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14. Botis onythesalis (Walk.), Pyr. 734. 

 Texas (Belfrage, No. 364). 



15. Botis vibicalis Zell., Beitr. ii, 8, taf. iii, fig. 4. 

 Texas (Belfrage, No. 407). 



IC. Boils nasonialis Zell., Beitr. ii, 9, taf. iii, fig. G. 

 Texas (Belfrage, No. 406, May 15). California, September 3 (Behrens). 



17. Botis sesqiiialteralis Zell., /. c. 9, taf. iii, fig. 5. 



Texas (Belfrage, No. 406). I think I have this species of Zeller's be- 

 fore me sent under the same number with the foregoing by Belfrage. 

 It is possible that the two are not distinct 5 nasonialis may be recognized 

 by the pale yellow streaks along the veins. These three last are the 

 smallest species of Botis known to me. 



[Biastictis Htlbn.) 



18. Botis argyralis (Hiibn.), Zutr. 1, 21, figs. 113, 114. 



I have a specimen from the South which agrees with Hiibner's figure 

 in the pale yellowish primaries. I do not find any differences except 

 color between this and the following. But Hiibner's figure has the 

 white spots larger and visible beneath ; this may be varietal, and I 

 merely keep the names separate provisionally. I do not see the char- 

 acter given by Zeller to argyralis (p. 509) to distinguish it from ventralis. 



19. Botis ventralis G. & E., I. c. 21, pi. 2, fig. 23. 



Massachusetts; Pennsylvania. I have both sexes of a dark brown 

 like the c? of '•^argyralis'''' described by Zeller on page 508. It is prob- 

 able that the female, with " fast dottergelbe Vorderfiiigel", is the same as 

 the argyralis there described, which is also a female, but which has the 

 white, lateral, abdominal stripes continuous. Unless we can find that 

 the color is a specific character, I do not think there are other grounds 

 for a separation. 



20. Botis fracturalis Zell., taf. iii, fig. 16. 



I have two (<? ?) specimens agreeing accurately with Zeller's figures, 

 except that the male has the ground-color slightly tinged with ocherous. 

 But I have another female (Belfrage, No. 384), which differs by being as 

 yellow as argyralis, whereas fracturalis is as brown as ventralis. This 

 female has besides the basal, silver, submedian mark transformed into an 

 upright band, and the median fascia is broader and connected with the 

 discal spot. If this is only a variety, which I believe it is, it will assist 

 the idea that ventralis and argyralis are only color-varieties. 



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21. Botis Rarveyana Grote, Can Ent. 9, 104. 

 New York; Texas (Belfrage) 



