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purple. Hiad wing deep blood-red, with traces of a paler band 

 near base ; cilia pale. Underside deep blood-red, with the costal 

 edge and cilia purple ; hind wing with a faint pale band near base. 

 Hah. U.S.A., S. California, Yosemite (Godman) in Coll. Elwes. 

 E.vp. 17 millim. 



10. Heliothis scissa. (Plate LY. fig. 5.) 



Lygranthxcia scissa, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xTiii. p. 415 (1876) 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 285. 



S . Head black with some grey hair ; antennae and thorax 

 - rufous mixed with black ; abdomen black with whitish segmental 

 lines, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface with grey and 

 vinous hair. Fore wing blackish overlaid with rufous hair ; an 

 oblique whitish triangular mark from middle of costa to vein 2 ; 

 the reniform small, oblique, black with some white hair on it ; the 

 postmedial line indistinct, escurved from costa to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; terminal area tinged with grey. Hind wing black, with 

 large yellow patch, in, beyond, and below the cell, terminating in a 

 point on vein 1, its outer edge produced to a point in discal fold 

 and with a large oblique black discoidal spot on it. Underside of 

 fore wing with broad yellow medial band, not quite reaching costa, 

 constricted below the cell and with the black reniform spot on it ; 

 hind wing with the costal and apical areas suffused with red, the 

 yellow band reaching inner margin. 



Hah. U.S.A., Florida, 1 S type. Exjy. 22 millim. 



*11. Heliothis graefiaiia. (Plate LIX. fig, 4.) 



Melicleptria grcefiana, Tepper, Trans. Am. Eat. Soc. x. p. 245 (1883)- 

 Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 288. 



5 . Fore wing rather pale vinous red ; an obliquely curved 

 yellow antemedial line, orbicular and reniform large, defined by the 

 ante- and postmedial lines and by yellow between and below them ; 

 postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, its 

 inner side produced to a point in discal fold ; termen pale grey. 

 Hind Aving yellow, with the margins black ; a large black discoidal 

 spot. 



Hah. U.S.A., S. California. Exp. 22 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me ; figured from Prof. Smith's figure. 



*12. Heliothis chansyi. 



Anthmcia chanzyi, Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 51, pi. 2. if. 4 a, b (1876) ; Stand. 

 Cat. Lep. pal. p. 221. 



S . Head and thorax pale tinged with vinous red ; abdomen 

 blackish, with ochreous segmental bands. Fore wing vinous red, 

 with broad oblique pale ochreous medial band, its outer edge slightly 

 excurved from costa to submedian fold, where it is somewhat angled 

 inwards ; terminal area pinkish white, with the veins rather darker. 

 Hind wing dull black, with obscure ochreous medial band ; cilia 



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