AUTOMERIS.—GAMELIA. 183 
Iam indebted to Mons. C. Oberthiir for the loan of Boisduval’s type of this very 
distinct species. Our figure is taken from this specimen. 
A. mendosa, like A. godarti, is described from a single specimen, a female, of uncer- 
tain origin, and also supposed to be from Mexico or Colombia. 
GAMELTA. 
Gamelia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 155. 
Zo, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xviii. p. 206 (partim). 
Hiibner placed three Tropical-American species (G. abasia, G. abas, and G. irmina) 
under this generic name; the first two are known from our country. Boisduval 
does not retain Gamelia as distinct from his genus Jo. Three other species are now 
placed in the genus. . | 
Gamelia is easily distinguished from Automeris by the shorter and broader primaries, 
the apices of which are very sharply pointed, and by the secondaries being considerably 
longer and not so much rounded at the anal angle. 
1. Gamelia abasia. 
Phalena-Bombyx Attacus abasia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 103, t. 344. ff. A, B, C’. 
Io abasia, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xviii. p. 242”. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1000 feet (Champion}.—Gutana, Surinam 12, Cayenne ”. 
A single female specimen of this species was obtained in the State of Panama by 
Mr. Champion. The insect figured by Hiibner as G. abasia is quite distinct from 
G. abas, Cramer. Walker, in his Catalogue, has placed these and two other species 
under Hyperchiria abas, but upon comparison of the figures it will be seen that they 
belong to distinct species. 
The larva and pupa are figured by Stoll (Suppl. Cramer, Pap. Exot. p. 79, t. 17. 
figg. 1, 2); the former is described as follows :—“ D’un beau violet avec une raie 
laterale d’un jaune d’or prés des pattes. Tout son corps est garni d’épines rameuses, 
trés longues sur les trois premiers anneaux et sur le dernier, et assez courtes sur le 
reste du corps.” It is said to feed on the guava (Psidium pyriferum). 
2. Gamelia anableps. 
Phalena-Bombyx Attacus abas, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p. 121, t.77.f.B(¢)'. (Necf. A, 3g.) 
Hyperchiria anableps, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. t. 89. f. 7, Erkl. der Taf. 75 bis 107, p.5 (¢)’. 
To anableps, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xviii. p. 244°. 
Io episcopus, Boisd. loc. cit. p. 243+. 
Hab. Mexico*®.—Cotomsia, Bogota; Ecvapor ; Guiana, Surinam!*; Amazons}. 
I include this species solely on the authority of Boisduval: I have no other evidence 
of its occurrence in our country. I believe Cramer has figured two distinct species as 
the sexes of Bombyx abas, Fabr. 
