628 CATALOGUE OF 



men extending a little beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the 

 segments white. Legs white, smooth ; fore knees, fore tibiae to- 

 wards the tips and bands of the fore tarsi black. Wings elongate, 

 iridescent, semihyaline ; interior and exterior lines brown, irregular' 

 the latter bent ; marginal line brown, very incomplete and irregular'; 

 fringe white, with pale brown dots. Fore wings acute, testaceous 

 along the costa, with a double diffuse brown basal line ; interior 

 line somewhat dilated; exterior line much dilated by the interior 

 angle; orbicular and reniform marks testaceous, approximate. 

 Hind wings with the interior line nearly obsolete. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



143. BOTYS TUKNUSALIS. 



Fcem. Lutea, sublus nigricans ; palpi nigricantes, ascendentes, 

 brevissimi, latissimi ; thorax antice rvfus ; abdomen ex parte 

 rufescens, segmentis flavo marginatis ; pedes albidi, femoribus 

 anterioribus tibiisque antice nigricante marginatis ; alee lituris 

 rufisjinea submarginali denticulatajinea marginali subinter- 

 rupta ; anticce apud costam nigram rufa, lineis basali et exte- 

 riore subobsoletis, orbiculari et reniformi maximis rufo mar- 

 ginatis, annulo postico. 



Female. Luteous, blackish beneath. Palpi blackish, ascending, 

 very short, broad and obtuse. Thorax red in front. Abdomen 

 partly reddish, hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; hind 

 borders of the segments yellow. Legs whitish, smooth, slender ; 

 anterior femora and fore tibia? blackish. Wings moderataly broad, 

 with red markings; submarginal line denticulated; marginal line 

 slightly interrupted by the veins ; fringe whitish cinereous, interlined 

 near the base. Fore wings acute, red along the costa, which is 

 black ; some slight indications of the basal and exterior lines; orbi- 

 cular and reniform marks very large, red-bordered, the former con- 

 tiguous to a hindward red ringlet. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



144. Botys Pbotenoralis. 

 Fcem. Lvtea, sat gracilis ; palpi porrecti, breves, lati, nigri, subtus 

 albi ; antenna sat oalidce ; thoracis latera antica nigricantia, 



