2-40 J. B. SMITH. 



It is impossible to refer this with any degree of certainty, so I leave 

 matters as they are until some accident turns up another specimen. 



Ill I lot' II \ N V. Grt. 

 Buf. Bui. II, 220. 



Eyes naked, small, ovate ; front full, head small ; palpi short, tongue 

 moderate ; body stout ; vestiture hairy, divergent ; abdomen conic ; 

 primaries broad and rather short ; apical margin slightly produced ; 

 tibiae spinose ; anterior short, broad, with two equal terminal claws, and 

 two shorter claws on outer side. Differs from Melicliptria only in the 

 stouter body, rather broader wings, and the form of anterior tibia and its 

 armature. It is with some hesitation that I separate it, but it is readily 

 recognized, and does not conflict with that genus as defined. 



The species are distinguished as follows : 



Primaries wide, clay yellow, with slightly darker transverse shades; secondaries 



smoky brown mil i*. 



Primaries vinous red; secondaries black bina. 



H. mitis, Grt., Buf. Bui. I, 116, PI. Ill, fig. 7 (Melicliptria) ; Buf. Bui. II, p. 



220 (Heliophana). 



The type of the genus and readily recognized by the form of anterior 

 tibia, PI. VII, fig. 41, and the pale, almost unicolored primaries. Ex- 

 pands | inch, 20 millim. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



H. bina, Guen., Noct. 2, 186; Grt. Buf. Bui. II, p. 34 {Melicliptria); New 

 Check List (Li/granthoecia). 



I am doubtful of the correctness of this reference. The only speci- 

 men I have seen lacks the anterior legs, so that I am not quite sure it 

 belongs here; it was, however, placed in Li/granthoecia by Mr. Grote, 

 so I assume the anterior tibia bear at least some resemblance to that 

 genus, from which this insect differs by the ovate eyes and hairy vesti- 

 ture. Readily recognized by the contrasted wings, the primaries being- 

 uniform vinous red, the secondaries are black. Expands f inch, 20 

 millim. 



Habitat. — Nebraska. 



Guenee's description is as follows : 



Anthoecia bina, Guen., Noct. 2,186, 23 millim; primaries above variagated 

 with red, brown and yellowish olive, the last color is found principally in the 

 terminal space, the first at base and middle; two white points on costa indicate 

 principally in the J the median lines which are very indistinct; secondaries 

 black, base yellow and two spots of same color on disc, and fringes yellow: be- 

 neath varied with black, pale yellow and red brown; the subterminal band of 

 secondaries is entire. 



The 9 ' s darker and more reddish than the % . Am. Sept. coll. Bdv. 



