Seit. isg4.1 Neum(>:gkn & Dyar. N. a. Bombyces. 127 



white with black border on front part of thorax ; abdomen smoky 

 black. Expanse, 50 — 60 mm. 



Habitat, Northern coast regi.oji of .California. 



^ Genus Automeris Bilbucr. 



1822? — .-^//Av'/t'/'/j- HiiliNKR, Verz. bek. Sclimett., p. 154. 

 1875— /c? BoiSDUVAL, Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg., Vol. XVIII, p. 188. 



Synopsis of species. 

 T. p. line straighl. 



Size very large; secondaries without yellow .... zelleri. 



Size moderate; secondaries largely yellow, 



Olivaceous or riisset brown; t- p. line pale yellow . . pamina. 



Blackish brown; t. p. line broad, white . . . zephyria. 



T. p. line composed of a series of lunules, sexes dissimilar ... lO- 



Wings suffused with reddish ...... var. Illith. 



Abdominal border of secondaries without red shade . . i'(7/'. argUS. 



A. zelleri Grote 6^* Robinson. 



1868 — Hypcrchiria zclloi GROTii & RoBiNSON, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol- 



II, p. 193. 

 Reddish brown, basal space and costa darker ; a small trian- 

 gular white discal dot in a large cjuadrate dark discal patch, dentate 

 on the- exterior side. T. p. line purplish, straight, followed by a 

 dark brownish shade which extends to the obsolete sub-terminal 

 line. Secondaries reddish along abdominal margin, a large black 

 ocellus with central black ring around which the color is pale ; 

 two blackish bands between ocellus and margin. Expanse, 130 mm. 

 Habitat, Texas. 



A. pamina A^eumccgen. 



1822 — Hypcrcliiria pamina Neumcegkn. Pap., Vol. II, p. 60. 



var. aurosea Neumcegen. 



1882 — Hyperchlria pamina var. aurosea NEUMa:GEN, Pap., Vol. II, p. 61. 



Fore wings uniform pale ochraceous or russet brown, {i!ar. 

 aurosea) with white scales at base. T. a. line barely discernible. 

 T. p. line distinct, narrow, oblique, pale yellow, bordered out- 

 wardly with dark brown. Discal mark obscure. Abdomen red 

 banded dorsally ; secondaries yellow centrally around the large 

 black, white centred ocellus. An outer black and a pale pinkish 

 curved band, abdominal edge pinkish. Expanse, 60 — 70 mm. 



Habitat, Arizona. 



A. zephyria G/ote. 



18S2 — Hyperchiria zephyria Gko'I'E, Can. Ent., Vol. XIV, p. 215. 



