1290 CATALOGUE OF 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Arminia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 127, pi. 



356, f. D. 

 Hyperchiria Arminia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 155, 1619. 



Male. Body ferruginous. Fore wings brown, with two white 

 dots at the base, with a large oblong transverse dark brown spot in 

 the disk, and with two dark brown bands, which converge towards 

 the interior border, near which they include a tawny mark ; a broad 

 testaceous streak by the hind part of the exterior border. Hind 

 wings reddish, with a black ocellus, which has a pupil with white 

 dots and an angular white streak, and a luteous border ; three exte- 

 rior bands, the first black, the second ferruginous red, the third 

 testaceous. 



Surinam. 



Group 5. 



Alae anticae subfalcatae, sat longae, apud costam subconvexae, 

 margine exteriore obliquo. Mas. — Alas anticae apud marginem ex- 

 teriorem subconeavae ; posticae abdomen paullo superans. Fcem. — 

 Alae anticae apud marginem exteriorem rectae ; posticae abdomen 

 perpaullo superans. 



Fore wings slightly falcate, rather broad and long, slightly 

 convex in front, oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Abdo- 

 men extending to three-fourths of the breadth of the hind wings. 

 Fore wings very slightly concave along the exterior border. Female, 

 — Abdomen extending to live-sixths of the breadth of the hind 

 wings. Wings straight along the exterior border. 



12. Hyperchiria Nyctimena. 



Cinereo-fusca aut ferruginea ; abdomen supra fusees cens ; alee an- 

 ticce testaceo trifasciatce, macula discali ferruginea testaceo 

 marginata subtus nigra albo notata ; posticce fuscce, apud 

 marginem exteriorem cervince, fascia duabus una nigra altera 

 rufa, ocello rufo maculis quatuor albis nigro conspersis pupilla 

 nigra, margine atro iestaceoque. 



Grayish brown or ferruginous. Abdomen brownish above. 

 Fore wings with three testaceous bands ; first band near the base, 

 undulating ; second very oblique, bordered with brown on the outer 

 side, very near the discal spot ; third exterior, irregular ; discal 

 spot large, transverse, nearly elliptical, more or less dark ferruginous, 



