i>i/ilo/>sis of ///<■ Sprclf's. 



Lars.-, whitish siay II. h.o.naia. 



Milch sMiallii-. Willi a lUcidcd ixhnoiis tiii'jc //. trignlfula. 



llETEKoniELPS ii.\ . viciATA 11. s]». Plate 9, fii,^ 27. 



1 c? and l 9. — Ncarlv Iwirc as lari^*' as H. tr'ignttiild, l)iit uilli the 

 \viii^s of similar shape, and with similar markiM<;s. J'odv ami wiiiirs dull, 

 nearly whilr instead of oelireoiis, while //. trigiiftdtd has a shiniiiir lustre. 

 Fore \viiio;s with three larjri; costal patches, the inner the lar<ier. From the 

 tiiird and smaller one runs a sli^dit line curved outward in tiie middle ol'tiie 

 wini,^ ( )n the hind wino, the eorrespondiiiif line is narrow, verv tiiintl}' 

 indicated, and Itent at nearly rii^lit anirles in the middle of the wiiiir. No 

 discal d()t.s al)ove; helow they are widl marUed on both winiis, those on the 

 fore wings being sublinear. Deneath, the wings, boiiy, and legs are tinged 

 decidedly with och icons. 



Length of l)ody, S, O.oO, ?, O'lO: of fore wing, c?, 0.67. 9,0.G0"; 

 expanse of wings, 1.42 inches. 



Ithaca, N. Y. (Smith and (Joinstock) : Middh; States (Glover); New 

 York (Harvey); "St. Martin's Falls, Hudson's Bay Terr." (Walker). 



This large sjiccies would not at first sight be thought to be a Hetero- 

 pli(l])s, but it really agrees very closely in its structure and markings, only 

 differing in the much larger size and whitish tint from //. triguflata. 



Walker's Heterophelps atrosiguafd does not belong to this irenus. 



Hetekophelps triguttata Herricli-S(diaet!'er. Plate 9, tig. 28. 



Belci-oplwlp-H triijiitturia H.-.Sch., Ausseiviif. Schiii., (i-2, ))1. 11, ti;;. 'iOi, lsr)0-r>f;. 

 GiK'ii.,PhaI.,ii,514, 1S57. 

 Walk., List. Le|). Hot. Br. Mus., xxv, 1 l.W, 18GU. 



G c? and (! 9. — I nitormly pale oclir.eous; hind wings coneolortMis with 

 the anterior pair. Fore winys with three blackish, conspicuous, costal spots 

 (rarely sending as many laint lines across the wing). The basal spot i.s 

 square, the middle one larger, snbtriangular. situated near the outer third of 

 the. costa. The third spot is usually much smaller than tln^ two others and 

 situated rather nearer the apex than the middle spot. (Jlteii a very sinuous 

 (not wavy) row of minute l)lack dots extends across the wing from the middle 

 spot. No other markings; no marginal black Wnv, w^i 'n\ H. ha rve lata. No 

 discal dots Beneath, no markings, except two minute co.stal ."Jjwt.s. 



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