700 kocttjid.t;. 



tii 1.59. Tarachidia clausula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 12.) 



Xanthoptera clausula, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 186 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 303. 



3 . Head and teguloo white slightly mixed with brown, the palpi 

 at tips and antennae brown ; thorax white tinged with yellow ; 

 pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the tarsi 

 brown ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally 

 whitish. Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the terminal half 

 red-brown thickly irrorated with white and defined on inner side 

 by a slightly incurved white line ; a slight white terminal line. 

 Hind wing Avhitish suffused with brown ; cilia whiter at tips ; the 

 underside brownish white, the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hub. U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co., Colorado desert, 1 <$ . Exp. 

 18 millim. 



6060. Tarachidia semiflava. (Plate CLXX. fig. 13.) 



Xanthoptera semiflava, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 241 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noefc, 

 N. Am. p. 3U3. 



Head and thorax deep yellow ; palpi white tinged with brown ; 

 antennae brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white irrorated with 

 brown. Pore wing with the basal half deep yellow bounded by an 

 oblique slightly sinuous black line from costa beyond middle to 

 inner margin before middle, the costal edge brownish ; the ter- 

 minal half red-brown thickly irrorated with grey. Hind wing 

 whitish irrorated and suffused with red-brown, rather darker on 

 terminal area ; the underside white irrorated with brown. 



Hob. U.S.A., Southern States (Doubleday, Grote), 5 rf , Texas, 

 Kerrville, 1 tf , Colorado, Golden (Oslar), 3 rf , 1 $ . Exp. 22-30 

 millim. 



6061. Tarachidia flavibasis. 



Tarachidia flavibasis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pi. 17. f. 3 (J). 

 Tarachidia holophcea, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pi. 17. f. 17 



3 . Head, tegulse, pectus, legs, and abdomen red-brown ; thorax 

 olive-yellow. Fore wing with the basal half olive-yellow with 

 oblique outer edge, the terminal half red-brown slightly irrorated 



Fig. 197. — Tarachidia flavibasis, $ ■ f. 



with greyish. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia whitish at tips. 

 Underside of both wings red-brown slightly tinged with grey. 



