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abdomen smooth and slender ; fore minors narrow, imicli 

 rounded at the apex ; hind wings short, the liind margin 

 somewiiat squared. 



We have but one species. 



1. H. auroraria, f!ii. muricata, Stand. Cat. — Expanse 

 4 mch. Dull crimson, or purple-crimson, fore wings clouded, 

 and hind wings spotted, with yellow ; cilia broadly yellow. 



Antennae of the male rather short, not pectinated, but set 

 with double rows of fine bristles, shining white ; palpi 

 minute, black-brown ; eyes black ; face convex, purple-brown ; 

 top of the head white ; front portion of the thorax deep 

 purple, hinder part yellow; abdomen small and slender, 

 smooth, dull purple, the segments very narrowly edged with 

 yellow ; anal tuft compressed, yellow. Fore wings rather 

 ovate ; costa gently arched at the base and toward the tip, 

 the middle portion straight ; apex decidedly rounded ; hind 

 margin also rounded ; dorsal margin a little filled out and 

 strongly ciliated; colour crimson-purple, or dull crimson, 

 usually with a large cloudy yellow patch from the base, 

 occupying the dorsal half of the wing to the middle, and 

 there expanding broadly toward the costa, sometimes divided 

 by a curved " first line " of the ground colour, and again by 

 a longitudinal dash of the same, into three portions, bounded 

 outwardly by the second line, which is purple-black and 

 sinuous ; a diffused shade of purple-black atoms runs along 

 the subcostal nervure ; hind margin and cilia broadly rich 

 deep yellow. Hind wings short and small, almost rounded 

 behind, but having an indication of a very blunt angle in the 

 middle of the hind margin ; dull crimson with a yellow 

 central spot surrounded by fainter yellow clouding ; beyond 

 this in the crimson area is a faint ill-defined blackish- 

 purple stripe; hind margin and cilia broadly rich yellow. 

 Female very similar, rather more purple ; antennto devoid of 

 the bristles. 



Undersides of all the wings similar to the upper except 



