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metallic scales, auci with a narrow yellowish iris, much more distinct and 

 complete beneath. The subterrainal line shows metallic scales on both 

 surfaces. I have discussed this species also in Can. Ent. 28, 1870. 



Empeepes Lcderer. 



Emj)repes novalis Grote, Can. Ent. 156, 1876. 

 Texas (Belfrage, No. 403, Out. 7). 



Empreijes nuclialis^ n. s. 



Size of novalis^ but differently colored, and with the anterior and pos- 

 terior bands nearer together and better defined. Olivaceous. Fore 

 wings with a broad, even, outwardly oblique, anterior, vinous-purple 

 band ; a costal spot of the same color at the middle of the median space, 

 and an outer, subterminal, sinuous, upright band of the same hue. Hind 

 "wings fuscous; fringes a little jialer than the wing. Expanse, 17 mil. 

 California (Oy. Edwards, Xo. 3011). This species is entirely olivaceous, 

 beneath paler, and differs by the subterminal limitation of the posterior 

 band, among other characters. I have examined two specimens. I regret 

 not to have been able, from paucity of material, to make any neurational 

 examination of either of the above species. 



Scoparia libella, n. s. 



A small gray species less than half the size of the European and Amer- 

 ican centuriella. Eore wings with a blackish streak at base and one on 

 submedian fold beyond the inner line. Lines white, tolerably distinct, 

 inner arcuate, outer a little irregular, produced medially. Discal mark 

 a curved, longitudinal, black streak, as it connecting spots. Sub- 

 terminal line incomplete, whitish. Fringe white, dotted. Hind wings 

 smoky, with white fringes. Beneath smoky; body white; anterior tibiae 

 and feet dotted. This species is of common occurrence, and may be 

 known by its olive-gray tint and small size, expanding 15 millimeters. I 

 have it from Maine, Massachusetts, and New York. 



BOTIS Schr. 



This generic term is sometimes incorrectly written ^^Botys ". Professor 

 Zeller follows Swainson's correction of the spelling. The North Amer- 

 ican species are numerous, and the following enumeration of those before 

 me will assist the student. Several of our species described by Euro- 

 pean entomologists remain to be identified. I do not expect, however, 

 that most of Mr. Walker's descriptions will be ever satisfactorily made 

 out. 



1. Botis octomaculata (Linn.). 



EnnycMa gJomeralis Walk., C, B. M. Pyr. 330. 



United States and Europe. I have observed this species in the vicinity 

 of Buffalo. In color, ornamentation, and flight, it closely resembles the 

 species of Alypia. 



