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another case I cut open, I found the female moth still inside 

 alive, below the pupa skin, which was full of young cater- 

 pillars, and she was distended with air, as the other speci- 

 mens. 



Family Saturniid^. 

 Genus Automeris. Hubner. • 



XXVI. A.UT0MERIS ILLUSTRIS. 



Hyperchiria illustris, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., 

 vi., p. 1285 (1855). 



Larva. Not preserved. 



This caterpillar is a very beautiful one. It is about three 

 and a half inches in length when full-fed, and is bright green 

 in colour. It is covered with long tree-like tufts of yellowish 

 green spines, which are very venomous, and has a small light 

 blue spot at the stigmata. 



\a, Full-fed, San Paulo, 20th Feb., 1878. j 



Pupa, i t rru t [107 days. 



V Imago, 7th June, ,, ' -^ 



This caterpillar changes to the pupa condition within a 

 slight cocoon spun amongst leaves. 



[a, ^ Full-fed, 20th Feb., 1878.] 

 I^^^^- Imago, 7th June, „ 1 1^7 days. 



[h, ? 

 The moth emerged at the beginning of June. 



XVIII. — Automeris ophthalmica, n. sp. 



Aiitomeris ophthalmica, n. sp. — Female. Dull cinnamon-red ; forewing 

 with an antemedial transverse indistinct narrow black zigzag line, and a 

 distinct black oblique postmedial nearly straight line terminating at the 

 apex ; at the end of the cell is a large irregular angulated black-bordered 

 mark ; crossing the upper part of the disc is an indistinct darker red fascia, 



