154 GEOIIGE D. HULST. 



Botis tlirallophilalis sp. nov. — Expands 24 ram. Head, antemife, palpi 

 above, thorax and fore -wiugs rich dark brown ; palpi, thorax and abdomen below 

 white, or light ochre. Abdomen abov' e very dark brown ; lines on fore wings 

 black, fine dentate; the outer nearer margin than usual ; outer space darker, with 

 veins lined with black ; orbicular and reniform black ; hind wings brown, be- 

 coming black along border ; beneath, light brown ; outer line apparent ; veins 

 on outer space of fore wings blackish ; margin blackish, somewhat broken be- 

 tween the veins ; hind wings with discal point iind marginal row of black points. 



Two 9 9 , California, Montana. Seems to be allied to B. badi- 

 jiennis Grote. 



Botis monulalis sp. nov. — Expands 28 mm. Fuscous throughout. Ab- 

 domen annulated with white; fore wings on basal and middle fields mixed with 

 lighter fuscous ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, space between light ochreous, 

 outer line light ochre, very fine, but enlarging subcostally into two decided spots 

 and again at inner margin ; outer space dark fuscous ; hind wings lightening 

 towards base ; outer line evident, showing white spots in middle ; beneath as 

 above, but lighter ; lines more distinct ; hind wings much cinereous towards 

 base ; fringes above and beneath fuscous on fore wings, cinereous to fuscous on 

 hind wings. 



Two S S one 9 , Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Belongs 

 near B. ereetalis Grote. 



Botis imiiiaculalis sp. nov. — Expands 32 mm. Front fuscous ochreous; 

 palpi lighter ; fore wings above and below dull white, faintly tinged with fuscous ; 

 hind wings nearly white above and below ; all wings with fuscous shading at 

 margin very light : no spots, lines or bands. 



Tavo 9 9 , Montana. Allied to B. vacanaUs Grote. 



Botis fumofteralis sp. nov. — Expands 32 mm. General color blackish 

 fuscous; markings on wiugs as in B. ereetalis Grote, but with all parts much 

 darker ; submargiual baud on all wings nearly black ; marginal line black, in- 

 terrupted by the dark fuscous veins ; beneath, dark cinereous on basal and mid- 

 dle spaces to beyond outer cross lines ; dark fuscous outwardly ; margin black, 

 with lighter points at end of veins ; hind wings dark cinereous ; margin as on 

 fore wings. 



Three males one female, California, Arizona. This is very near 

 in markings to B. ereetalis Grote, and is likely the Western form of 

 that species. 



Botis oblectalis sp. nor. — Expands 30 ram. Palpi, head, thorax and wings 

 generally smooth, even ochreous fuscous ; tongue and maxillary palpi white. 

 Abdomen posteriorly fuscous, annulated narrowly with white ; fore wings fus- 

 cous along costa at base ; lines fuscous, the first rounded, the outer sinuous, not 

 much bent, very oblique ; outer margin fuscous brown ; orbicular and reniform 

 pi-esent, small ; fringe nearly black, with a space just before middle of wing and 

 another just before outer angle where the outer two-thirds of the fringe is pure 



