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Si/i/op.sis of the SpiriiK. 



Of largo size, two wbitisb-yellow baiuls iieiuly i.R-.-(in{,' in th.i middle of (he foic wing....//, hifiilata. 



Like infulala, but witb only two metallic lines, and witb tbe y.lU.Nvi.sh hands united //. dalwriila. 



Smaller tban tbo otber two, witb two-thirds of the hind wings white, two marginal blue 



'"«'''"'«""<''' t U.cuclmiala. 



Heliomata infulata Grote. Plate 9, fig. 2(J. 



lUiplria infulata Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Tbila., ii, G7, pi. 3,llg. 4, £, 1863. 

 Eratdna infulata Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. Pbila., iii, .'■)4-2, 1HG4. 

 HiTwmata infulata Grote, Proc. ?;nt. Soc. Pbihi., vi, 30, ISGfi. 



1 (? iiiid 1 9. — l^hick-hrown ; fore wings l)lackish-bro\vn, with hvo 

 broad yellowish-white hiuuU, one extending from the outer third of thecosta 

 to the middle of the wing, ending in the second median vennle; the other 

 extending from the middle of the inner edge of the; wing to the base of the 

 first and second median vennles. Just beyond is a submarginal, metallic, 

 blue, broad line much farther from the outer edge of the wing than in 

 H. cydaduta. A similai" marginal blue line. The band on the hind Avings is 

 continuous with the hinder band of the fore wings, but wider," though only 

 half as wide as in //. ci/dadata. Beneath much as above, with tlie costa 

 more or less pale ; fringe dark. 



Length of body, — ?; of fore wing, <?, 0.50; 9, 0.45; expanse of wings, 

 0.90-1.00 inch. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. (Graef); Northern Virginia (Grote). 



Heeiom-vta elaborata Grote. 



Baptria elaborala Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., ii, fir, pi. 3, fig. :>, $, 18G3. 

 Erateina elaborala Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbila., iii, .542, 18G4. 

 Heliomala elaborala Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbila., vi, 30, ISGG. 



"Anterior wings blackish at tiie base, and terminal space witii a broad 

 yellow band traversing the median space of the wing, interrupted at the 

 center and contracting as it reaches the internal margin. Posterior wings 

 with the basal lialf yellow, showing a few powdered black atoms at 

 extreme base and with the terminal margin entirely black. There is a faint 

 terminal metallic line, and a black line runs through the yellow median bands. 

 Under side resembling the upper, with the legs and under surface of body 

 powdered witli yellow atoms. 



A male expands § inch. Collection of Entomological Society of Phila- 

 delphia. Hal). — Virginia. 



Resembles B. infulata, bnt is, I think, distinct. There is JMit a single 

 metallic lint;, and the dis[)osition of the yellow median bands is different." 



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