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NOTES, NEW SPECIES, ETC. 
Heliothis Siren, Nov. Sp. Expands j-f inch. Head and thorax yellow, inclining to rust colour; abdomen above black, 
beneath yellowish. Upper surface ; primaries shining greyish yellow, much same tint as in Lynx, Guen., also style of decoration much 
as in that species; the basal part is rust or sienna coloured, mixed with black on or towards edge nearest the median space ; the submar- 
ginal band is also rust coloured, with exterior and inner edges mixed with black ; this band is suddenly narrowed to a mere line about 
one-third in from the costa ; an indefinite rust coloured shade through middle of median space ; discal spot rather small ; fringes same 
colour as ground of pi imaries. Secondaries all black, with pure white fringes. Under surface of primaries black, with a white exte- 
rior margin, and a narrow yellowish white edging on costa. Inferiors black, with large white apical space extending along costa, two- 
thirds in ; fringe white. Texas, J. Boll (No. 45). 
Heliothis Inclara, Nov. Sp. Expands 1 in. Head and body yellowish ; back of abdomen, except terminal segments, shaded 
with blackish gray. Upper surface; primaries yellowish gray, uniform in shade; a basal patch of livelier darker yellow,, shaded exte- 
riorly with brown, this basal patch does not reach to costa; a rather narrow submarginal band of darker colour than the ground, and 
traversed through its length by a macular shade of blackish. Secondaries greyish, with a very broad black margin, discal spot almost 
imj>erceptible, fringe pure white. Under side whitish, with a slight yellow tinge, especially on inner and costal parts of primaries, on 
which are a blackish basal patch, discal spot and broad submarginal band, all three more or less merged into each other. Secondaries 
w'ith a broad blackish submarginal band, which, however, reaches only from anal angle to about half way between the latter and the 
apex. Texas, J. Boll (No. 46), allied to the preceding H. Siren. 
Heliothis Nubila, Nov. Sp. Expands in. Head and body above greyish, of an olivaceous greenish tinge ; beneath whit- 
ish. Upper surface; primaries same colour as body; the median lines very faintly defined, especially the inner one, which is almost 
obsolete; the submarginal space of a darker shade than rest of wing ; basal part scarcely distinguishable from median space; no dis- 
cal spot or blotch perceptible ; fringe same colour as wings. Secondaries white, of a yellowish cast, marginal band broad, black and 
straight on inner edge ; discal spot large and black ; some black scales at base ; fringe white. Under surface yellowish or tawny white ; 
on primaries a longitudinal black basal patch reaching neither to costa or inner margin ; a round black discal spot ; a broad black sub- 
marginal band which does not extend to either inner margin or costa ; between it and the latter the colour is reddish. Secondaries ; an 
indistinct discal spot, and a submarginal band, inner half of which is black and apical half reddish, Texas, -J. Boll (No. 48.) 
Heliothis Rubigixosa, Nov. Sp. Expands 1-J inches. Head, thorax and primaries, above, near the colour of Xanthia ferrugin- 
oides, Guen., but a trifle more inclined to reddish, not so yellowish; abdomen paler, more whitish ; body below sprinkled with cinna- 
mon coloured scales. Median lines of primaries white, faint, and rather irregular ; the outer and basal spaces shaded inconspicuously 
with grey at these lines ; otherwise no difference in shade of colour between median and outer and basal spaces ; fringe greyish. In- 
feriors pale tawny ; broad marginal band and discal spot, very faintly defined by slightly darker shade of cinnamon, or reddish tawny. 
Under surface same colour, palest at inner margin ; discal spots barely visible ; no other definite ornamentation. Texas, J. Boll ( No. 50). 
Heliothis Imperspicua, Nov. Sp. Expands 1) inches. Head and thorax rather pale gray, inclining to olivaceous; abdomen 
ochrey white. Upper surface ; primaries same colour as thorax, and in style of marking approach Rivulosa, Guen., and Thoreaui, Grote,' 
though far paler in colour than either, resembling in this respect Schinia trifascia, Hub., Oleagina, Morrison, etc. The white line which 
separates the basal from median space is but very little bent, and the one between the marginal and median space is not bent inwardly 
below the middle as much as in the allied species above alluded to, discal mark only perceptible by the slightest possible darker shade. 
Inferiors as in Rivulosa, but much paler. Under surface also much as in that species, but far paler. Texas, J. Boll (No. 53). This 
species has the same relative appearance to Thoreaui, Grote, as the latter has to Rivulosa, Guen. 
Heliothis Ultima, Nov. Sp. Expands 1 inch. Head and thorax above sober brown; abdomen yellowish-brown; beneath 
yellowish ; some reddish scales at terminal half of abdomen. Upper surface ; primaries same brown as thorax ; median space not differ- 
ing much in tint from rest of wing; median lines narrow, white and indistinct, and much bent like in Spinosce and Rivulosa, but the 
median space is very much more contracted than in these ; discal shade almost imperceptible ; outer space a little paler at margin ; 
fringe whitish. Superior wings yellow with broad black margin and small discal spot ; fringe white. Under surface coloured and 
marked much as in Spraguei, but much paler throughout. Texas ; J. Boll (No. 49). 
Heliothis Specitanda, Nov. Sp. Expands ly inches. Head and thorax above pale greenish ; abdomen ochraceous white ; beneath 
white ; fore legs dull red or maroon, median tarsi also reddish. Upper surface ; primaries, pale subdued green, somewhat like the tints in 
Schinia Trifascia, but greener, and crossed by three almost straight transverse paler bands or lines, the one adjoining the submarginal space 
the widest, within the latter a transverse row of faint spots ; reniform and orbicular spots pale, but clearly defined ; fringe same colour 
as rest of wing. Secondaries white with broad brownish marginal border, broadest in the middle ; fringe white. Beneath white with 
greenish tinge and opalescent reflections ; a brown discal spot and faint evidences of an abbreviated submarginal band on the primaries. 
One example, Texas; .J. Boll (No. 52). Is apparently near to Heliothis Armigera and allies, but possibly may belong to another genus. 
.Enigma, Nov. Gen. Head very small, across the eyes at widest place scarce one-third the width of thorax, which latter is of 
great breadth ; palpi long, tapering and close together, giving the appearance of a snout or proboscis ; antennae nearly the length of ab- 
domen, very slender, filiform ; median and hind tibiae spurred ; abdomen, which is rather slight compared with the immense thorax, 
projects beyond hind wings ; fore wings much the same shape as in Hypocala filicornis, Guen., but more produced on inner margin to- 
wards but not at the base; hind wings broad, not strongly curved on outer margin. As the type is a unique, and not my property, I 
could not denude it, and can, in consequence, say nothing of the nervation, excepting that there appear to be a great number of sub- 
costal veinlets on the superiors. The insect on which I have based this genus seems in some respects to be allied to H. filicornis, 
Guen., and in many more to be distinct therefrom. It is a 9 example, as denoted by the forked frenulum. 
.Enigma Mirificdm, Nov. Sp., 9- Expands If inches. Head, palpi and thorax above dark slate-grey ; abdomen black with 
each segment narrowly edged behind with yellow; anal brush yellow ; beneath, palpi, head and body pale yellow, becoming darker 
towards and at extremity of abdomen. Upper surface ; primaries small, same slate-grey as thorax, spotted over whole surface with small 
dark points or dots which have a tendency to form tolerably regular transverse rows from costa to inner margin ; fringe concolourous 
with wing. Inferiors black, an irregular, interrupted yellow mesial band extending from near anal angle somewhat upwards to middle 
of wing, where it is broken by a line of the black ground colour, and continued by and terminating in a nearly round yellow spot which 
lies much nearer the exterior margin than does the middle of the yellow band of which it forms a disconnected part ; it does not 
extend to costa or apex, but has considerable of the black ground colour intervening ; from a little within the middle of exterior 
margin to the anal angle extends a conspicuous yellow marginal patch, almost as in Hypocala filicornis-, fringe light grey. Under 
surface rather bright yellow; primaries with black submarginal and median bands, neither of which extend to costa or internal margin, 
but near the latter are connected by a black band which extends nearly to the base of wing; fringe grey. Inferiors with a number of 
scattered brown dots ; a large black spot at anal angle, and another of same size close to it ; these two spots, the latter of which is con- 
tinued towards apex by some brown scales, form an imperfect submarginal band ; an abbreviated black dash near abdominal margin. 
One 9> Texas; J. Boll (No. 55). 
