484 



BYNToMin.^-:. 



♦1(K)1>. Heliura thysbe. 



Acridirjms fhi;s}>r, Miisclil. Verli. zool.-bot. Gcs. Wieii, xwii. p. (d;?, pi. H, 

 f. 14; Kirhy, Cat. H»'t. p. \{\b. 



d . Head, tluuax, and alxlomen fuscous Itrown ; vertex of head 

 and lips of j)ata;.'ia white ; ahdomen witli crimson dorsal patelu's on 

 hist three se^^nients with })lack spt)t8 on them. Fore winj; white ; 

 three anteme(Hal hhick 8])0t.s ; two medial spots heh)W costa and two 

 above inner mar^'in ; n bar-shaped discoidal spot with a streak on 

 costa above it and two spots beyond it ; three spots in base of inter- 

 spaces ])ctween veins "2 and '», with two spots Ixdow tliein above inner 

 marjiin ; a band Inini eosta before aj>ex to vein ') an<l 8i)ot below 

 vein ') ; a pate)» on ternu-n from ajiex to vein '> ; two larp:e sjiota 

 between veins )'> and '), and two small spots towards tornus. Hind 

 wini; with the )>a<al half w hitr. the veins and terminal half blackish. 



llttt'. SiuiNAM. 'lype + in Coll Staudinirer. Ea'^. 'M millim. 



In7u. Heliura pierus. 



Sphinx pirru», Stoll, Pnp. Kxot. iv. j 1. ['AV, . K ^IT'*!). Kirhv, Cut. Hot. 



p. 2()U. 

 Acridopais htci.s, Uutl. Tran.«. Enl. Soc. 1S78, p. 4'); Kirby. Cat. Hot. 



p. Hi/). 



9 . Head and thorax olive-^ney spotted with fuscous ; back of 

 head with two crimson spots ; coxie crimson ; abdomen fuscous 

 black, with traces of crimson lines betwej'U some of the segments. 

 Fore w inj; );reyish, suffused with olive-yellow towards base ; some 

 black slrt aks at base, the one above inner margin curved and reach- 

 ing middleof wing ; a round spot in cell, with streak on costa above 

 it ; a l>ar across end of cell and three irregular sp(jts l)etween it and 

 inner margin ; u series of spots just beyond the cell, the two between 

 veins \\ and T) elonj;ale ; n sul>terminal maculate band from costa to 

 vein ') ; a terminal series of spots. Hind wing fuscous black, with 

 a hyaline patch in and below the cell. 



U(i}>. Amazons. K. Jutahi (Trail), 1$, type Iiirw. K^^p. 34 

 millim. 



lu« 1. Heliura sauguipalpia, n. sj). 



/ 



c<. Head and thorax black; 

 palpi and a patch between an- 

 teniup crimson ; frons white 

 below; meso- and metathorax 

 with paired crim.'-on points; coxae 

 w^hite; abdomen black, the anal 

 tufts crimson below, the ventral 

 surface white; wings hyaline, 

 |. the veins and margins narrowly 

 black; the terminal band ex- 

 panding widely towards apex of each wing. 



Bal>. Bi.AZiL, Blumenau, 1 cf type. J'^jk 20 millim. 



Fig. 268. — Heliura sanffuipalpia, (^ 



