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were collected by Belfrage (Nos. 372, 375) on the 25th and 26th of 

 March. On the 5th of November one with red brown primaries. Clypeus 

 with frontal protuberance ; a darker form than vautalis, formerly incor- 

 rectly referred by me to Botis. 



Botis tatalis, 11. s. 



A single male specimen (No. 659, Nov. 7). The hind wings are yel- 

 low ochre with a subterminal dark line and a trace on the middle of the 

 wing of a mesial line. A discal spot near the base of secondaries, which 

 beneath are ochrey and immaculate. Primaries and thorax dark brown ; 

 ornamentation like communis, than which this is larger winged. Sub- 

 terminal shade indistinct ; fringes darker than the wing. Beneath fore 

 wings ochrey with a trace of the external line at costa j outer discal spot 

 large, black, inner quite small. Head and thorax above brown ; beneath 

 with the legs, pale ochre. Hind wings appear wider and very different in 

 color, almost yellow above, as compared with G. & R.'s figure of posti- 

 cata. I have not their type, but from recollection it is not the present 

 species, which rhay be known by the subterminal shade on the ochre-yellow 

 hind wings, which contrast with the brown. 



Expanse 20 mil. 



Of all the species of N. Am. Pyralides described by Grote & Robin- 

 son, Botis posticata is the only one I do not recognize in the Collection 

 of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. The type may be in Phila- 

 delphia or New York. I thought for some time that communis might be 

 identical with it, but it will need a comparison of specimens to decide the 

 matter. 



Botis penumbralis, n. s. 



AUied to terrcalis, but much larger. Of the same silky gray-fuscous, 

 but stained with yellowish on the veins, the costal margin of fore wings 

 and narrowly along the terminal border of both wings. Abdomen and 

 thorax above yellowish ; head, palpi, fore legs and pectus in front obscure 

 yellowish. Thorax and abdomen silky whitish. On the wings the lines 

 are diffuse. No subterminal shade, no stigmata, the cross-vein being 

 indicated by yellow scales. The lines are fuscous, sub-dentate, shaped 

 much as in terrealis, but without costal accentuation. This is a more 

 robust species than terrealis, and its ornamentation more simple. Beneath 

 the wings are pale silky fuscous, reflecting the common outer line. Fringes 

 pale fuscous, not interlined. 



