624 CATALOGUE OF 



137. Botys Khexialis. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi porrecti, breves, non lati, articulo 3o 

 minima ; antennce pubescentes ; abdomen testaceum ferruyineo 

 subconspersum, linea transversa nigra maculisque duabus late- 

 ralibus a/bis basalibus ; tibia antica subtus fusco fasciculate? ; 

 alee iridescentes, semihya Una, fusco subconspersa, basi purpu- 

 rascente-fusca, linea exteriore fasca tenui jlexa ; anticce sub- 

 falcata, striga cos tali exteriore lata maculaque magna subquad- 

 rata apud marginem i?iteriorem reniformique lunulata fuscis ; 

 postica maculis duabus purpurascente-fuscis, la costali sub' 

 apicali, 2a apud angulum interiorem. 



Male. Ferruginous, white beneath. Palpi porrect, short, not 

 broad; third joint very minute. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen 

 testaceous, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings, slightly 

 speckled with ferruginous, with a transverse black line near the base ! 

 bordering two lateral white spots. Legs smooth, with very long \ 

 spurs ; fore tibiae with a small brown tuft beneath. Wings iridescent, 

 semihyaline, moderately broad, slightly and irregularly speckled 

 with brown, broadly purplish brown at the base ; exterior line slender, 

 brown, especially bent in the fore wings. Fore wings sub falcate, 

 with a broad brown streak along the apical part of the costa, and a 

 large subquadrate brown spot towards the end of the interior border; 

 reniform mark brown, lunulate. Hind wings with an irregular 

 purplish brown spot on the costa near the tip, and another by the 

 interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



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



138. Botys Lybialis. 



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Foem. Fusca, robusta, subtus alba; palpi nigricantes, graciley, 

 oblique ascendentes, subtus basi albi ; antenna fulva, robusta ; 

 abdomen basi apiceque album ; pedes validi, tibiis anticis fus - 

 cescentibus fasciculo subtus fusco ; ala alba, iridescentes, semi- 

 Jiyalina, latiuscula, lineis obscure fuscis, linea exteriore tenu- 

 issima incompleta, linea marginali postice obsoleta, linea 

 interiore latiore ; antica vix subfalcata, basi purpurascente- 

 fusca, linea media postica interrupta, orbiculari e annulo 

 nigricante, reniformi alba subquadrata fusco marginata ; pos- 



