1278 CATALOGUE OF 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus, p., Cram. ; Gmel. 



Bombyx, p., Fair. ; Oliv. 



Hyperchiria, Automeris et Gamelia, H'ubn. Verz. SchmelL 154, 



155. 

 Io, Blanch., Gay, Hist, de Chile Zool. vii. 69. Boisd. ; Herr.- 



Schceff. 



Body pilose, moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 short, pilose, not extending so far as the head. Antennae much 

 shorter than the thorax. Abdomen not extending so far as the 

 hind wings. Legs short, stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two minute 

 apical spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings with no ocelli 

 above, occasionally rather narrow, sometimes hooked, more or less 

 convex in front. Hind wings with ocelli on the upper side. Male. 

 — Antennas moderately pectinated. Female, — Antennae simple. 



North America. 



Group 1. 



Alae latae, non longae ; anticae vix falcataa, apud costam con- 

 vexae, margine exteriore subrecto vix obliquo. 



Abdomen extending to three-fourths of the breadth of the hind 

 wings. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings hardly falcate, convex 

 in front, almost straight and very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



1. Hyperchxria varxa. 



Mas. Lutea ; antennce fulvce ; thoracis discus ferrugineus ; alee 

 anticce litura transversa guttisque discalibus fascia, e lunulis 

 obliqua maculis guttisque exterioribus ferrugineis, macula sub- 

 tus magna discali nigra albo signata ; posticce apud marginem 

 interiorem rufce, ocello cinereo pupllla alba, margine nigro et 

 ferrugineo, subtus gutta discali alba fasciaque perangusta ex- 

 teriore ferruginea. 



Luteous. Antennae tawny. Disk of the thorax ferruginous. 

 Fore wings with a discal transverse mark, accompanied by dots, a 

 slender oblique band of lunules, and some exterior spots and dots 

 ferruginous ; under side with a large black discal spot, whose centre 

 is white. Hind wings red along the interior border, with a large 

 grayish discal ocellus, which has a white mark in its centre 

 and a broad deep black border ; beyond it there is a very slender 

 black band and an exterior ferruginous one which joins the interior 

 ferruginous part ; under side with a white discal dot and a very 



