TARACHE. By Dr. M. Dratidt. 
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T. abdominalis Grt. (54 cl) lias a brown body with fine white ringlets on abdomen. Forewings white, abdominalis. 
reddish brown in outer area, toned with olive. Costal area dusted with olive-brown, a brown streak in place 
of antemedian. Orbicular stigma a black dot, with white cuneiform mark posterior to centre, from which the 
silvery blue spotted anterior line arises. Small black sagittate marks before the white subterminal line. Hind- 
wings brown. In $ the antemedian streak is connected as a wide band to the brown area. Hindwings still darker. 
Kansas, Texas, Colorado. — ab. luta Strd. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) is a form with reduced dark markings in basal luta. 
area. — ab. mala Strd. (= ab. 2. Hmps.) on the other hand is a $ form with basal area completely suffused mala. 
with brown. 
T. flavipennis Grt. (54 d). Larger on the average than the preceding very similar species. Forewings flavipennis. 
more coppery brown with silvery grey sheen. The white is very restricted and limited to a basal inner marginal 
streak, a quadrate white costal spot in centre and a small triangular spot behind it. Other markings as in ab¬ 
dominalis. Hindwings dark brown with yellowish spot in disc. From Oregon and California. — ab. discolutea discolutea. 
Strd. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) has a much larger yellow discal spot on hindwings that extends to inner marginal nervure. 
- ab. delutea Strd. (= ab. 2. Hmps.) is a $ form with plain brown hindwings or with scarcely any yellow in disc, delutea. 
T. arida Sm. (54 e). The white forewings have an olive-yellow tone in disc, marked with grey at base arida. 
with grey costal spot before centre. Outer area grey admixed with olive, no orbicular stigma, small grey reni- 
form stigma and white quadrate costal spot behind centre. In $ this is conjoined with the white basal area, 
but not in $. Forewings peppered with blue-white subterminally, the yellow-white subterminal line is spotted 
with brown inwardly. Hindwings fulvous, darker at margin, in § quite brown. Arizona. 
T. micropis Drc. (54 e). Forewings silvery white, olive-brown in marginal half and grey in the same micro pis. 
style as in aprica , but extending much further towards base on inner margin. Otherwise markings as in the 
latter and with similar ocelli-like silvery blue centred spot below cell. Hindwings pure white, brownish at apex. 
Brazil (Castro, Parana). 
T. semiatra Sm. (54 e). Forewings ochreous yellow in basal half, black and grey outwardly, peppered semiatra. 
with white. Posterior transverse line with yellow-white outer edge, expanding to a large patch at anal angle. 
Reniform stigma with indistinct white circumscription and with black centre in lower half. Subterminal line 
diffuse and with white scales. Hindwings ochreous brownish. Arizona. 
T. apela Drc. (= $ philomela Drc.) (54 e). A smaller species with olive-yellow forewings, spotted black- apela. 
brown in postmedian with costal spot before centre. Orbicular punctiform and reniform stigma elliptical. The 
$ is peppered densely with olive-blackish on yellow-white ground with a large yellow-white costal spot in centre 
that encloses the two stigmata and with a smaller triangular spot behind it. Fringes intersected by white in 
centre and below the apex. Hindwings grey-brown, much darker in §. Mexico (Guerrero, Presidio). 
T. destricta sp. n. (54 e) is very similar to the preceding, more pale brownish chocolate in basal area destricta. 
than olive-yellow. The large dark antemedian spot on costa is almost completely absent and in place a costal 
spot thrusts itself between the stigmata, extending obliquely almost to reniform stigma and then forming a 
deep black edge to the inner contour of the dark marginal area. Marginal area itself is more uniformly reddish 
olive-brown without the scattered yellow mottling of the preceding species. Hindwings pale grey. The $ is 
much darker than that of apela , the pale costal spot is quite absent, a dark costal spot extends between the 
stigmata. Hindwings paler than in apela. Mexico (Tehuacan). 
T. ardoris Hbn. ( = duenna Schs.) (54 f). In $ sex this species resembles micropis , forewings yellowish ardoris. 
white with double grey transverse lines in basal area, outwardly mauve admixed with fuscous, inwardly olive- 
green. A pale patch between the stigmata, the eyespot beneath is missing. The faint whitish subterminal line 
is spotted inwardly with brown and barely expands at anal angle. Hindwings yellow-white, darker at margin. 
The $ is only narrowly white at base, otherwise quite mauve-grev with large half elliptical costal spot, being 
somewhat hollowed out before the reniform stigma and with black costal streak in centre. Hindwings darker 
ochreous. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine. 
T. morides Schs. (54 f) also resembles micropis, the dark marginal area extending to before the ante- morides. 
median, the olive-green oblique spot before centre is conjoined to it. Reniform stigma invisible, subapical mar¬ 
ginal area quite white, anteriorly fuscous mixed with olive-green. Hindwings yellowish white, darker yellow 
at margin. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine. 
T. ochrochroa Drc. (54 f) is a small ochre-yellow species. Transverse lines form wide pale brown costal ochrochroa. 
bands, the dark inner and postmedian areas olive-brown, dusted with grey. Posterior transverse line with 
blue-white edges, otherwise similarly marked to the preceding species. Hindwings ochreous yellowish. Argentine. 
T. acerba H. Edw. (54 f) differs considerably from all preceding species. Forewings black-brown, suf- acerba. 
fused with leaden grey, peppered with pale grey in costal and anal areas. Reniform stigma small, elliptical 
