54 JOHN B. SMITH, 



rnucli less marked, the dark shading much l)roader, and in all re- 

 spects much better defined. None of the specimens that 1 have 

 seen had the oblique band at all broken, and in all of them it begins 

 at almost the exact middle of the hind margin. Tlie front is con- 

 \'ex, a little inflated, but hardly protuberant. 



In all the remaining species the orbicular is represented by a more 

 or less obvious black dot, the reniform being also obviously present 

 in all cases except meskeana, where it is either wanting or merely 

 traceable. 



This latter species has a faint yellowish tinge throughout, the 

 dark shading begins on the inner margin beyond the middle, ex- 

 tends to the median vein and is then abruptly cut off to the s. t. line, 

 along which it then extends to the costa. The median lines are 

 both marked by black spots on the costa. The front is protuberant 

 and roughened. 



Tenidcola is of the same general type, but much darker as well as 

 smaller in size. The dark shading often begins on internal margin 

 at the t. a. line, and always before the middle, while the s. t. s{)ace 

 is all dark except the costa. The reniform is always distinct, whit- 

 ish centered and dark ringed. The front is protuberant and a little 

 roughened at tip. 



In neomexicana and candefaeta the dusky shading is smooth, a 

 little olivaceous and narrows gradually, end)racing half of the reni- 

 form which is solid gray, annulate with white. There is a more or 

 less obvious, yellow, median shade from a dusky costal blotch. 



Neomexicana is much the paler, and the outer dusky band is 

 broken, much narrower than in canaefacta. The secondaiies .are 

 white, the front is protuberant and roughened. 



Candefaeta has the secondaries largely smoky, with contrasting 

 white fringes. The outer dusky shading of primaries begins at or 

 within the middle of the internal margin and extends without break 

 to the apex. The front varies from inflated to strongly protuberant, 

 and is more or less roughened. 



Tarache ardoris Hbn., I have not identified among the material 

 in my posession. South American examples are in the Neumoegen 

 collection, and Mr. Grote has doubted the North American habitat 

 of the species. Unfortunately, I have had no material from Georgia 

 or Florida, hence cannot say positively that the species does not 

 occur. The species resembles candefaeta in a general way but has 

 narrower primaries and a yellow tinge to the secondaries. 



For the present it must be, if doubtfully, held among our species. 



