IIELICONIA. 39 



HELICONIA Fab. 



Palpi extending a little beyond the clypeus ; second article 

 much longer than the first; antennae filiform, gradually enlarging 

 towards the extremity. Wings oblong, narrow. Abdomen elon- 

 gate ; four walking feet in both sexes. 



1. H. charitonia Linn. Linn. Syst. Nat. II, 757. Figured in Cram. 



pi. 191. Boisd. et Lee. 140, pi. 41. Lucas' Hist. Nat. des Pap. 

 Exot. pi. 50. 



Wings black, with bands of citron yellow. The primaries have 

 three, of which the two outer are transverse and oblique ; the inner 

 one proceeds directly from the base to the middle, where it makes 

 an elbow to gain the posterior edge above the internal angle. 



The secondaries have two transverse bands, of which the upper 

 is the wider, straight and continuous ; the lower is curved, and 

 formed of spots of different sizes. The posterior edge, which is 

 slightly sinuate, has, towards the anal angle, a range of six or 

 seven small yellow points, and near the base there are one or two 

 points of carmine. 



The under side resembles the upper, except that the yellow 

 bands are paler; the primaries have the upper edge reddish at the 

 base ; the secondaries have four blood red points, disposed two by 

 two near the abdominal edge, and separated l)y the upper band ; 

 and, finally, the marginal points of these secondaries are whitish, 

 and extend to the summit. 



Body black, with yellow points on the head and thorax, and 

 lines of the same color on the sides of the breast and abdomen. 



Georgia and Florida. — Expands three inches and a half. 



Boisd.- 



2. H. diaphana Drury, (Westwood's Ed.) Figured iu Jardine's Nat. 



Libr. vol. IV, pi. 12, fig. 3. Drury, vol. II, pi. 7. 



Upper side: antennae black and very long; thorax and abdo- 

 men dark brown. 



Wings transparent, vitreous. Primaries with the anterior edges 

 bending inwards. A small narrow border of dark brown runs 

 entirely round the edges of these wings, and on the anterior edges 

 about a third from the tips, runs a dark brown streak towards the 

 middle of the wings, close to which is a small white spot, joining 



