622 CATALOGUE m 



Male. Brown, stout, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi as- 

 cending, almost vertical, curved, moderately broad ; third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennae bare. Abdomen luteous, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the segments 

 blackish. Tibiae broadly fringed ; fore tibiae very short, blackish, 

 except at the base. Fore wings acute, purplish brown, broadly but 

 irregularly ochraceous along the costa; interior and exterior lines 

 and orbicular and reniform marks blackish, the two latter with 

 ochraceous disks and of the usual form in the Noctuites ; exterior 

 line very oblique and much bent. Hind wings cinereous-brown, 

 tinged with purplish and aeneous, with a darker exterior line, which 

 is much nearer the base than usual. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



134. Botys Evippealis. 



Mas. Cervina, sat robusta ; caput et thorax anticns rufa ; palpi 

 breves , lati, ascendentes, nigricantes, rufo varii, subtus albi ; 

 antennte pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, 

 segmentis albo marginatis, apice nigro ; pedes albi,femoribus 

 anterioribus luteis nigrisgue; alee rufce, fimbria cinerea basi 

 fusca; anticce acutce, macula basali diffusa flavescente, fascia 

 interiore lutea abbreviata nigro punctata, macula exteriore 

 lutea subcostali elongata rubro marginatis ; posticce fascia 

 lutea latissima. 



Male. Fawn-colour, rather stout, white beneath. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax red. Palpi short, broad, obliquely as- 

 cending, blackish, partly red, white beneath ; third joint extremely 

 short. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments white ; tip black. 

 Legs white, smooth ; anterior femora luteous and black. Wings 

 red, moderately broad; fringe cinereous, brown at the base. Fore 

 wings acute, with a diffuse yellowish basal spot, with an abbreviated 

 interior luteous band which contains a black point, and with an 

 elongated exterior transverse subcostal luteous spot; the two lat- 

 ter with deep red borders, as has also the very broad luteous band 

 of the hind wings, this band containing a red spot. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 





