HELIOXONCHE. HELIOPHANA. 



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ochreous hair at base of inner margin ; a dull ochreousmark in end 

 of cell ; an obliquely curved dull ochreous band from below apex to 

 vein 1 before middle, with blackish edges and attenuate at extremi- 

 ties ; cilia ochreous white, blackish at base. Hind wing black-brown, 



Fig. 5. — Hdiolonche moclicella, c?. \. 



the cilia greyish ochreous, with their bases black ; the underside 

 with the apical area grey. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Oregon, The Dales {WalsingJiam), 2 J, 

 California, 1 (5,45, Grote and Zeller Colls., type. ^.i?p. 22 millim. 



Genus HELIOPHANA. 



HeliopJiana, Grote, Bull. Buif'. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. 220 (1875) 



Type. 



mitis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique to just beyond frons, fringed with 

 hair below ; frons with rounded prominence, with curved corneous plate below 

 it; eyes small, reniform; antenna; of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed 

 with rough hair; fore tibiiE short and broad, with two curved claws on inner 

 side and three claws and spines on outer ; mid and hind tibia; spined. Fore 

 wing rather narrow, the apex produced and the termen oblique ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 

 8 to form the short areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



A. Hind wing with the base and two discal spots yellow ... bina. 



B. Hind wing with white medial band amaryUis. 



C. Hind wing immaculate onitis. 



*5. Heliophana bina. 



Anthcecia bina, Guen. Koct. ii. p. 186 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 290. 



' J . Fore wing vinous red, variegated with brown and olive-yellow, 

 the latter principally on terminal area, the former on basal and 

 medial areas ; ante- and postmedial lines very indistinct, Avith more 

 prominent white points on costa. Hind wing black, the base and 

 two discal spots yellow ; cilia yellow. Underside black, pale yellow, 

 and red-brown, the subtermiual band of hind wing entire. 



5 darker and redder. 



Hah. U.S.A., New York, Nebraska. E^y. 23 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me. 



