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In'fore it; a terminal series of small black Bpota except towards 

 tornas, with some grey before them at middle; cilia olive-brown 

 and grey with white patches below apex and at middle, the tips 

 with white mi.\ed except towards apex. Hind wing creamy white. 



Ilnl<. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca lite., 1 6 co-type. A'-,,. 

 millim. 



60G5. Conacontia flavicosta. 



acontia flavicosta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Sue. xxvii. p. ")8 (1900); 

 Dy&r, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 213. 



cJ . Head and thorax purplish grey-brown, the hack of head and 

 nlaj at base white; palpi white except at tips; pectus and I 

 white, the fore and mid tibiae and tarsi tinged with red-brown : 

 abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown, the anal tuft ocl i 

 Fore wing with the costal half except on terminal area white til 

 with yellow extending to just below the cell and with its lower 

 edge sinuous, the inner half and most of terminal area sil 

 parple-grey mixed with red-hrov n ; antemedial line indistinct, 

 blackish, erect on the dark area, sometimes indicated also at cot 



Fig. 199. — Conacontia flavicosta, $ . \. 



a slight spur from the dark area in lower extremity of cell : a w • 

 shaped yellowish white postmedial patch from cost a. ; 

 completely defined on inner side by an oblique dark strig 

 costa to tho dark area beyond the cell, the minutely dentate • 

 or less interrupted black postmedial line arising from its apex 

 strongly incurved below vein 4; subtermina] line ; h white 



defined on inner side by a slight black mark below vein 7. 

 below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards and formii 

 diffused patch; a terminal series of black points except t>>v. 

 fcornus ; cilia leaden grey and brown int. : with whit 



apes and with some white at base at middle. Hind wing wh 

 Suffused with brown, rather darker towards term bite 



with a brown line at base ; the underside uniform 



This may he an aberration of ft angu$tipm\ 



Bab. U.S.A., Montana, Black Bills, Colored . Dura 



(Oslar), 2 cf, New Mexico, Hut Springs. Exp. 32 millim. 



