72 JOHN B. SMITH. 



sinuate, preceded by black scales and marks. A series of black teiiniiial marks, 

 sometimes forming a line broken on the veins. Orbicular a l)lack dot. Keniform 

 upright, ovate, very obscurely defined, partly lost in the olivaceous luteous siiad- 

 ing that extends through and beyond it to the t. p. line. Secondaries smoky, 

 paler at base and with a yellowish tinge. Beneath, primaries blackish or smoky 

 on disc, costal margin yellowish, otliers pale. Sec(»ndaries yellowish, with an 

 obscurely marked outer line. 



Expands 17-21 mm. = .()8-.84 inches. 



i/(/6.— Canada to Virginia, west to the Mississippi and beyond; 

 Iowa. June to September. 



This, next to candefacta, is the contnion eastern species, easily dis- 

 tinguished by the brown head and by the abbreviated dark outer 

 markings. The primaries are pi'oportionately short and broad, the 

 apices and outer margin rounded. Secondaries with vein 5 weak, 

 well removed from the median, out of the cross- vein. Veins 3 and 

 4 branch about one-third beyond the end of the cell. 



Aconlia qiiadriplaga n. sp. 



Head and thorax white or a little creamy. Abdomen with a yellow tinge. Pri- 

 maries smoky or leaden gray. Basal space more or less whitish and gray mot- 

 tled ; the curved, geminate t. a. line being more or less defined through the lower 

 half of the wing. Two large, subquadrate white costal patches; one, a little 

 within the middle, the largest, the other occupying the inner half of s. t. space at 

 that point. Inferior half of median space more or less violet shaded and this 

 tint extends into the s. t. space. T. p. line very imperfect, marked by fragmen- 

 tary, black, iuterspaceal lines and dots. S. t. line slender, irregular, pale, more 

 or less intiomplete, usually preceded by carmine shadings. The upper half of 

 the wing often with a luteous or olivaceous tinge. Terniinal space unusually 

 narrow, partly violet and brown mottled. A broken, black terminal line. Fringes 

 gray, brown or violaceous, with or without a whitish shading at one-third from 

 hind angle. Orbicular wanting. Reuiform obscure, oval, laterally marked by 

 blackish crescents. Secondaries yellowish, paler in the males, with a narrow 

 dusky margin. Beneath yellowish, disc of primaries more or less blackish, the 

 apical and usually also the median costal spots of upper side indicated ; second- 

 aries practically immaculate. 



Expands 20-24 mm. — .80-.96 inches. 



Hab.— Rot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 feet alt. (Hulst); Ari- 

 zona ; Texas. 



Eight examples, of which only one is a male. There is little 

 variation except in size and in the amount of pale basal shading. 

 It is })rol)able that this species has been confused with aprica and 

 bipluga, than which it has broader, shorter primaries, lacking all 

 trace of orbicular. The secondaries are distinctly yellowish, have 

 vein 5 a little weaker, arising from a short spur from the median, 

 and 3 and 4 branching only a short distance beyond the cell. 



