82 JOHN B. SMITH. 



violaceous, a tint whicli obtains also in tlie lower i)ortion of s. t. space. Ren)ain- 

 der of s. t. space yellow tinged, except at apex. S. t. line whitish, quite broad, 

 irregular. Terminal space pale gray. A series of black terminal dots. Orbicu. 

 larasmall black dot. Reniform round, gray, pale centered. Secondaries white, 

 with a narrow smoky outer border. Beneath, primai'ies smoky, overlaid by yel- 

 low, glistening; secondaries white, broadly yellow along co.stal margin. 

 Expands 20 mm. ^ .80 inches. 



Hah. — Texas, July 23rd (Belfrage). 



A single male only. The species looks like a much reduced 

 virginalis with an orbicular dot. It also resemble lihedis, but the 

 dark shading is not so abruptly cut, and though interrupted it ex- 

 tends to the apex. Primaries a little narrower than candefacta, 

 than which species this is much paler. Secondaries with vein 5 

 weak, from the cross- vein well removed from the median. Veins 3 

 and 4 branch at about one third beyond the cell. 



.4eoiitia oaiidefiK^ta Hubner. 



l.S2:j, Hbn., Zutraege, iii, ff, 587, 588, Tnrache. 



1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 216, Acontia. 



1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii. 784, Acontia. 



1880, Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 118, Tarache. 



1883, Coquillett. Papilio, iii, 84, larva. 

 debilis Wlk. 



1857, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xii, 786, Acontia. 



1868, G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, pr. syn. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen white or with a creamy tint. Primaries white or 

 creamy to the median shade, beyond which the wing is mostly leaden gray, 

 varied with yellow or olivaceous. There is a leaden gray spot on the cell near 

 the base, which may be absent or may expand into a shading that clouds most of 

 the basal space. T. a. line usually marked on the costa by a gray spot, sometimes 

 forming an outcurved baud across the wing, more usually defined below the cell 

 only. Median shade band-like, oblique from costa to the median vein, there bent 

 or curved inwardly to form the inner margin of the gray outer portion. In color 

 it is yellow, luteous, olivaceous oi- gray, and it is rarely complete across the cell. 

 It may be only a costal patch, and between that aud a complete bar all inter- 

 grades occur. The dark space on the inner margin extends from median shade to 

 subterminal line usually includes the reniform and curves beyond it to the apex, 

 the s. t. space being all gray. T. p. line very irregular, bluish, slender, often 

 wanting, sometimes merged into a bluish shading. S. t. line whitish, broad, 

 prominent, irregular, cutting the terminal space below the apex. Terminal space 

 narrow, largely white or white mottled, except at apex. A series of black, some- 

 what lunate terminal spots. Fringes long, visually gray, generally cut with white 

 at or a little below the middle. Orbicular a small black dot, oecasionall3' obsolete 

 in the male. Reniform moderate in size, solid gray, annulate with whitisli. 

 Secondaries soiled whitish to smoky, darker outwardly, fringes white. Beneath, 

 primaries smoky or blackish, the margins paler; secondaries whitish. 

 Expands 18-21 mm. = .72-.84 inches. 



