The red spot-covered star HD 224085.

Variations amounting to about 0 5 in V have heen confirmed in the light of HD 224085 and they indicate a highly nonuniform longitudinal distrihution of spots over the stellar surface. It is suggested that the photometric period, corresponding probably to that of rotation of the star, is closer to (and probahly shorter than) the already known orhital one of 6d724 than to the value of 6d75 determined hy Chugainov when he discovered the periodicity of the light variations. The small difference hetween the orbital and photometric periods might he due to a migrating perturhation-wave of the type found in light curves of RS CVn systems, or to phase shifts in the photometric data produced hy changes in the spots. The spectroscopic and parallax data availahle indicate that in its spectral type (K ), small infrared excess, strong emissions at the H, K, and Ha lines, and location slightly ahove the main sequence, the star resembles the secondary components of RS CVn systems more closely than the BY Dra stars to which it was originally compared. Presence of a weak N6707 Li I line suggests an alternative hypothesis that the star is in a late stage of pre-main-sequence evolution resembling the "post-T-Tauri" object FK Ser. Key words: stars:-spot-covered stars-RS CVn stars-BY Dra stars-pre-main-sequence evolution