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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Beddish purple, rather stout, pure white beneath. Head 
with a yellow dot on the vertex. Palpi porrect, not broad, shorter 
than the breadth of the head ; third joint minute, conical. Maxillary 
palpi very distinct. Antennae rather stout, minutely pubescent. 
Abdomen dull ochraceous, conical, extending rather beyond the hind 
wings. Legs smooth. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 
acute, with two luteous patches on the interior border, and with an 
elongated yellow costal spot ; four vitreous discal spots, two of which 
are contiguous to a black nearly straight line ; exterior part yellow, 
with rosy marginal dots. Hind wings yellow, with a red discal 
mark, and with a slight exterior undulating line. Length of the 
body 5^ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Allied to B . Hirtusalis. 
a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
Botys ? Panaresalis. 
Fcem. ? Lutea, sat robusta ; palpi ascendentes, breves, subarcuati, 
sat lati , articulo 3 o longi-conico ; antennae graciles ; pedes 
glabri , tibiis anticis apice nigris ; alee cupreo-fuscce , macula 
magna discali alba hyalina ; anticce apice rotundatce , dimidio 
basali luieo, macula discali elongata ; posticce basi subhyalince , 
macula discali rotundata. 
Female P Luteous, moderately stout, paler beneath. Palpi 
vertical, short, slightly curved, moderately broad, rising a little higher 
than the head ; third joint minute, elongate-conical, about one-fourth 
of the length of the second. Antennae slender. Legs pale, smooth ; 
fore tibia? black towards the tips. Wings cupreous-brown, mode- 
rately broad, with a large white hyaline spot in each disk. Fore 
wings rounded at the tips ; basal half luteous ; discal spot much 
longer than broad. Hind wings almost hyaline towards the base ; 
discal spot round. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 10 
lines. 
This species has a peculiar form, and perhaps should be removed 
from the genus. 
a . Congo. Presented by Sir J. Bichardson. 
