The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . distributed in both the old and thenew world. It is usually of a pale clay-color, with tlie Sun-bird or Sun-grebe i,Helior»is/%tlica). Julica. Bonnaterre, 1700. PorJoa (IlHger, 1811)is the same, {h) A genus of biids, of the fam-ily/?Mr7/j;?/f//r/fr; the sim-bitterns. Also calledHelias. J. F. ^o/r, 1820.—2. Iiif«^om.,agenusof lepidopterous insects. Dalman^ 1820. Heliornitliidse (heli-or-uithi-de), ii. pi. [NL,, < Heliornis {-ornifh-) + ~ichc.~\ A family of bird
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . distributed in both the old and thenew world. It is usually of a pale clay-color, with tlie Sun-bird or Sun-grebe i,Helior»is/%tlica). Julica. Bonnaterre, 1700. PorJoa (IlHger, 1811)is the same, {h) A genus of biids, of the fam-ily/?Mr7/j;?/f//r/fr; the sim-bitterns. Also calledHelias. J. F. ^o/r, 1820.—2. Iiif«^om.,agenusof lepidopterous insects. Dalman^ 1820. Heliornitliidse (heli-or-uithi-de), ii. pi. [NL,, < Heliornis {-ornifh-) + ~ichc.~\ A family of birdsof uncertain position, typified by the genus IIc-liornis ; the sun-birds, sun-grebes, coot-grebes,or finfoots. They are characterized by pinniped or lo-bate feet like those of grebes or coots, a fan-shaped tail of18 feathers, plumage not aftershafted, and a long slim neckwith a small (heli-o-skop), ». [< Gr. ifMoGKoinoq^looking to the sun, < ri/to^, the sun, + oKoirdv,view.] A form of telescope fitted for viewingthe sun without pain or injury to the eyes, asan instrument made with colored glasses or. Heliothis armigera.*», b, egg, side and top views; c. caterpillar; d, chrysalis \\\ earthencocoon ; e,J, moth with wings expanded and closed. (All, except aand b, of natural size.) heliotropism fore wings variegated with pale-olive and dark-rufous, adark spot in the middle of the wing being especially con-spicuous. The larva, known as the boil-ivorw and com-2tor}n, is veiy variable in color, but is always marked withlongitudinal dark and light lines and covered with blacksetigerous spots. It is especially injurious to the fruit ofcotton, maize, and the tomato. //. marginata is knownas the bon/rr-d (heU-o-trop), ?/. [Also heliotropion,q. V.; = F. heliotrope = 8p. Pg. heliotropio =r < L. heliotropium, < Gr. TfAtorpdmov, asun-dial, also a plant, the heliotrope, turnsol(in this sense also fY/joTpono^, and so called be-
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