298 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Genus TRICHOTARACHE Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vii, iS. 



T. assimilis Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 48, Tiichotaraehe. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. PhiL Soc, xxi, 166, Trichotaraclie, 



Habitat.— California. 



The tyi)e is in the British Museum. 



Genus ACONTIA Ochs. 

 1816. Oclis., Scliuiett. Eur., iv, 91. 



A. flavipenilis Grt 



1873. Grt., BnlL Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 153, Taracltc. 



Habitat. — Oregon; California; Sierra Nevada. 

 The type is in the Edwards collection. 



A. aprica Hbn.* 



1803. Hbn.. Sclimett. Eur.,Noct., f. 371, Xoctua. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeicbniss, 261, Tarache. 

 1829. Stepli., 111. Brit. Ent., Haust., in, 113, Acnutia. 

 18.52. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 219, Acontia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 785, Acontia. 

 1868. H. Sell., Corr.-Blatt, 1868, Cuba, p. 10, Avontla. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 212, Tarache. 

 1885. Gundlach, Cont. J^nt. Cuba., 312, Acontia. 



var. biplaga Gn.* 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 218, Acontia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 785, Acontia. 

 1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., ii, 78, pr. var. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 36, pr. var. 



HABITAT. — Southern States; Texas; Colorado; Missouri in October. 



What seems to be a typical specimen, labeled by Guenee, is in the 

 British Museum. Mr. Butler, in the Entomologist, xxv, 63, 1892, 

 cites Acontia nnovula Freyer, neuere Beitraege, vi, tab. 534, f. 3, as 

 an additional synonym, perhaps correctly. He also, in(;orrectly, makes 

 hijjlaga the female of aprica. Both sexes of both forms are found. 



A. abdominalis Grt. 



1877. Grt., Can. Ent., ix, 157, Tarache. 



Habitat. — Texas, March, May, and September; Kansas in May. 

 A type is in the British Museum, from the Orote collection; another, 

 from the Meske collection, is in the National Museum. 



A. expolita Grt. 

 1882. Grt., Papilio, ii, 131, Tarache. 



Habitat. — A ri zoi i a . 



The type is in the Neumcjegen collection. 



