Dec, I9 o S .] Smith: New Spec.es of Noctuid.e for i 9 o 5 - 



dot~ that indicate the margins of the ordinary spots. Below this pale shading is a 



blackish ; fringes white. Beneath, primaries evenly black.sh , secondar.es 

 above. 



Expands : 1.80 inches = 45 mm - 



Habitat — Cochise County, Arizona in July. 



One female specimen, in good condition except for the compressed 

 thorax due to papering ; from Mr. George Franck Fhe wing f 

 is as in convexipennis, and though the color „ totally d, ffenmt tha 

 species is at once recalled by the pale shading from costa to the outer 



margin. 



Genus CONOCHARES, new. 

 Has the habitus of an Acontia but with somewhat more pointed 

 primaries. Accessory cell of primaries absent in all "^men. «- 

 Lined and the genus is therefore allied to ^^J^_ 

 bv having the front conically produced, abruptly cut off, and the pro 

 £S with a narrow, elevated rim. The genus there ore bears 

 about the same relation to Thalpochares that Conacontia does 



AC °"Z occurrence of four species with apparently similar structure 

 has persuaded me to propose the above generic term, although the 

 ^already described" in allied genera are not well-known and col- 



^tne^are from the desert regions of Arizona and adja- 

 cent California ; and as in so many forms occurring there the pro- 

 tuberant front is characteristic, and may be indicative of habit. I* o 

 of the species have a superficial resemblance to AconUa an.cn. m 

 wing form and type of maculation. The others, while similar, yet 

 resemble the true Thalpochares more closely. 



Conochares acutus, new species immacu late. Beyond the 



Head, thorax and pnmanes to he "^ * » H ne obvious, sinuate, the 

 wing is gray, more or less white mottled the »Uei 

 t p line more or less obviously marked, curved over cell, and mc 



white. Beneath, primaries blackish, secondaries white. 



