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inwardly and obtaining on the cell between the two blotches. A third yellow- 

 ish-white spot on the cell nearer the base of the wing, at about basal fourth. 

 Hind wings with the spots much smaller than in H. suetus, the upper one 

 notably reduced. A third spot nearer the base of the wing. [This accessory 

 spot may be wanting in other specimens, since it is distinct on one wing, 

 and I can find no trace of it on the opposite side, while my specimen is in 

 perfect condition.] Beneath, much as in H. suetus, but the costal edge is 

 black, and on either pair the black color predominates ; the inner white 

 spot of the primaries is very distinct ; on the hind wings is a trace of a 

 eubterminal line continued above the abbreviated marginal band. 



Expanse, 21 m. m. Habitat, Colorado Territory (coll. Tlieo. L. 

 Mead, No. 6). 



Heliothis pauxillus, Orotc, Plate 3, fig. 6 3 . 



f, . — Resembles the preceding two species, but the white bands and spots 

 of the primaries are here wanting, and the normal two median lines are 

 perceivable as paler flexuous lines, the transverse anterior arcuate, the 

 transverse posterior subsiuuous. The wing wants all purple tints and 13 

 dull sericeous olivaceous, the basal and subterminal spaces darker. Paler 

 shades on the median space indicate the discal spots. Fringes darker-shaded 

 at base. Hind wings black, with two small sub-equal yellowish spots situa- 

 ted rather nearer the base of the wing than usual. Fringes whitish. Be- 

 neath, much as in H. persimilis. 



Expanse, 19 m. m. Hahitat, Colorado Territory (coll. Theo. L. 

 Mead, No. 9). 



Heliothis proruptus, Orote. 



Heliothis proruptus, Grote, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc.,Vol, IV, 1873. 



Habitat, California. 

 Heliotliis spiuosae, Ouenee. 



HeliotMs spinosae, Guenee, p. 183, Plate 9, fig. 10, 1852. . 

 Habitat, Canada (auth. Guenee). 



Heliothis hirtellusj Grote and Robinson. 



Anthoeda hirtelkiy G. & R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. 6, Plate 3, 

 fig. 3, 1865. 



Habitat, Khode Island. 



