220 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Botis. Coquillett describes the larvae of B. oscitalis , Grote, generosa , G. & 
R., and insequalis , Gucn. ; Papilio, iii. pp. 101 & 102. B. dotatalis , Christoph, 
= tithonialis , Zell. ; B. extinctalis, Chr., nec Led., must be renamed; B. hila- 
ralis , Chr. , = costalis , Eversm. ; Herpetogrammu expictalis , Chr., is a Botis ; 
Agroterafenestralis, Chr., will form a newgenus: Snellen, Tidschr.Ent.xxvi. 
p. 182. B. niveicilialis , Snell., wee Grote, renamed albo-fimbrialis ; id. 1. c. 
p. 128. B. aurantiacalis , Rossi., and pygmcealis, Dup. ( obfuscata , Scop.): 
transformations noticed ; Constant, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. p. 5 & 6. B. 
(?) Jlexissimalis, Walk., = Zebronia perspicualis , Walk. ; and B. venosalis , 
Walk., = catalaunalis , Dup. : Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 167 & 168. 
Pionea stramentalis , Linn. Larva described ; Thomas, Rep. Ins. Illin. 
xi. p. 36. 
Phy copter us, Blanch., is allied to Spilodes ; P.flavellus and signariellus, 
Blanch., noticed and figured: Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, pp. 53 & 54, pi. xi. 
figs. 1 & 2. 
New genera and species : — 
Gyptitia , Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. xxvi. p. 138. Allied to Botis , Meroc- 
tena and Botioides. Type, G. gonialis } sp. n., 1. c. p. 139, pi. viii. figs. 9 
& 9a, 5, Macassar. 
Orthomecyna , Butler, Ent. M. M. xix. p. 178. Differs from Mecyna in 
its less prominent eyes, less pointed, and loosely scaled palpi, &c. Type, 
M. exigua , Butl. (var. u. cupreipennis described, p. 179) ; add 0. albicau- 
data, sp. n., 1. c. p. 178, Hawaiian Islands. 
Melanomecyna, id. 1. c. p. 179. Allied to Mecyna ; palpi long-scaled, 
truncated ; wings sooty black ; rather narrow and pointed ; size small. 
To include M. ennychioides and nigrescens , Butl. ; add M. stellata, sp. n., 
fold., Hawaiian Islands. 
Parcedis obliqualis , Grote, P. Kansas Ac. viii. p. 56, and Ann. N. H. (5) 
xi. p. 56, New Mexico. 
Prorasea indentalis , id. Ann. N. H. (5) xi. p. 57, Washington Ter- 
ritory. 
Pyralis platymitris , Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 166, Solun. 
Actenia rubescens , id. Tr. E. Soc. 1883, p. 51, Yalparaiso. 
Leucinodes discisigna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 29, Darjiling. 
lihodaria purpuraria, Butler, l. c. p. 52, Chili. 
llydrocampa tenera , id. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 167, Kurrachee. 
Chrysendeton avernalis , Grote, Tr. Kansas Ac. viii. p. 53, New Mexico. 
Orobcna submundalis , Milliero, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xxix. p. 160, pi. ii. 
fig. 2, Alpes-Maritimes ; 0. mitis , Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, p. 53, Yal- 
paraiso. 
Botis radiosalis , Moschler, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 123, Labrador. 
Erilusa (Walk., genus recharacterized, ibid.) dianalis , id. Verb. z.-b. 
Wien, xxxii. p. 359, pi. xviii. fig. 44, Surinam. 
Scopula amitina , cinerca , p. 54, indistincta , and melanosticta , p. 55, 
Butler, l. c. } Chili ; S. litorea , id. Ent. M. M. xix. p. 178, Hawaiian 
Islands. 
Astura Jiuminalis, id. Ann. N. H. (5) xi. p.-428, Yiti Levu. 
