1334 CATALOGUE OF 



the exterior border; discal areolet intersected by a slight forked 

 veinlet ; second inferior vein nearly thrice further from the third 

 than from the first. Female? — Body stout. Antennae minutely 

 serrated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending far 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, thickly pilose. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings much rounded at the tips, rather oblique 

 along the exterior border ; fork of the veinlet in the discal areolet 

 very short; second inferior vein rather more than twice further from 

 the third than from the first. 



1. Heliconisa impae. 



Mas. Fulva ; antennce thoracisque dorsum fusca ; alee basim 

 versus rarissime fulvo pilosm, costa fulva, anticce rnargine ex- 

 teriore ciliaque nigris apud venas testaceis, posticus rnargine 

 exterior e inter venas nigro, ciliis testaceis. 



Male. Tawny. Antennce and most part of the thorax brown. 

 Wings very slightly clothed with tawny hairs towards the base ; 

 costa and veins tawny. Fore wings with some black plumes across 

 the tip of the discal areolet ; costa black above towards the tip ; ex- 

 terior border and fringe black, with the exception of the spaces op- 

 posite the veins, which are testaceous. Hind wings with black spots 

 along the exterior border between the veins; fringe testaceous. 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a, b. Spirito Sancto, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Foam.? Ferruginea ; thorax nigro varius ; abdominis dorsum 

 nigrum ferrugineo fasciatum ; alee gutta discali nigra fasciis- 

 que duabus latis interruptis nigricantibus, fascia una discali, 

 altera marginali. 



Female? Ferruginous. Thorax partly blackish. Abdomen 

 above black, with a ferruginous band on the hind border of each 

 segment. Wings with a black mark at the tip of the discal areolet, 

 and with two bands of blackish streaks between the veins ; one 

 band discal, the other exterior ; discal mark on the hind wings en- 

 closed in a ferruginous spot. Length of the body 13 lines; of the 

 wings 3£ lines. 



a. Spirito Sancto, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



H. impar may be considered as the type of Heliconisa : the fol- 

 lowing species may constitute a new genus, as its characters are 

 somewhat different. 



