HETEROCERA. 423 
7. Attacus (2?) cydippe. (Tab. LX XXIII. fig. 2, ¢.) 
Attacus (?) cydippe, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii. p. 178 (1894) *. 
Male. Primaries and secondaries dark brown, thickly irrorated with reddish-brown scales; the primaries 
crossed from the apex to the inner margin by a dark brown line, on the inner side of which is an 
indistinct waved brown line, the apex and outer margin irrorated with grey scales, a submarginal waved 
greyish line extending from the apex to the anal angle and an elongated hyaline spot at the end of the 
cell, the fringe dark reddish-brown; the secondaries crossed above the middle by a very indistinct dark 
brown line, with an elongated hyaline spot at the end of the cell and two zigzag submarginal dark brown 
lines extending from the apex to the anal angle, the outer margin broadly irrorated with grey scales, the 
fringe dark reddish-brown ; the underside greyer than above, and with the submarginal line much more 
distinct: head, thorax, and tegule dark brown, the abdomen pale brown, the base of the thorax and also 
that of the abdomen thickly clothed with reddish-brown hairs; antenne brown; legs reddish-brown. 
Expanse 34 inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D."). 
One specimen. 
TELEA (to follow the genus Attacus, I. p. 191). 
Telea, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 154 (1816); Walker, Cat. v. p. 1225. 
1. Telea aurelia. (Tab. LX XXIII. fig. 3, ¢.) 
Telea aurelia, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ix. p. 278 (¢) (1892) °. 
Male. Primaries and secondaries pale fawn-colour ; the primaries crossed from the costal to the inner margin 
_ by a very wide black band bordered on both sides with a waved black line, which is edged on the inner 
side with pink and white scales, the costal margin thickly irrorated with white scales from the base 
almost to the apex, the apex streaked with pink and white, with a rather large black spot on the costal 
margin, a large hyaline spot at the end of the cell bordered with reddish-fawn-colour and then broadly 
edged with black, the basal half of the black ring being thickly irrorated with bluish-white scales, a 
narrow, straight, fawn-coloured line extending from the costal margin near the apex to the inner margin 
above the anal angle; the secondaries with the central part dusky black, a large hyaline spot at the end 
of the cell very broadly bordered with deep black, which is thickly irrorated on the inner side with pale 
blue scales, a submarginal pale fawn-coloured line extending from the costal margin to the anal angle ; 
the underside pale fawn-colour, thickly irrorated with white scales, with the markings very similar to 
those above, but of a darker brown colour: head and legs dark brown, the collar greyish-white, the 
antenne: yellowish-brown ; thorax and abdomen pale fawn-colour, the thorax greyish-white in front and 
dark brown beneath. Expanse 5} inches. 
Hab. Mexico, Durango city (Becker *). 
SAMIA (I. p. 191). 
Samia calleta (I. p. 191). 
To the locality Mexico, add :—Durango city (Becker). 
METOSAMIA (to follow the genus Samia, I. p. 191). 
Metosamia, Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ix. p. 276 (1892). 
Male. Head rather small; thorax broad; abdomen short and thick, not extending to the middle of the inner 
margin of the secondaries; antennz very deeply pectinated, more so than in the genus Samia; palpi very 
minute; legs stout and rather short, thickly clothed with hairs; primaries with the costal margin strongly 
arched from the middle to the apex, which is very pointed, the outer margin deeply concave and dentated 
