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as thorax ; same general shadings as in C, convexipennis Grote, but daiker ; a lorg 

 basal streak below the median vein ; another dark streak starting on the median vein 

 at a third from the base and continuing along vein 5 to nearly the outer margin. Sec- 

 ondaries sordid white at the base, the outer margin broadly dark brown. Expanse, 

 45 mm. 



Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico. This species bears a similarity to C. 

 convexipennis Grote, but the color is quite different. 



Chloridea distincta, sp. now 



Head and thorax light olive green. Abdomen brownish. Primaries light olive 

 green ; a brown line inwardly shaded with paler green from close to the apex on the 

 costal margin to nearly the middle of the inner margin. Secondaries brown in the 

 9 , the fringe white. Secondaries in the $ white with a broad brown margin. Un- 

 derneath primaries brown, with the costa, apex and outer margin gray. Secondaries 

 grayish with a large brown space at anal angle ; a postmedial dark line and discal 

 spot. A discal spot also on underside of primaries. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat : Sao Paulo, S. E. Brazil. 



Acontia obscura, sp. nov. 



Head, collar, thorax below, and abdomen of the $ ventrally, also the tibire, 

 bright orange : tarsi black ; the hind tibiae black at points. Abdomen and thorax 

 dorsally dark greenish black. Primaries dark greenish black. Secondaries bluish 

 black. Expanse, 36 mm. 



Habitat : Guadalajara. Mexico. 



Acontia trilinea, sp. nov. 



Head, collar snd body beneath, orange yellow. Thorax orange, the patagire 

 bordered with greenish black ; abdomen dorsally black. Primaries olive green ; the 

 costal vein broadly yellow to nearly the apex ; the median vein narrowly yellow, this 

 color extending for a short distance on veins 3 and 4 ; the submedian vein broadly 

 yellow. Secondaries bluish black. Expanse, 34 mm. 



Habitat: Jalapa, Mexico. Possibly an extreme form of A. ob- 

 scura Schs. 



Tarache pyralidia, sp. nov. 



Head and collar light rufous. Thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown. 

 Primaries gray shaded with dark brown on the basal third ; the outer margin broadly 

 light rufous, inwardly shaded with brown ; the fringe brownish. Secondaries whitish, 

 faintly smcky along the outer margin. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Habitat : Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Tarache axendra, sp. nov. 



Head and collar dark olivaceous green. Thorax black. Abdomen brown. 

 Primaries dark olivaceous brown ; traces of antemedial and postmedial black lines, 

 beyond the latter clusters of steel gray scales extending toward the apex ; similar 



