54 . LI0PTILF8. 



Lioptilus helianthi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate III. Fig. U.) 



Capite albido ; antennis albldis hrunneo supra punc- 

 tatis ; palpis hrunneis. 



Alls anticis lacteis, apud cosfam hrunneo atomosis, 

 punctis duobus utrinque apudbasim JissurcB brun- 

 neis liturce costali brunnece subjacentibus, ciliis 

 apicalibus brunneis apud angulum analem cine- 

 reis ; posticis dilutissime cinereis, ciliis cinereis. 



Abdomine et tibiis lacteis. 



Head and thorax white ; palpi brownish ; antennae 

 white, dotted on their npperside with brown. 



Fore wings rather creamy white, dusted along the 

 costal margin with brown scales ; a brown spot 

 before the base of the fissure and slightly beneath 

 it ; a second brown spot above the base of the 

 fissure, and above this a bro^vn shade on the 

 costa. The apex of each lobe is dusted with 

 brown scales, and there is a faint indication of 

 two or three brown spots in the margin of the 

 anterior lobe — one at the extreme apex, one, 

 very small, on the costa, and one, rather nearer to 

 the apex, on the apical margin. The cilia are 

 brown, except within the fissure, where they are 

 whitish, and about the undefined anal angle, 

 where they are pale cinereous. 



The hind wings are very pale cinereous ; the fringes 



