2;io 



Tin; ijciiiMtiori liu.s not Ix-on studied an yt-t. I coiiinuiriicated the 

 insect umli-r the epocitic iiunie licre retuincd lor it, as a Bpecies of 

 Asnpia, to Prof. Zullcr, who hud not previouiily seen the K|)0cie8. 

 Tlie presence of ocelli will not a!l(jw (jf its hein^^ phiced with that 

 genus. 



Aria Hlatalis, n. s. 



i 2 . — In this Biiiall Hpecif^H tlif; ocflli arw (IKFioult of dotection owiiif^ to the 

 scales of the liead. I have satisfied myself of their jjfesence behind the anten- 

 nae. The fore wings are silky, vinous red with darker fringes, crossed by two 

 narrow yellow median lines approximate, the iniier line incepted on costa at 

 about the middle and running slightly inwardly obliquely, the outer line a 

 little outwardly exserted opjjosite the cell ; the lines are nearer together at 

 costa than on internal margin. Hind wings dark fuscous with concolorous 

 fringes and without lines. Beneath fuscous, the costa tinged with red, more 

 or less diffused ; there are traces of a narrow pale common line, more evident 

 on the costae; head, thorax, abdomen beneath and legs reddish, abdomen above 

 paler ; the tibiae show a mixture of blackish scales. 



Expanse, IG m. m. Ilahitat, New York. 



Note. — I have recently been investigating the synonymy of the 

 Pyralides of North America with the view of catalogueing the spe- 

 cies. I conclude that Lanthaphe Clemens, is identical with Tetra- 

 lopha Zeller, Isis, 1848, and that one of the species described by Zel- 

 ler has been re-described by Lederer as Ilemimatia scortialis. I 

 think the Brazilian species noticed by Lederer are not congeneric 

 and that the genus may be restricted to these. I have not been able 

 to verify these suggestions by the inspection of any of Lederer's 

 types. 



Botis Lntreille {\805-Botys). 



The numerous North American species show a strong resemblance 

 to those of Europe, so that their description is attended jvith diffi- 

 culty to the student. I am again indebted, to Prof. Zeller for his 

 kind assistance and advice in my present notes oh 'our species. 

 The only species I know that is apparently common to both contin- 

 ents is Treitschke's Terrealis, taken abnndantly by Mr. Lintner in 

 the vicinity of All)any. 



Botis gentilis Grote. 



This species is one of the commonest of the pale, testaceous, 

 thinly scaled, typically ornamented species. It is the Thesealis of 



