698 NocTtriD^. 



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

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

 white, the termen suffused with brown ; cilia brownish at base, 

 white at tips ; the underside uniform ochreous white. 



Hub. Paeagijat {Reeve), type t d in Coll. Druce. Ex}:). 18 millim. 



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



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



(S . 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. Fore 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 line 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. 

 • Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Roswell (CocJcerell), 1 cJ , Arizona. 

 B.V2). 22 millim. 



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



Acontia alata, Stoitb, J. K.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 210 (1905). 



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

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

 with slight brownish rings ; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally 

 white. Fore 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 diff'used 

 ochreous brown line near base ; the underside ochreous white. 



Bab. U.S.A., Arizona, Baboquavaria Mts. (Folhig), 1 d' j 1 $ co- 

 type. Exj). 20 millim. 



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



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



(^ , Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish red ; palpi yellowish 

 M'hite tinged with fuscous on outer side ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

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

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

 one-third of inner margin ; a broad medial jellovv'ish-white band, 



