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brown ; base of wing powdered with dark scales, and the outer, curved, 

 dark line present, diflFusely shaded within. Beneath, paler than above, 

 a large, dark, discal patch ; costal and outer margin of wing dull, leaden 

 brown; hind wings with a conspicuous, single, definite line, not shaded 

 within, outer edge bordered widely with dusky brown. Fringe as in pri- 

 maries. Abdomen reddish, with whitish, conspicuous lines covering 

 hinder edge. 



Length of body ?; of fore wing, -28 of an inch. California (Edwards). 



Botys unifascialis, n. sp.— 2^. Of an uniform, stone-gray color, with a 

 dark olive greenish hue. Head and thorax rather darker than the fore 

 wings. The only mark on the fore wings is a submarginal, broad, sinuous 

 diffuse, pale band, which is curved outwards on the upper half and in- 

 wards on the lower. Fringe concolorous with the wings. Hind wings 

 paler than primaries, with a slightly marked, median, broad, difluse band ; 

 near edge of wing whitish ; extreme edge gray. Fringe white. Beneath 

 fore wings dusky with no markings, but paler on the inner, outer and 

 costal edges. Hind wings cream white. Fore legs slightly grayish; 

 hind legs white. 



Length of body, "55 of an inch ; of fore wing, -55 of an inch. Cali- 

 fornia (Edwards). 



This species very closely resembles an eastern species,* but difiers in 

 the pale band on the hind wings, while both pairs are rather more acute 

 on the apex. 



Botys profundalis, n. sp. — 2$ 3$. This is a small form, with the apex 

 of fore wings subacute, rectangular, the outer edge being less oblique 

 than in any other of the species described, while the palpi are rather 

 longer and larger. Orbits white on vertex and on each side of the an- 

 tennee. Deep ochreous-brown, body white beneath; palpi light brown, 

 white on the under side. Fore wings deep ochreous-brown; the inner 

 line angulated outwards broadly on the median vein and inwards on the 

 subniedian. A large, round, discal dot and dumb-bell-shaped, reniform 

 spot, these spots more conspicuous than usual. The outer line is dark 



* Botys suholivalis, n. sp. This species belongs to a distinct group, as far as I can 

 judge by the figures, apparently including the European Botys alpinalis and its variety 

 ablutalis figured by Herrich Schaefler in hia "Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," etc. The fore wings are rather broad, subtriangular, costa 

 straight, rounded towards the apex; outer edge not very oblique; hind wings broader 

 than usual. It is of a peculiar stone gray, with a slight olive-green tinge. There are 

 no markings on the fore wings, except a faint pale sinuate broad shade crossing the 

 outer third of the wing; it is directed outwards on tlie costa, curved outwards in the 

 middle of the wing, and is straight below the 4th median venule. Fringe slightly 

 dai-ker than the wing. Hind wings dark smoky; fringe whitish, smoky at base. Be- 

 neath clear smoky ash on the fore wings, white on the hind wings, with a single broad 

 diflfnse, much curved, dark band in the middle, and slightly dusted with cinereous scales 

 near the outer edge. Length of body -40 of an inch; of fore wing -50 of an inch. 

 Brunswick, Maine, in grass uplands; Orono, Maine, July (Packard). It cannot be 

 confounded with any other species of Botys I have yet seen. 



