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with brown on the tibiie. Expanse, 38 mil. Florida, in May ; one speci- 

 men in my collection collected by Mr. Schwarz. 



Botis fissalis u. s. 



This form is allied to 5-Unealis and more remotely to gentilis and magis- 

 trails. It has the same light brown color, a little paler than its ally. 

 The lines are uneven, and the outer line more projected opposite the cell 

 than in 5-linealis. The stigmata are open, not solid, and the reuiform is 

 composed of two parallel Hues, not closed in at top and bottom. There 

 is a submedian dash, as in magistralis. This species is not colored like 

 gentilis or pretextalis, but like 5-UneaUs and feudalis, of a yellowish pale 

 brown. Beneath it is paler than its allies, whitish opalescent. The disc 

 about the stigmata is pale -, also the s. t. space ; the s. t. line evident. 

 It is nearly as large as 5-lineaUs, expanding 30 mil. Two fresh females 

 taken by myself near Buffalo, K. Y. 



Botis augustalis n. s. 



Allied to signatalis and the smaller roseate species, with a slightly 

 greater expanse of wing. Fore wings with the external margin more 

 oblique than usual; the primaries widen outwardly. Head and thorax 

 above brown, and this color extends over the base of the rather dark 

 vinous rosy fore wings, which show no markings except a rather large 

 pale yellow spot marking the inception on the costa of the exterior line 

 which is else lost or api3ears faintly as pale marks; fringes fuscous. 

 Hind wings semi-transparent, entirely fuscous, darker outwardly with 

 finely interlined and -paler fringes. Beneath paler ; the costal mark on 

 fore wings repeated. Colorado. 



Diphryx prolatella n. g. et sp. Crambidarum. 



This form has been represented for some time in my collection by a 

 .single 9 specimen which is somewhat stouter bodied than any Crambiis 

 known to me, and is excluded from that genus by the short labial palpi 

 which hardly exceed the face. Ocelli. Olypeus mucronate. Eyes 

 naked. Outline of wing that of Crambus (viilgivagellus), but the prima- 

 ries are a little broader than usual, with acute apices and rounded exter- 

 nal angle, the margin being nearly straight. The tongue is weak. In 

 the specimen the maxillary palpi are certainly absent. Fore wings, head 

 and thorax ochrey yellow, the thorax and inner half of primaries lighter. 

 No markings except a double oblique series of golden irregular spots on 

 the cell and on the interspace below median vein, the whole not promi- 

 nent. The gilt scales are mixed with brown ones ; and there are seal tered 

 gilt scale dots on the cell. Under the glass the surface is seen to be 

 Irrorate with brown scales. There is a neat series of terminal black dots 

 before which a fine gilt dotted line, curving away from the margni at 

 apex. All this is hardly visible to the unassisted eye. The fringes are 

 gilt at base. Hind wings immaculate silky white with the fringes. Be- 

 neath pale, without markings. Expanse, 30 mil. Wisconsin, in Sep- 

 tember, collected by Mr. Westcott. 

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