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Ihave little doubt that I have rightly identified this species, 
although Guénée’s description of the secondaries is hardly 
satisfactory ; they are not “ clear ochreous,” but pearl-whitish 
with golden reflections; here, as in the primaries, Guénée 
seems to have described the shot tints rather than the true 
colour of the wing. 
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Plusiide. 
22. Plusia ou. 
Plusia ov, Guénée, Noct. ii. p. 96 (1852), 
Bermuda, April 1873. 
Remigiide. 
23. Remigia marcida. 
Remigia marcida, Guénée, Noct. iii. p. 317 (1852). 
Bermuda, April 1873. 
Thermesiidz. 
24. Thermesia monstratura. 
Thermesia monstratura, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1564 (1858). 
Bermuda, April 1873. 
Margarodide. 
25. Margaronia jairusalis. 
Margarona jairusalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xviii. p. 524 (1859). 
Bermuda, in April. 
26. Margaronia flegia. 
Phalena-Pyralis flegia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 66, pl. exl. fig, D 
(1779). 
St. Thomas. 
Botydidez. 
27. Botys? onophasalis. 
Botys onophasalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xviii. p. 735. n, 826 (1859). 
Botys thisoalis, Walker, J, c. p. 737. n, 329 (1859), 
St. Thomas. 
Without going into the whole history of the genus I will 
not follow the example of one of our rising lepidopterists and 
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