DEIOPEIA.—MANOLENEURA. 135 
mus. D.); Cotompia ; Ecuapor, Sarayacu; GaLapacos Isuanps2; British Guiana, De- 
merara, Roraima; Soutu-East Braziu?, Rio Janeiro; ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Tucuman ; 
CHILI. 
This species has an uninterrupted range from the southern part of North America to 
the Argentine Republic. Ihave had many hundreds of specimens of this very common 
insect in my possession. It varies very considerably both in the colour of the primaries 
and the width of the black margins of the secondaries; in fact, in no single instance, 
.from any locality, do I find a constant form. D. pura, Butler, cannot, in my opinion, 
be separated from the others. I have before me a very large series of specimens from 
our country, which show variations in colour of the primaries from almost pure white 
to bright red; in a specimen from Chiriqui, in my own collection, the veins of the 
primaries are bright red on a rich cream ground-colour, giving the insect a very distinct 
appearance. In South America the species is subject to the same variation. 
Common in open grassy places from the sea-level to an altitude of about 5000 feet 
(Champion). | 
2. Deiopeia bella. 
Tinea bella, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 885. 
Noctua bella, Drury, Exot. In. i. p. 51, t. 24. f. 3. 
Bombyx bella, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 585. 
Phalena bella, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. t. 109. f. C, D. 
Utetheisa bella, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 168; Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. p. 105; Stretch, 
Zygenide & Bombycide of North America, p. 56, t. 2. f. 15. 
Deiopeia bella, Walk. Cat. ii. p. 568; Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 3617. 
Hab. Norta Ameurtca, Nova Scotia!, United States 1 2.—Mexico, Valladolid ; in 
Yucatan (Gawmer).—Cotomsia (Birchall, mus. D.). 
The Mexican examples of this species are pale in colour, but in other respects they 
do not differ from North-American specimens before me. 
3. Deiopeia speciosa. 
Deiopeia speciosa, Walk. Cat. i. p. 568*; Clem. Syn. Lep. N. Am. App. p. 814. 
Utetheisa speciosa, Stretch, Zygenide & Bombycide of North America, p. 57, t. 2. £.167. 
Hab. Norta America, Atlantic States 2.—British Honpuras, Corosal (Roe, mus. D.). 
—Hartt; Cusa; Jamaica! (mus. D.). 
The single specimen before me from British Honduras agrees well in all respects 
with those from the Antilles. 
MANOLENEURA. 
Menoleneura, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 56. 
Mr. Butler founded this genus upon a species discovered on the Amazons by Dr. Trail. 
The specimens from our country agree fairly well with the types. I believe Manole- 
