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border of the secondaries is indicated by a dusky shade. Head, thorax 

 and abdomen bright brown, with redcHsh hairs intermingled. Tibise 

 and tarsi pale testaceous. 



Exp. wings 30 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 



Near Hot Springs, Las Vegas, New Me.\ico (Prof l\ H. .Snow), to 

 whom I have great pleasure in dedicating the species. i $ . 



It is a lovely insect, abundantly distinct from any other of our orange 

 winged forms. 



Basilodes territans, n. sp. — Very closely allied to P/usm Ho7vardi, 

 Hy. Edw., but differing from it in that the bright gold band, common 

 to both species, reaches in the present one to the base of the wing, 

 while in P. Ho2vardi it is cut in two before reaching the base, leaving 

 an ovate spot only. The brown patch below this is, therefore, very 

 much smaller in the present species, while on the costa are two distinct 

 brown spaces. The lower wings are also clear white, and not clouded 

 with dusky as in Hozvardi. In all other respects they are similar. 



Arizona (Morrison). 3 (? i 9 . Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



I originally described P. Hozvardi from a single specimen found at 

 Prescott, Ariz. Other examples were afterwards taken in the same 

 locality by Mr. J. Doll. Mr. J. B. Smith, who has great knowledge of 

 the Noctnida;, assures me that they both belong to the genus Basilodes. 



Heliothis suavis, n. sp. — Primaries very pale, but bright, lemon- 

 yellow, with the costa, a basal line, and a sub-marginal line pink. In 

 the cell are also two pink spots of irregular shape, and another smaller 

 one behind the sub-marginal line, near the apex. Secondaries pale 

 testaceous, with the apical margin dusky. Beneath, the wings are all 

 pale testaceous; primaries with a dusky sub-marginal band and two 

 costal spots of the same hue. Secondaries have a pink streak near 

 apex. Head, thorax in front, and some small basal tufts on abdomen 

 pink. Feet and legs also pale pink; rest of body testaceous. 



Exp. wings 36 mm. Length of body 16 mm. 



Prof F. H. Snow, near Hot Springs, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 7000 

 feet; August, 1882. Several examples. 



Though differing widely in color, I can find no good ground for 

 separating this exquisite species from the genus to which I have as- 

 signed it. 



Melicleptria septentrionalis, n. sp. — Closely allied to M. Ore- 

 gonica, Hy. Edwards, but differing in important characters. The basal 

 space of primaries is greenish gray, flecked with black, a blackish 

 median band, equal in width, slightly oblique to near the middle of 

 internal margin. Behind this a white space, clouded on internal mar- 

 gin; then a narrow band, following the course of the median; behind 

 this a pale sub-marginal line, with the margins and fringes darker. 

 The median line is straight on its outer edge, and not outwardly toothed 



