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strong evidence, indeed, and weighing carefully all the facts of the case, 

 the appearance of the moth and its cocoon, and the habits and instincts 

 of the order and family to which it belongs, we are, I think, until further 

 and more direct evidence to the contrary is produced, fully justified in 

 considering Columbia to be a distinct species. 



NEW PYRALIDS. 



BY A. R. GROTE, 



Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



Botis sexmaculalis, n. s. 



$ °. . This species in ornamentation approaches partialis Led.,Taf. 

 9, fig. 8. Both wings clear pale lemon yellow. Primaries crossed by 

 four equidistant lines, of which the first three from the base form brown 

 spots narrowly outlined in black on the costal region. The third spot 

 coalesces with an inferior spot on the line. The second line widens into 

 a small spot on internal margin. The fourth line has a small dark spot 

 on costa and one on internal margin. The apical half of the fringes are 

 dark brown. The secondaries show a distinct discal point, another at 

 anal angle and another at the extremity of vein 2, the most prominent of 

 a line of minute terminal marks. Head and thorax yellow, collar brown ; 

 abdomen yellowish ; legs yellow, spotted with dark. No. 239, Prof. F. 

 H. Snow, Lawrence, Kansas ; Expanse 18 to 20 mil. 



Botis penitalis, 11. s. 



£ °_ . This species in size approaches crinitalis Led., Taf. i2,*fig. 2. 

 The color is a yellowish ferruginous, more or less bright. Subterminal 

 line indicated by a darker shading. Outer line dentate, slightly inflected 

 on vein 2, linear, distinct and tolerably regular. Discal spots undefined, 

 darker shaded marks, the orbicular small. Interior line upright, thrice 

 waved. Secondaries pale or stramineous, pellucid, slightly ferruginous 

 stained along external margin, with pale fringes and a faint transverse line 

 visible medially. Beneath yellowish, the outer line visible distinctly on 



