LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. (>ll 



punctisque duobus interioribus cyaneis, reniformi magna pur- 

 pureo marginata, plaga magna apicali purpurea, costa cervina ; 

 postica macula apicali elongata purpurea. 



Female. Yellow, slender, white beneath. Head brown above. 

 Palpi brown, short, vertical, curved, moderately broad, white beneath, 

 except towards the tip's ; third broad, obtuse, while at the base, 

 hardly one third of the length of the second. Thorax fawn-colour 

 in front. Abdomen pale fawn-colour, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs white, 

 smooth, slender. Wings iridescent, semihyaline ; interior and ex- 

 terior lines purple, the former much interrupted, the latter much 

 bent. Fore wings acute ; orbicular mark forming a blue point : 

 two other blue points in a line with it nearer the base ; reniform 

 mark large, "partly purple-bordered; a large purple apical patch, 

 partly interrupting the exterior line ; costa fawn-colour. Hind 

 wings with an apical elongated purple spot. Length of the body 

 5 J- lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Frv's collection. 



107. BOTYS NlAVIALIS. 



Mas. Lutea, gracillima ; caput subtus pectusque anticum alba ; 

 palpi nigricantes, erecti, caput longe superantes ; articulus Su< 

 lanceolatus, 2o non brevior ; antennae subpubescentes ; thorax 

 antice chalybeua ; alee elongatce, iridescentes, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore e guttis purpureis, hac flexa, ilia valde incompleta, 

 linea marginali e lunulis purpureis ; anticce acuta, vitta cos- 

 tali chalybea, plaga subapicali purpurea, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi nigris parvis ; posticce macula apicali purpurea, gutta 

 discali nigra, 



Male. Luteous, very slender, hardly paler beneath. Head 

 beneath and fore part of the pectus white. Palpi blackish, vertical, 

 ascending high above the head; third joint lanceolate, as long as 

 the second. Antennas minutely pubescent. Thorax chalybeous in 

 front. Abdomen long, extending far beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings elongate, iridescent ; interior and exterior 

 lines composed of purple dots, the latter bent, the former very 

 incomplete; marginal line composed of purple lunules. Fore 

 wings acute, with a chalybeous costal stripe, which half includes 

 the small black orbicular and reniform marks ; a subapical purple 

 patch. Hiud wings with a purple apical spot and with a black 



