I 



sei T. 1894.] NKiM<i'.(.r.N \- 1)N \k. N. A. 1)()MI!Vles. 127 



white with black border on front [)art oi thorax ; ab(U:»nien smoky 

 i)la(k. Expanse, 50 — 60 mm. 



Habitat^ Northern coast rc,L;ion of California. 



(lenus Automeris llYibiwr. 



1822? — Auloiiu-ris lIliDNKK, \'eiz. lick. Sclimett., p. 154. 



1S75 — lo HoiSDUVAL, Ami. Knt. Soc. Iklg., Vol. Will, p. iSS. 



Synopsis of species. 

 T. p. line straighl. 



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



Size moderate; secondaries largely yellow, 



Olivaceous or russet 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 .'J . •<>• 



Wings suffused with reddish ...... '<"■• li'lth. 



Abdominal border of secondaries without red shade . . rar. argUS. 



A. zelieri Grote &> Robinso>i. 



1S6S — IFvpcrchiria zcUcri Cuiui. lV K"i;i.nso.n, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol- 

 H, p. I'J3- 



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

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

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

 tlark brownish shade which extends to the obsolete sub-terminal 

 line. Secondaries reddish along abdominal margin, a lartre black 

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

 ^vo blackish bands between ocellus and margin. Expanse, 130 mm. 



Habitat^ Texas. 



A. pamina Neumcegcn. 



1822 — Ilypcrchiria p.iiniiid Ni;iMir.i,i;N. Tap., Vol. II, p. 60. 



var. aurosea Neunuvgen. 



18S2 — IlYpochiria pamina var. aiiro.ua N'EUMtKGliN, Tap., Vol. II, p. 61. 



Fore wings uniform pale ochraceous or russet brown, {var. 

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

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

 wardly with dark brown. Discal mark obscure. Abdomen red 

 banded tlorsally ; 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. 



iSS2—//]pirc/iin'a zrp/iyr/a Cuo ik, Can. Ent., Vol. XI\', p. 215. 



I 



