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HELEONA FENESTRATA. 



PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 



Guerin, — Swainson^s Zool. Must., pi. ] 16. 



This and the following genus belong to the family 

 of the Anthroceridae, of which many small and 

 finely coloured species are known as occurring both 

 in this country and on the continent. Several of 

 these we have already characterised, and shall pro- 

 ceed to describe the only exotic examples which we 

 can here afford space to introduce. 



Heleona is characterised by Mr. Swainson as 

 having the anterior wings papilioniform, that is, 

 with the exterior margin as long as the posterior, 

 or even longer ; the hind wing lengthened perpen- 

 dicularly, but short and rounded ; the antennae pec- 

 tinate in both sexes. The typical species is the 

 Phal. militaris (Cramer, i. pi. 29 B. ; Roesel, Ins. 

 Belust., vol. iv. p. 6. fig. 3; Donovan, Ins. of 

 China, pi. 43), an elegant insect found in several 

 parts of Eastern Asia. It expands nearly four 

 inches ; the upper wings with the inner half yel- 

 low, spotted with violet-blue, the apical half blue 

 spotted with white; the hind wings yellow, with 



