LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 615 



117. Botys Elathealis. 



Mas. Fusca, robusta, subtus albido-testacea ; caput albidum, 

 fusco fasciatum ; palpi ascendentes, subarcuati, non lati, sub- 

 tus albi, articulo So conico distincto, antenna sat valida?, 

 subpubescentes, basi incrassata> ; pectus antice album ; abdo- 

 men apicem versus subtumidum ; pedes robusti ; antici ob- 

 scure fusci ; alee opacce, cupreo-purpureoque nitentes, fimbria 

 albida, lineis obsoletis ; antica acuta?, reniformi nigra an- 

 gusta. 



Male. Brown, stout, whitish testaceous beneath. Head 

 whitish, with a brown band in front of the antennae. Palpi as- 

 cending, slightly curved, not broad, white in front ; third joint coni- 

 cal, distinct. Antenna? rather stout, minutely pubescent, incras- 

 sated at the base. Pectus white in front. Abdomen slightly tumid 

 and ascending towards the tip, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, smooth, whitish testaceous. Fore legs mostly 

 dark brown. Wings shining, opaque, moderately broad, with 

 cupreous-purple reflections; fringe whitish; lines obsolete. Fore 

 wings acute ; reniform mark narrow, black. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Amazon Kegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



1 18. Bctys Sylvialis, 



Fcem. Cinereo- fusco, gracilis; oculi albido marginati ; palpi 

 fusci, porrecti, breves, obtusi; pedes albidi, appressi ; ala sub - 

 purpuras centes, lineis duabus albidis, 2a valde flexa, fimbria 

 alba basi testacea fusco interlineata ; antica reniformi e ma- 

 cula albida strigam brevem obscure fuscam includente. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, slender, whitish beneath. Head 

 beneath and fore part of the thorax white. Eyes with whitish bor- 

 ders. Palpi porrect, short, brown, obtuse, white beneath. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs whitish, 

 smooth, flattened. Wings moderately broad, with a slight purplish 

 tinge; interior and exterior lines whitish, the latter much bent; 

 fringe white, testaceous at the base, interlined with brown. Fore 

 wings acute ; orbicular and reniform marks dark brown, the former 

 punctiform, the latter forming a short streak, which is contained in 



