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ous process, and the thoracic vestiture characteristic of the genus 

 Azcnia Grt. differs from it however in that veins 3 and 4 of secon- 

 daries are prominently stalked beyond cell and not from a point at 

 its apex. In this respect it seems to approach nearer to Acontia; 

 vein 5 of secondaries is however obsolescent from below middle of 

 cell, so we prefer to place it for the present in Azcnia Grt. 

 Habitat. — Kerrville, Texas, i male. Type, Coll. Barnes. 



Euaontia, new genus. (Type E. seminifa.) 



Palpi upturned, prominent, reaching to a point just beyond frontal 

 process, which is conical and drawn out into two points, placed vertically to 

 each other ; tibiae without spines or spurs ; vestiture of thorax largely scaly, 

 intermingled with a few hairs ; antennae of male ciliate ; primaries broadly 

 triangular, with areole, formed by junction of veins R, and R3, R4 and R5 

 stalked with R3, Mi from below areole, IVL, M3 and Cui slightly separated, 

 from around angle of cell. 



The position of vein M. on secondaries would place this genus, 

 according to Hampson, in the Acontiinae ; it is easily separated from 

 all allied genera by the conical process with vertically placed apices. 



18. Euaontia semirufa, new species. 



Male. — Palpi whitish, more or less scaled with dusky and with slightly 

 black tips ; front, thorax and patagia white ; primaries, basal half white, sparsely 

 sprinkled with fine black dots ; on costa a slight dark shade at base, followed 

 by a more prominent blackish mark at one fourth the distance from base : 

 the white basal portion of wing is sharply defined by a dark brown oblique 

 line extending from middle of costa to a point on inner margin about two 

 thirds from base ; this line is slightly angled just above cubitus and is fol- 

 lowed by a diffuse smoky shade ; remainder of wing salmon pink ; reniform 

 represented by some whitish scales edged with black Just exterior to angle 

 of transverse brown line ; subterminal line irregular, composed of grayish 

 white scales, followed by a terminal row of spots, similar in color, and shaded 

 outwardly with dusky brown ; towards apex of wing these spots coalesce with 

 subterminal band ; fringes ochreous. Secondaries white, broadly shaded with 

 smoky along outer margin, with a series of terminal dark spots ; fringes white. 

 Beneath, primaries ochreous, especially towards apex, crossed by a broad 

 suffused smoky band, narrower on costa : secondaries creamy with small 

 discal dot. 



Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Esmeralda Co., Nevada, i male. Type, Coll. Barnes. 



This species differs markedly from any of the group known to 

 us; the contrast between the wdiite basal portion and salmon colored 

 outer half renders it readilv recognizable. 



