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bristly, as they are in the genus Pieris. It forms the type of a 
distinct genus, named JVat/ialis by Boisduval, this species being 
designated Iole. A similar butterfly occurs in the valley of the 
Mississippi, which, from a specimen received from W. S. Robert¬ 
son, appears to be a distinct species, differing from that of Mexico 
in having the under side of the fore wings destitute of a blackish 
central dot, and of the three blackish spots towards their inner 
angle the hindmost one is here prolonged into a broad stripe 
extending to the base of the wing and slighly separated from its 
inner edge; and the base of the wing instead of its outer margin 
is orange yellow. I therefore propose for this insect the abo\e 
name. It is but an inch in width across its spread wings. 
213. Tiirbe-colored LunosiA, Jltolmis tricolor, new species. (Lepidoptera. 
Lithosiidae.) 
The Vermillion-striped Lithosia, L. miniata, Kirby, which is the 
same insect with the Gnophria vittata , Harris, I have met with in 
New-York only upon the Highlands of the Hudson. A similar moth, 
but much less bright in its colors, is commonly confounded with 
that species, from which it differs in having a large lead-colored 
spot on the centre of its thorax, the head and also the outer mar¬ 
gin of the fore wings, their apical edge, their inner margin and 
the basal half of the stripe on their middle being nankin yellow 
instead of bright Vermillion red, and the hind wings are lead- 
colored on their outer margin nearly or quite to the base. This 
is not rare in Washington county, and has been sent me from 
Schoharie by Mr. Lintner, and from Northern Pennsylvania by 
Dr. G. F. Horton. Its larva feeds upon the lichens or moss grow¬ 
ing on the trunks of trees, the moth coming out in July. 
214. Golden LunosiA, Deiopeia aurea, new species. (Lepidoptera. 
Lithosiidse.) 
A truly elegant little Lithosia, sent me from Savannah, Georgia, 
by Mrs. Wm. G. Dickson, has the fore wings bright marigold- 
yellow with four bands of round pale sulphur-yellow spots upon 
a brilliant steel-blue ground, the hindmost band almost upon the 
apex, its outer half abruptly widened and slightly united with 
the third band, which is the broadest, and towards its outer end 
is abruptly narrowed and almost interrupted. Its hind wings are 
