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HELIODINIDAE 



Heliodines ciccella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi golden yellow with dusky tip. Face and head dark purplish 

 brown. Antennae brown. Collar yellowish. Thorax dark lead color. Fore- 

 wings light golden reddish ochreous; six nearly equidistant metallic, silvery blue 

 costal spots; the first at extreme base, all edged basally with black; the middle 

 pair connected or nearly so with black scales on their lower edge ; the outer 

 pair likewise connected by a line of black and sometimes with the metallic 

 color partly fused; five very uneven metallic dorsal spots; the first narrow 

 along basal fifth of dorsum, narrowly edged above with black; the second 

 small, round, edged basally with black and with a few black scales on its outer 

 side; the third and largest elongate, occupies the middle of dorsum and is edged 

 with black basally; the fourth at base of cilia similar to but a little larger than 

 the second and also edged with black basally; the fifth a narrow silvery line 

 along terman edged above with black; on the middle of the cell is a narrow 

 longitudinal silvery spot, enlarged upward basally and sometimes connected 

 with the third costal spot. Cilia dark greenish fuscous. Hindwings blackish 

 brown with a purple sheen. Cilia blackish fuscous. Abdomen and legs dark 

 purplish brown. 



Alar expanse: 16-17 mm. 



Habitat: Palmerlee, Arizona. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Rarues ; cotvpes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No 22675). 



