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IIeliothis Siren", Xov. Sp. ExpanUs W incli. Ileail ami tliorax yellow, inclining lo nist colour; abdomen above black, 

 buneatli yellowish. Upper surliice : primaries shining greyish yellow, nuich same tint as in Lynx, (jnen., ako style of decoration much 

 as in that species; the basal part is rnst or sienna colonred, mi.xed with black on or towards edge nearest the median space; the snbmar- 

 ginal band is also rnst coloured, with exterior and inner edges mixed with bhick ; this liand is snibb-nly narrowed to a mere line abont 

 one-third in from the cosia ; an indefinite rnst coloured shade throngh middle of median space ; discal spot rather small ; fringes same 

 colour as ground of |iiimaries. Seconilaries all black, witli pure while fringes, t'nder surface of primaries black, with a white exte- 

 rior margin, and a narrow yellowish white edging on costa. Inferiors black, with large white apical space extending along costa, two- 

 thirds in ; fringe white. Texas, J. Boll ( Xo. 4-5 1. 



IIeliothis Isci..\r.v, Xov. Sp. Expands 1 in. Head and body yellowish ; back of alidomen, except terminal segments, shaded 

 ■with blackish gray. Upper surface; primaries yellowish gray, uniform in shade; a basal patch of livelier darker yellow, shaded exte- 

 riorly with brown, this basal patch does not reach to costa; a rather narrow snbmarginal Ijand of ilarker colour than the ground, and 

 traversed througli its length by a macular shade of blackish. Secondaries greyish, with a very broad blai'k margin, discal spot almtjst 

 imperceptible, fringe pure white. Under side whitish, with a slight yellow tinge, especially on inner and costal [larts of primaries, on 

 which are a blackish basal patch, discal spot and liroad submargiual band, all three more or less merged into each other. Secondaries 

 with a broad blackish snbmarginal band, which, however, reaches only from anal angle to about halfway between the latter and the 

 apex. Texas, .J. lioU (No. 40 i, allied to the preceding i/. 5i're)i. 



IIeliothis N't'BiLA, Nov. .^p. Expands |,S in. Head and body above greyish, of an olivaceous greenish tinge ; beneath whit- 

 ish. Upper surface ; primaries same colour as body ; the median lines very faintly defined, especially the inner one, which is almost 

 obsolete; the sidmuirginal space of a darker shade than rest of wing ; basal part scarcely distinguishable from median space; no ilis- 

 cal spot or blotch perceptible ; fringe same colour as wings. .■■Secondaries white, of a yellowish cast, marginal band liroad, black and 

 .straight on innej- edge; <iiscal .spot large and black ; some black scales at base; fringe white. Under surface yellowish or tawny white; 

 on primaries a longitudinal black basal patch reaching neither to co.-ta or inner uuirgiu ; a roiuid black discal sjiot ; a broad bhuk sub- 

 marginal band which does not extend to either inner margin or costa; between it and the latter the colour is reddish. .Secondaries; an 

 indistinct discal spot, and a submargiual band, inner half of which is black anil apical half reddish. Texa.s, .J. Boll (No. 48.) 



Heliotiii.s Ri'iiiGixosA, Nov. Sp. Expands IJ inches. Head, thorax and primaries, above, near the colour of A'an(/i/« lerrtiijin- 

 oidea, Gueii., but a trifle more inclined to reddish, not so yellowish; abdomen paler, more whitish ; body below sprinkleil with cinua- 

 luou coloured scales. Median lines of primaries white, faint, and rather irregular ; the outer and basal spacer shaded inconspicuously 

 with grey at these lines ; otherwise no ilitit'rence in shaile of colour between meilian and outer and liasal spaces ; fringe greyish. In- 

 feriors pale tawny ; broad marginal band and discal spot, very faintly defined by slightly darker shade of cinnamon, oi reddish tawny. 

 Under surface same colour, p.ile.st at inner margin ; discal spots barely visible; no other definite ornamentation. Texas, J. Boll ( No. .50 1. 



Heliothis I.mperspicua, Nov. .Sp. Expands 1 j inches. Head and thora.x rather pale gray, inclining to olivaceous; abdomen 

 ochrey wdiite. Upper surface ; primaries same colour as thorax, and in style of marking approach Rivulosa, Gnen., and Thorenui, Grote, 

 though far paler in colour than either, resembling in this respect Schinia trifascia, Hub., Oleagina, Morrison, etc. The white line which 

 .separates the basal from median space is but very little bent, and the one between the marginal and median space is not bent inwardly 

 below the middle as much as in the allied species above alluded to, di.scal mark only perceptible by the slightest possible darker shade. 

 Inferiors as in Rliutosa, but much paler. Under surface also much as in that species, but far paler. Texas, J. Boll (No. 53 1. This 

 species has the same relative appearance to Thoreaui, Grote, as the latter has to Rivulosa, Guen. 



IIeliothis Ultima, Nov. .Si>. Expands 1 inch. Head and thorax above sober brown; alidomen yellowish-brown; beneath 

 yellowish ; some redilish scales at terminal half of abdomen. U|)i>er surface ; (irimaries same brown as thorax ; median space not ditit'r- 

 ing much in tint from rest of wing; median lines narrow, white and indistinct, and much bent like in Spinosce and RimUosa, but the 

 meilian space is very much more contracted than in the-e ; di.scal slrade almost imperceptible; outer space a little paler at margin ; 

 fringe whitish. Superior wings yellow with broad black margin ami small discal spot ; fringe white. Under surface coloured and 

 marked much as in Spraguei, but much paler throughout. Texas ; J. Boll (No. 49). 



Heliothis Spectaxda, Nov. Sp. Expands 1 \ inches. Head and thorax above pale greenish ; abdomen ochraceous white ; beneath 

 white ; fore f'egs didl red or maroon, median tar^i also reddish. Upper sind'ace; primaries, pale subdued green, somewhat like the tints in 

 Schinia IVifascia, but greener, and crossed by three almost straight transverse paler bands or lines, the one adjoining the submargiual space 

 the widest, within the latter a transverse row of faint spots ; renifbrm and orbicular spots pale, Imt clearly defined ; fringe same colour 

 AS rest of wing. Secondaries white with broad brownish marginal border, broailest in the middle; fringe white. Beneath white with 

 greenish tinge and opalescent reflections; a brown discal spot and faint evidences of an abbreviated snbmarginal band on the primaries. 

 One example, Texas; J. Boll I No. -521. Is apparently near to Heliothis Armigera and allies, but possibly may belong to another genus. 



JCnioma, Nov. Gen. He.id very small, across the eyes at widest place scarce one-third the w idth of thorax, which latter is of 

 great breadth ; palpi long, tapering and close together, giving the appearance of a snout or proboscis ; antenna' nearly the length of ab- 

 domen, very .-lendiT, fililorm ; median and hind tibia' spurre<l ; abdcuneu, which is rather slight compared with the immense thorax, 

 projects beyond liiuil wings ; fore wings much the same shape as in //i/^oca/a/tViVonu's, tluen., but more produced on inner margin to- 

 wards but not at the base; hind wings broad, not strongly curved on outer margin. Ai the type is a unique, and not my property, I 

 could not dciHide it, and can, in consecjuence, say nothing of the nervation, excepting that there appear to be a great nundier of sub- 

 costal veinlets on the superiors. The insect on which I have based this genus seems in some respects lo be allied to H. Jilicomis, 

 Guen., and in many more to be distinct therefrom. It is a $ example, as denoted by the forked frenulum. 



^I^XIG.M.*^ MiRlFlcuM, Nov. Sp., $. Expands IJ inches. Head, palpi and thorax above dark slate-grey; abdoiuen black with 



each .segment narrowly edged behind with yellow ; anal brush yellow; beneath, palpi, head and body pale yellow, becoming darker 

 towards and at exti'emity of abdomen. I'pper surface ; primaries small, same slate-grey as ihurax, spotted over wlude surface with small 

 dark points or dots which have a tendency to form t<derably regular transverse rows from costa to inner margin ; fringe conccdourous 

 with wing. Inferiors black, an irregular, interrupteil yellow mesial band extending from near anal angle somewhat upwards to middle 

 of wing, where it is broken by a line of the black grounil colour, and continued by and terminating in a nearly round yellow spot which 

 lies luuch nearer the exterior margin than does the middle of the yellow band of which it forms a disconnecteil part ; it does not 

 extend to costa or apex, but has considerable of the black ground colour intervening; from a little within the middle of exterior 

 margin to the anal angle extends a conspicuous yellow marginal patch, almost as in Hypocala Jilicomis; fringe light grey. Under 

 surface rather bright yellow ; primaries with black snbmarginal and median bands, neither of which extend to costa or internal margin, 

 but near the latter are connected by a black Ijand which extends nearly to the base of wing; fringe grey. Inferiors with a number of 

 scattered brown dots ; a large black spdt at anal angle, and another of same size close to it ; these two spots, the latter of which is con- 

 tinued towards apex bv .some brown scales, form an imperfect submargiual band ; an abbreviated black dash near abdominal margin. 

 One ?, Te.xas; J. Boll (No. 55). 



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