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median from close to end of the cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submediaii 

 curved : hindwing short, apex convex, exterior margin oblique ; two subcostals from 

 end of the cell ; discocellular oblique, radial from near lower end ; two upper medians 

 from end of the cell, lower at one-fourth before the end ; submedian and internal vein 

 straight. Body moderately stout; palpi porrect, decumbent in front, laterally com- 

 pressed, laxly squamose beneath, second joint not extending beyond the head, third 

 joint small, conical ; antennas simple ; legs long, squamose, femora slightly fringed 

 beneath, middle and hind tibiae spurred. {Typical species, T. Solaris.) 



TARACHE TROPICA (Plate 130, Fig. 2). 

 Acontia tropica, Giienee, Noct. ii. p. 217 (1852). 



Forewing pale yellow in male, yellowish-white in female ; crossed by basal and 

 subbasal olive-brown irregularly angulated blotched bands ; an irregular recurved 

 discal more distinct band, the upper end of which is bent inward to the costa, the 

 outer discal area being streaked with purplish-brown ; the extreme outer margin with 

 two or three black speckles below the apex and above the posterior angle, the cilia in 

 front of these speckles being purplish-brown ; a distinct small round olive-brown orbi- 

 cular and reniforra spot : hindwing pale dull yellow, with pale brownish outer border. 

 Thorax, head, palpi, and legs yellowish- white; forelegs with olive-brown bands. 



Expanse I inch. 



TARACHE SIGNIFERA (Plate 150, Fig. 4). 



Acontia siijnifei-a, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 793 (1857). 

 Acontia subfixa, Walker, id xxxv. p. 1964 (1866). 



Creamy- white : forewing with some brown speckles along base of the costa ; a 

 broad outwardly obHque transverse medial angulated brown baud, beyond which the 

 wing is moi'e or less brown and is crossed by a discal and a submarginal denticulated 

 white line ; between the latter lines the veins are mostly black streaked, and between 

 the medial band and discal hne the reniform mark is defined by two black dots, and 

 is bordered by a black streak in front ; along the outer margin is a row of black 

 dots : hindwing with pale brownish outer border. Palpi, and legs, with blackish bands. 



Expanse VV inch. 



TARACHE OLIVEA (Plate 150, Fig. 3). 

 Acontia olivea, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 217 (1852). 



Forewing pale olivaceous-yellow, with a very indistinct transverse basal and a 

 medial olive-brown fascia ; a black-speckled reniform spot, from which a more distinct 

 olive-brown fascia curves to the apex, the fascia being slightly black speckled below 

 the apex : hindwing olivaceous-white. Body olivaceous-white. 



Expanse, ^ f, ? | inch. 



