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[The following descriptions of new species have been kindly 

 furnished by Mr. Samuel Scudder, of Boston. They were found 

 among Dr. Harris' MSS., and are to appear in the new edition of 

 his work on the insects of New England injurious to vegetation. 

 Not having seen the species, I have placed them all provisionally 

 under this genus. J. Gr. M.] 



15. H. hobomok Harris MS. 



Dark brown above ; on each of the wings a large tawny yellow 

 spot, occupying the greater part of .the middle, four or five minute 

 spots of the same color near the tips of the fore wings, on which is 

 also a short brownish line at the outer extremity of the central 

 mesh ; under side of the fore wings similar to the upper, but paler; 

 hind wings brown beneath, with a yellow dot near the shoulder, 

 and a very broad deep yellow band which does not attain the inner 

 margin, and has a tooth-like projection extending towards the 

 hinder edge. The male has not the usual distinguishing oblique 

 dash on the fore wings, which differ from those of the female only 

 in the greater size of the tawny portion, which extends to the front 

 margin. 



Massachusetts. 



HARRIS MSS. 



16. H. leonardus Harris MS. 



Dark brown above ; fore wings of the male tawny yellow on the 

 front margin from the base to beyond the middle; behind this 

 tawny portion is a short black line, and behind the latter a row of 

 contiguous tawny spots extending from the middle to the inner 

 edge towards the tip, the spots at this extremity small and sepa- 

 rated from the others ; fore wings in the female without the tawny 

 front edge and black line ; hind wings in both sexes with a central 

 curved, tawny yellow band ; wings beneath bright red-brown ; the 

 first pair blackish from the middle to the inner edge, and spotted 

 as on the upper side ; hind wings with a yellow dot in the middle, 

 and a curved row of seven bright yellow spots behind it. 



Massachusetts. Expands inch and a half. 



HARRIS MSS. 



17. H. sassacus Harris MS. 



Dark brown above ; all the wings with a tawny yellow spot occu- 

 pying the greater part of the middle of each, and with two or three 



