150 GEORGE D. HULST. 



Botis oft'unialis sp. nov. — Expands 18 mm. Palpi and head dark fuscous 

 cinereous ; antcnnse l)lack ; thorax and abdomen dark fuscous ; fore wings fus- 

 cous, shaded with black ; a black basal dash ; orbicular and renifoi'm black ; be- 

 yond reniform a lighter fusct)us spot ; two fine black lines cross the wings, the 

 fii'st sloping obliquely outward, the outer after the Botis pattern, mei-giug behind 

 reniform with the first, and extending with it in a dark cloud to inner margin ; 

 subterminal space fuscous, inclosing dark fuscous shading; marginal line of den- 

 tate black spots ; hind wings dark fuscous with a central row of lengthened 

 black points and a dark fuscous broad marginal band; beneath, light fuscous; 

 lines and bands obsolete, orbicular and reniform indistinct. 



One 9 ) ►^^i^ Diego, California. 



Botis lulualis sp. nov. — Expands 26 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen 

 clear black, intermingled with white scales, giving, especially on posterior seg- 

 ments of abdomen, a cinereous appearance. Abdomen annulated with white 

 between segments, white on sides ; fore wings bright black, intermingled at base, 

 except medially with white scales, giving a cinereous appearance ; a white basal 

 line twice angulated outwardly ; orbicular and reniform black, the latter edged 

 inwardly with a whitish crescent; on the extra median space the black is much 

 mingled with white scales, forming a broad cinereous baud which outwardly 

 encloses a fine, sinuous, finely deutated black line ; hind wings black on basal 

 third; central space pure white, oval, enclosing outwardly a line of black points; 

 a broad black marginal band ; beneath, with basal space and margin black on all 

 wings, black on central space of fore wings, black discal points ; the rest smoky 

 white ; the hind wing has the row of black points repeated. 



Two S S , California, Anticosti Island, Allied to B. flavinotalis 

 Grote. 



Botis nexalis sp. nov. —Expands 18 mm. Head and thorax above black ; 

 palpi, basal two-thirds of costa and sides of thorax fulvous brown ; rest of wings 

 and abdomen dark fuscous ; the fore wings are ci'ossed by two white hair lines, 

 the basal (not reaching costa) zigzag, with two large dentations outwardly, the 

 outer starting at costa, where it broadens some, and further out than usual, 

 crosses to inner margin with a much smaller sinus than usual ; reniform round, 

 orbicular lengthened, quadrate, constricted at middle, reaching obliquely back- 

 wards half across the wing, both edged with white hair lines ; that of reniform 

 almost coalescing with outer cross line ; submedian vein dotted with white on 

 median space; marginal line white; fringe fuscous; beneath, a shade lighter 

 than above, the outer line present on both wings, and a marginal row of narrow 

 spots on all wings. 



One % , Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. May be placed 

 near B. lethalis Grote. 



Botis salutalis sp. nov. — Expands 18 mm. Head, body and abdomen 

 ochreous fuscous ; eyes edged with white. Fore wings ochreous fuscous, crossed 

 by two white hair lines further out, more approximate than usual, and parallel 

 with each other ; both are angulated below costa, then wavy to inner margin ; 

 hind wings shading from color of fore wings outwardly, to very light at base ; 



