* * * * * BOTIS bicolor, _Black and White Gauze-wing._ * * * * * _B. alis anticis fuscis, punctis duabus angulatis transversis albis; posticis ad basin albis._ Anterior wings, brown, with two transverse angulated white spots; posterior white at the base. * * * * * From the same collection as the preceding; the margin of the thorax and body are white. I apprehend it is an American species, which is distinct from any figured by Cramer, the principal author on the Exotic Lepidoptera. * * * * * Pl. 78 [Illustration] PICUS affinis, _Golden-naped Woodpecker._ * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 14. * * * * * SPECIFIC CHARACTER. _P. supra aureo-fuscus, subtus pallidus, fasciis nigris transversis ornatus; capite (in maribus) rubro; nucha colloque supra aureis; tectricibus secundis fulvo maculatis; cauda nigra, fasciis fulvis ornata._ Above, orange brown; beneath, pale, with transverse black stripes; head (in the male) red; nape and neck, above, golden yellow; lesser wing covers with yellowish spots; tail black, with yellowish bands. * * * * * Ornithologists have either entirely overlooked this bird, or have slightly noticed it as a variety of _Picus icterocephalus_, the golden-headed Woodpecker, from which it is nevertheless quite distinct. Total length near seven inches; bill blackish horn colour, and one inch long from the gape; the feathers on the upper part of the head are short and pointed; the tips bright red; the base black; on the hind head they are longer, and change to a bright golden yellow, which spreads round the nape; the ear feathers and front of the head are greyish brown, striped down the middle with whitish, and in some there is an appearance of a whitish line over the eye, joining the nape. The upper parts of the body and wings are of a rich golden brown, with indistinct brighter spots; the lesser wing covers have a whitish spot at the top of each, forming two bands; quills on the inner shaft black, with white spots. Under plumage grey, tinged on the breast with rufous, and banded with brownish black; tail short, black, with interrupted transverse bands of obscure olive. The female has the head blackish, the feathers tipt with dull white; the ears darker; the plumage above more olive, the spots brighter, and the bands on the body grey, paler, and more indistinct than in the male. The feet in both sexes are greenish, and the wings three inches and a half long. It inhabits Brasil, but is not common; I found it both in the Province of Bahia, and that of Rio de Janeiro. * * * * * Pl. 79 [Illustration] NATICA mustelina, _Belted Natica_--_upper figures_. * * * * *