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paler, and the course of the inner transverse line is different. Hubner lias 

 figured the Northern species in illustration of P. leucophcea. Smith's 

 achatina remains to be discovered ; Dr. Packard's identification of it in the 

 " Synopsis'" being erroneous and not improbably founded on Parorgyia 

 tephra Hubner sp. This latter, together with P. plagiata Walk, sp., and 

 Parorgyia clandestina Walk, sp., as well as Parorgyia rossii Curtis sp., 

 remain to be confirmed as distinct species. 



Botys argyralis Hubner sp. The peculiar dark ventral stripe had 

 not been noticed at the time that Botys ventralis G. R. was described 

 synonymously. There is a considerable variation in the color of this 

 species. I have taken here a specimen in which, the primaries above and 

 thorax are of a deep ochrey yellow. The exterior white dotted line is also 

 variable in appearance ; being at times partially obsolete. The abdominal 

 stripe beneath varies in color with the fore wings and thorax. 



Botvs ecdesialis (Samea ecd. Guenee). I have taken a specimen of the 

 form of this species described by Guenee from the United States. It has a 

 distinct dot on the secondaries above at base. The specimens in the British 

 .Museum registered under the names of Samea elealis, Samea liparalis and 

 Botys tsedialis, appeared to me identical with our Northern Botys adipa- 

 loides. However, Lederer seems to have had the two latter before him 

 from Brazil. I may then have mistaken closely allied species as identical. 

 Undoubtedly some species of our U. S. Pyralidae may be found in Brazil, 

 but there appears to exist closely allied and what is termed representative 

 species in the two countries. However, I can find no difference between 

 our U. S. Cindaphia bicoloralis Guenee sp., and the figure and description 

 of the Brazilian C. incensalis, Lederer. It will be better then to retain the 

 name adipaloides for our species until its identity with any of the three 

 mentioned above is more clearly established. I do not find the dispro- 

 portional spurs on the hind legs of my specimens of Samea ecdesialis ; it 

 would appear then to belong to Botys. 



Pilocrosis ram i:_\ talis Lederer. .. £ Antennas with a tuft above the 

 thickened basal joints, somewhat bent or crooked towards the middle, 

 otherwise simple and in all my specimens rigidly elevated, curling over 

 towards the tips. Primaries with a large hair-tuft at base extending along 

 the costa to just beyond the first transverse line and drooping downwardly 

 to internal margin. Hind legs with two pair of unequal spurs. Ornamen- 

 tation of Botys. Above wings and body parts are concolorous obscure 

 smoky brown, the former with a slight iridescent reflection. Two obscure 



