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Fore winffs produced at apices, with straight or slightly deprfHwed coHtu; 

 fore tibiae with two outer subetjual stout, ratlier short claws, and a longer 

 inner terminal one; eyes full; tibiae spinose ; for<i wings witli satiny white 

 median space, defined by the median lines. . .Eilloiicyptora ciiniatili.s Orote. 



Fore wings produced at apices, with straight or slightly depressed costa ; 

 fore tibiae with a row of three stout outer and a longer inner terminal claw ; 

 eyes full ; tibiae spinose ; fore wings white, not satiny, with brown and greenish 

 shadings, and the usual lines and spots, somewhat like tlif ornanientation of 

 Tarache Tamila; with three species, nuiulina, 3Icadi, and tcrtia. 



2. Fore wings with depressed costa and produced apices, purple with an 

 oblique central ocher shade ; hind wings black ; eyes constricted ; fore tibiae 

 with a longer inner terminal claw, double at base, and a single shorter outer 



claw ; middle and hind tibiae spinose ; size small ; very hirsute 



llclioloiu-lie modicella Qrote. 



Differs from the preceding in the fuller eyes. The fore tibiae have two 

 long subequal inner claws, and a series of three outer clawa or stout spines. 



Fore wings ocher, with oblique shades ; hind wings black 



Heliopliana mitis Grote. 



Differs from the preceding by the fore wings being more widened outwardly, 

 and by the inner claw to the fore tibiae being single. Fore wings pale clay 

 color with two vinous purple lines, the inner arcuate, the outer sub-sinuate. 

 Basal and terminal spaces somewhat olivaceous, as is the thorax and head. 

 Costa shaded with vinous purple as are the fringes. Hind wings black with 

 a broad white band. Abdomen black, pale at tip. Beneath pale with blackish 

 shades at the base and before internal angles of the wings. Expanse, 14 mm.; 

 California Heliosea pictipennis n. s. 



Differs from the preceding by the wider fore wings, in shape more like the 

 succeeding genus. Eyes constricted. Fore .tibiae with a longer inner and 

 two outer claws. Middle and hind tibiae spinose. Primaries stained with 



brilliant purple with blue shaded median lines 



Adonisea puloliripennis Grote. 



The eyes are full. The fore wings of the usual shape crossed by two more 

 or less evident median lines. The fore tibiae have a series of three outer 

 claws or spines, a single inner longer terminal claw, succeeded by a row of 

 slender spines. The species are numerous, and I refer them all to Lygraii- 

 tlioecia G. d- R. They are bina, lynx, brevis, atrites, areifera, Sprag'uei, 

 Packard!, mortua, jaguariiia, margiiiata, Thoreaui, saturata. 



The eyes constricted. The fore tibiae without claws, but with terminal 



spines. Wings wide ; hind wings without maculation 



Melaporpliyria immortua Grote. 



The reyiaining species in my List are left under Melicleptria, and tempo- 

 rarily regarded as congeneric with the European M. eardiii. The material at 

 my present disposal is insufHcient to determine the matter. The species are 

 Western. One [tuhcrculum.) I do not know at all; of another {cclcrin), I have 



