LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 623 



135. Botys Persiusalis. 



Foem. Purpureo-rufa, sat gracilis; palpi ascendentes, breves, 

 subtus albi, articulo 3o conico parvo ; pedes posteriores ex 

 parte albi ; alee elongata, fasciis duabus macularibus vitreis, 

 fimbria albida, margine exteriore Jlexo ; antica subfalcala , 

 fascia exteriore maculari vitrea, macula apud marginem inte- 

 rior em lutea. 



Female. Purplish red, rather slender. Palpi ascending, 

 short, moderately broad, white beneath ; third joint conical, small. 

 Pectus white in front. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth ; posterior tibiae partly and tarsi white. 

 Wings elongate, with two incomplete and irregular bands composed 

 of vitreous spots ; fringe mostly whitish ; exterior border some- 

 what bent. Fore wings subfalcate, with a luteous spot by the inte- 

 rior border and with a third exterior incomplete vitreous macular 

 band. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



136. Botys Cephalis. 



Foem. Alba ; corpus supra fuscescente-cinereum ; palpi fusces- 

 centes, ascendentes, albo fasciati ; pedes antici pilosi, fusci ; 

 alee elongata, cinerea, iridescentes ; antica basi fuscescentes, 

 apud costam albce semihyalinte ex parte lutea, reniformi lutea ; 

 postica3 basi alb(S semihyaline, macula diffusa alba nigro 

 notata apud angulum interiorem, linea exteriore subobsoleta. 



Female. White. Body mostly brownish cinereous above. 

 Palpi brownish, obliquely ascending, moderately broad, with white 

 bands. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore femora and fore tibiae pilose, brown. Wings 

 elongate, cinereous, iridescent. Fore wings brownish at the base, 

 irregularly white and semihyaline, and partly luteous along the 

 costa ; reniform mark luteous. Hind wings white and semihyaline 

 at the base, and with a diffuse white black-marked spot by the in- 

 terior angle ; this spot forms the end of a diffuse and almost obsolete 

 exterior line. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14—16 

 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



