LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1291 



with a testaceous border, black, with a white centre on the under 

 side. Hind wings dark brown, pale fawn-colour along the exterior 

 border, near which there is a very slender undulating black band, 

 and a broader red band ; discal ocellus red, very large, bordered 

 with deep black and with testaceous, and having four white black- 



( speckled spots round the centre, which is black. Length of the 



I body 13 — 18 lines ; of the wings 44 — 54 lines. 



a. Colombia. From M. Beckers collection. 

 1 b, c. Quito. Presented by M. Bourcier. 

 d. Santa Fe de Bogota. From Mr. Isaacson's collection. 



Group 6. 



Mas. Ala? anticae vix falcatag, apud costara convexas, apice 

 fere rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo subrecto ; posticas ab- 

 domen vix superantes. 



Male. Abdomen extending nearly as far as the hind wings. 

 Fore wings hardly falcate, convex in front, nearly rounded at the 

 tips, almost straight, and very oblique along the exterior border. 



13. Hyperchiria Metea. 



Mas. Ferruginea, subtus testacea ; abdomen testaceum nigro fas- 

 datum ; alee anticce fasciis duabus angulosis fuscescentibus 

 maculaque transversa pallide fusca discali e guttis nigricanti- 

 bus marginato, gutta suhtus alba nigro marginata ; posticce 

 ocello albo pupillato testaceo marginato. 



-, Meriaw, Ins. Surin. pi. 6, f. I. 



Phalasna-Bombyx Attacus Metea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 27, pi. 304> 



f. A. 

 Automeris Metea, Hubn. Verz. SchmetL (Phalcence Sphingoids* 



Echidna Recondentes), 155, 1618. 



Pholaena Attacus Irene, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 96, pi. 249, f. B. C. 

 Automeris Irene, Hilbn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoids 

 Echidnce Recondentes), 155, 1615. 



Surinam. 



Male. Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Antennae tawny. Ab- 

 domen testaceous, with blackish bands. Fore wings with two slender, 

 indistinct, zigzag brownish bands ; one near the base, the other very 

 oblique, beyond the discal spot, which is transverse and pale brown, 



