LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 625 



ticce basi purpurascentefuscce, striga interrupta fusco conspersa, 

 linea interiore interrupta unguium anticum elongatum Jin- 

 gen te. 

 Female. Very nearly allied to B. Amaialis. Brown, stout, 

 white beneath. Palpi blackish, slender, obliquely ascending, white 

 beneath at the base, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint conical, minute. Antennae tawny, very stout. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings, with some white marks, 

 almost wholly white at the base and at the tip. Lejjs stout, smooth ; 

 fore tibia? brownish, with a brown tuft beneath. Wings white, iri- 

 descent, semihyaline, rather broad ; lines dark brown ; exterior me 

 verv slight, especially incomplete in the hind wings ; marginal line 

 obsolete hindward ; interior line broader. Fore wings hardly sub- 

 I falcate, purplish brown at the base and along the adjoining part ot 

 the interior border, whereby the interior line is partly hidden; 

 middle line irregular, interrupted, visible behind the reniform mark ; 

 i the latter irregularly and incompletely subquadrate, with a white 

 disk ; orbicular forming a blackish ringlet. Hind wings purplish 

 brown at the base, and with a streak of brown speckles traversing 

 the interior line near the interior border; this line interrupted in 

 the middle and forming an elongated ringlet in front. Length ot 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

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



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139. Botys Amatalis. 



Foem. Pallide lutea ; caput et thorax purpurascentc-fusca ; palpi 



nigricantes, graciles, ascendentes, articulo So minima; ala 



iridescentes, semihyalince, latiusculce,lituris nigris, linea exte- 



riore subdenticulata incomplete linea interiore interrupta, 



linea marginali antice dilatata postice subdilatata ; antica* 



subfalcatce, basi purpurascente-fuscce, margine interiore fer- 



rugineo, linea media postica interrupta, reniformi e strigis 



duabus lads undulatis, orbiculari annuliformi ; postica linea 



interiore annulum elongatum Jingente, macula apud marginem 



interior em elongata ferruginea. 



Female. Pale luteous. Head and thorax purplish brown. 



Palpi blackish, slender, obliquely ascending ; third joint very 



minute. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. 



Legs smooth ; spurs long. Wings iridescent, semihyaline, rather 



broad ; lines black ; exterior line slightly denticulated especially 



incomplete in the hind wings ; marginal line dilated m front, 



