698 noctttid^;. 



at costa, below vein 3 incurved and defined on outer side by 

 ocbreous white ; a slight dark terminal line. Hind wing ochreous 

 w r hite, the terinen suffused with brown ; cilia brownish at base, 

 white at tips ; the underside uniform ochreous white. 



Bab. Paraguay {Reeve), type f <5 in Coll. Druce. Exp. 18 millim. 



6054. Tarachidia cuta. (Plate CLXX. fig. 7.) 



Acontia cuta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 211 (1905). 



$ . Head and thorax pure white ; palpi at tips and antennae 

 brownish ; fore tibiae and the tarsi brownish ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Pore wing with the basal 

 half pure white, the terminal half red-brown tinged with grey and , 

 irrorated with black, edged on inner side by a black Hue angled 

 outwards in cell ; reniform indistinct, small, greyish, elliptical ; 

 a large semicircular white patch on costa towards apex, touching 

 the reniform ; a terminal series of slight blackish points ; cilia 

 brown with a white patch at middle. Hind wing white slightly 

 tinged with ochreous ; cilia pure white. 



Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Poswell (Cockerell), 1 <3 , Arizona. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



6055. Tarachidia alata. (Plate CLXX. fig. 8.) 



Acontia alata, Smith, J. N.T. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 210 (1905). 



Head and thorax white ; palpi at tips and antennse brownish ; 

 upper edge of patagia and streaks on. thorax ochreous brown ; tarsi 

 with slight brownish rings ; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally 

 white. Pore wing ochreous brown, the costal area white to discal 

 fold, narrowing to a point before apex ; a white fascia above vein 1 

 from base to below end of cell, where it is met by an oblique narrow 

 white band from the white costal area, thus enclosing a triangular 

 ochreous brown patch ; a fine white terminal line ; cilia ochreous 

 brown mixed with some white at base, white at tips. Hind wing 

 white tinged with ochreous brown ; cilia white with a pale diffused 

 ochreous brown line near base ; the underside ochreous white. 



Bab. U.S.A., Arizona, Baboquavaria Mts. (Poling), 1 S, 1 5 co- 

 type. Exp. 20 millim. 



*6056. ? Tarachidia jativa. (Plate CLXX. fig. 9.) 



Thalpochares jativa, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvii. p. 213 (1905). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish red ; palpi yellowish 

 white tinged with fuscous on outer side ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen yellowish white. Pore wing pale pinkish red; 

 an obliquely curved yellowish-white band from base of costa to 

 one-third of inner margin ; a broad medial yellowish-white band, 



