68 JOHN B. SMITH. 



be connected hy a gray niottlinj; merely. S. t. line wliite, broken, very irregu- 

 lar, more or less marked by black scales. A series of distinct, black, terminal 

 marks. Fringes mostly gray, cut with white at or a little below the middle. 

 Orbicular a small black dot. Reniform outlined in olivaceous, small, oval. Sec- 

 ondaries smoky, a little darker in the female. Beneath yellowisli. Primaries 

 darker outwardly, with a smoky discal spot, a partial outer band, which starts 

 obliquely outward from outer third of costa, and fringes alternately blackish and 

 yellowish. Secondaries with a smoky outer border, an oblique outward bar, 

 changing to a narrow line and a discal Innule smoky. 

 Expands 19-22 mm. = .76-.88 inches. 



Hab. — Texas, without special locality; all from the Hulst col- 

 lection. 



One male and two females ; none in good condition. The species 

 resembles gonella in general type of maculation ; but differs not 

 only in the white patagite, but in the course of vein 5 of the second- 

 aries, which is here moderate and well removed fi-oni the median 

 vein. From ^edata, with which it agrees in structure, it differs by 

 having much more white. 



Aoontia lucasi n. sp. 



Head, collar and patagiie white ; disc of thorax gray^Abdomen with a slightly 

 yellowish tinge. Primaries broadly white along the costal region to the middle 

 of the subterminal space, where it is squarely cut off. The gray shade does not 

 start quite at base in my single example, and I am a little in doubt whether this 

 is due to an imperfection or whether there is a specialized, oval, transparent area 

 below the median vein — I suspect the latter. From this point the gray shade 

 extends solidly to the s. t. line and to the apex. Violet scales are intermixed in 

 this darker portion of the wing. The t. p. line is brokenly marked by black 

 interspaceal dots and scales. S. t. line marked by black scales in the apical dark 

 region, then white, sinuate, cutting the terminal space and the fringe a little 

 below the middle, A series of small black terminal spots. Orbicular a small 

 gray excrescence from the dark into the white shade. Reniform an oval gray 

 spot also joined inferiorly to the gray shading. Secondaries white, diaphanous, 

 gray at apex and very narrowly so along outer border. Beneath, on primaries 

 the maculation of the upper side is less contrastingly reproduced: the dark 

 shades smoky, the lighter yellowish. Secondaries white. 



Expands 26 mm. = 1.05 inches. 



Hnb. — Cape San Lucas, California. 



One male received from Dr. Behr who has others; collected by 

 Xantus de Be.sey. The species is interesting from all points, and 

 especially by the (probable) secondary sexual character on the pri- 

 maries. The white patagise in contrast to the gray disc should serve 

 to differentiate it from its allies. The primaries are trigonate, of 

 moderate length. Secondaries with vein 5 of moderate strength, 

 arising from a short spur fr(<m the cross-vein. Veins 3 and 4 fork 

 verv little beyond the end of the cell. 



