LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 805 



Botys diversalis, Treit. Schm. rii. 113, 25. 



Mecyna polygonalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 407, 530. 



South France. Italy. Sicily. Spain. Austria. Hungary. Dalmatia. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



c, d. Madeira. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



2. Mecyna rusticalis. 



Rufo-fusca ; alee anticce lineis margineque exteriore obscurioribus ; 

 posticce Jlavce, punctis margineque nigricantibus. 



Pyralis limbalis, Wien. Verz. 122, 20. III. N. Ausg. dess. ii. 21, 20. 



Pyralis rusticalis, Hubn. Pyral. 26, 3, pi. 18, f. 121. 



Uresiphita rusticola, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 533, 3372. 



Botys limbalis, Treit. Schm. rii. Ill, 23. Fisch.-R'dsl. Schm. 130. 



Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iv. 32, 93. 

 Mecyna rusticalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 411, 536. 



Germany. Austria. 



North America. 



3. Mecyna reversalis. 



Pallide ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen flavum ; alee anticce angustiores, 

 margine exteriore minus convexo, costa rufescente, fimbria 

 subnigricante, linea exteriore punctiformi, reniformi nigri- 

 cante; posticce flavce, plaga apicali nigricante. Mas. — Tibice 

 intermedice subdilatatce 9 fasciculo nigricante. 



Pyralis diversalis? Hubn. Pyral. 25, 1, pi. 16, f. 102. 

 Epischnia diversalis ? Hubn. Verz. Schm. 371, 3559. 

 Botys diversalis, Dup. Lep. viii. 333, pi. 233, f. 2. 

 Mecyna reversalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 409, 531. 



This species varies from brown to pale reddish in the colour of 

 the fore wings, and from yellow to iuteous in the colour of the hind 

 wings; in the latter the apical patch is continued more or less 

 along the exterior border. 



a — e. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 /. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 g. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 h. Nevis. 

 i. Bristol. 



