tibiae and fore tarsi with brown bands. Wings iridescent, semi- 

 hyaline, broadly but irregularly purple along the exterior border, 

 this hue hiding the exterior line, which is partly apparent and 

 denticulated in the hind wings; marginal points brown. Fore wings 

 acute, with a broad irregular purple band near the base ; reniform 

 mark large, purple-bordered, straightened in the middle ; orbicular 

 forming a small point. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



105. Botys Thalloalis. 



Fcem. Flava, sat gracilis ; palpi fusci, ascendentes, articulo So 

 conico parvo distincto ; thorax antice purpurascente-fuscus; 

 pedes albi, glabri ; alee plaga apicali purpureo-fusca, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore nigricantibus undulatis incompletis ; 

 anticce costa puspurascente-fusca, orbiculari et reniformi albis ; 

 fusco marginatis, posticce gutta discali nigra. 



Female. Yellow, moderately slender, whitish beneath. Palpi 

 brown, obliquely ascending, moderately broad, whitish beneath at 

 the base ; third joint conical, small, distinct. Thorax purplish brown 

 in front. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 white, smooth. Wings moderately broad ; interior and exterior 

 lines blackish, slight, undulating, incomplete, the latter indistinct ; 

 a purplish brown apical patch which is largest in the fore wings. 

 Fore wings with the exterior line more distinct along the pajch to 

 which it is contiguous ; costa purplish brown along full half the 

 length from the base ; orbicular and reniform marks white, shining, 

 near the costa bordered with brown. Hind wings with a black 

 discal dot, which corresponds to the orbicular mark. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



106. Botys Peranthusalis. 



Fcem. Flava, gracilis ; caput supra fuscum ; palpi fusel, breves, 

 erecti, arcuati, vix lati, articulo 3o lato obtuso basi albo ; tho- 

 rax antice cervinus ; abdomen pallide cervinum, segmentis 

 albido marginatis ; ala3 linea interiore interrupta lineaque 

 exteriore Jlexa purpureis ; anticae orbiculari punctiformi 



