June, 1898.] 
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as thorax ; same general shadings as in O convexipennis Grote, but darker ; a long 
I 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. nov. 
Head and thorax light olive green. Abdomen brownish. Primaries light olive 
gieen ; 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 
P , 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 tibia?, 
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 tnd body beneath, orange yellow. Thorax orange, the patagia? 
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 smoky 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 
