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minent, and the front terminates in a wide-lipped 

 protuberance. I have very fully discussed the 

 genus and allied forms in the ' Canadian Entomo- 

 logist,' xi. pp. 231-23S. The present species is from 

 Arizona. The genus is numerous in kinds ; eight 

 are known to me, mostly from the Southern 

 States. The genus is named after my friend, the 

 Entomologist, Henry S. Sprague, of Buffalo, ^\Y. 



Spragueia Funeralis, Grote, ' Papilio,' i. p. 158. 



31. Adonisea Pulchi'ipennis. 



This brilliantly coloured Californian species differs 

 from the other Heliothid forms by the constricted 

 eyes ; the fore tibite with a longer inner and two 

 outer claws ; the middle and hind tibiae spinose. 

 The fore wings are stained with brilliant reddish 

 purple with blue-shaded median lines. A rariety 

 has been described by Mr. H. Edwards, in which 

 the wings are blackish. 



Adonisea PidcJwipennis, Grote, Bull. Buff. S. X. Sci. ii. p. 220. 



32. HeUosea Pictipennis. 



This slender Californian species has a single inner 

 claw to the fore tibire. The fore wings are pale 

 clay-colonr, with two vinous lines, the inner arcuate, 

 the outer subsinnate. Costa and fringes vinous 

 purple. 



HeUosea Pictipennis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. X. S. ii. p. 220. 



33. Rhododipsa Volnpia. 



In Hlwdophora Florida, Gnen., the fore tibiae are 



