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male in all the markings, but is considerably darker in colour and very much larger. Expanse, 3, 33 
inches ; 2 , 5} inches. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Panama (mus. Oxford). 
This fine species was first received from the late Mr. Belt, after whom I have named 
it. The Panama specimens in the Oxford Museum are identical. Four individuals 
are all I have seen of the species. 
18. Automeris arminia. 
Phalena-Bombyx Attacus arminia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 126, t. 356. f. A’. 
Bombyx arminia, Oliv. Enc. Méth., Ins. v. pp. 35, 41. 
Automeris arminia, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 155. 
Automeris arminia, Hiibn. loc. cit. p. 155. 
Hyperchiria arminia, Walk. Cat. vi. p. 1807. 
Io arminia, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xviii. p. 219 (¢ 2)’. 
Hab. Honpvvuras (Dyson, mus. B.).—Gutana, Surinam !?3, Cayenne 3. 
The specimen of this species, from Honduras, in the British Museum collection, is in 
very poor condition. Walker, in his Catalogue, included it with A. rubrescens, from 
which it is clearly distinct. I have not any further evidence of its occurrence in our 
country. The larva is described as entirely brown in colour, with brownish-ferruginous 
branched spines; it is said to feed upon species of Citrus, and on Punica granatum. 
19. Automeris hebe. 
Hyperchiria hebe, Walk. Cat. xxxii. p. 536 (¢)’. 
Hyperchiria iris, Walk. loc. cit. p. 5387 (3 )?. 
Io orestes, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xviii. p. 220°; Méschler, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxvii. 
p. 677’. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé1°, in mus. B.)1?.—Gutana, Cayenne*®; BraziL, Para- 
maribo 2. | 
The only specimens I have seen of this species are the types in the British Museum. 
20. Automeris crudelis. 
Hyperchiria crudelis, Maassen & Weymer, Beitr. zur Schmett. f. 117’. 
Hab. Mexico!; Guatnmata, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales 
(Belt); Costa Rica (Van Patten). 
A dull-coloured species, the dullest in the genus. 
21. Automeris schausi. 
Hyperchiria schausii, H. Edwards, Papilio, iv. p. 16 (¢ 2)’. 
Hab. Mexico, State of Vera Cruz (Schaus *). 
This species is unknown to me. Mr. Edwards does not state, in his description, to 
what species it is allied. 
