I am indebted to Mr. Jas. Behrens for some Californian Pyralides. Among them is a specimen of Orobaena octonalis of Zeller, hitherto found in Texas and Kansas. The specimen is labelled “San Diego, Aug., 1874.” Two specimens of Eurycreon chortalis: ”Soda Sp.,” and two of Botis unifascialis: “Sauzalito, May 27,” are also present.

In the present paper I continue my descriptions and corrections. There are yet a large nnmber of new species of Botis; I regret that I cannot identify many of Lederer's from his figures and descriptions.

The American Naturalist for November, 1877, contains on p. 688 the following paragraph:–

“Papilio Cresphontes in New England.–On the 6th of last September Mr. N. Coleman captured in the vicinity of Berlin, Connecticut, the only specimen of this Southern insect ever recorded from New England. As the larva is not known to feed on any other plant than the orange, the butterfly probably hatched from a larva accidentally transported with trees from Florida, or emerged from a chrysalis sent North as a curiosity.”

The writer of the paragraph appears to have mislaid certain pages of recent Entomological literature.

The occurrence of this species in considerable numbers in this vicinity has afforded an opportunity for comparison with A. aphrodite, the results of which are appended.

It should be stated that although the number referred to is small, yet the unrecorded comparison of over two hundred examples of both species during the past summer has agreed fully with this. In the line before me are five females each of alcestis and aphrodite. In every case the general color of the upper surface is duller in aphrodite, the basal shading heavier and more extensive, and the black markings on primaries heavier; in two examples the color approaches that of A. cybele, while the examples of alcestis exhibit a uniform clear color with hardly any variation.