LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1293 



Automeris Liberia, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. Lep. iii. 



Phal. i. Sphing. v. Echidna; D. Recondentes, 4, f. 3, 4. 



Fer^. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides Echidna Recondentes), 



155, 1614. 

 Pbalaena-Bombvx Attacus Liberia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 33, pi 



268, f. F. G. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2406, 476. 

 Bombvx Liberia, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. Append. 505 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 



110, 30; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 418, 35. Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. 



35, 42. 

 j Merian, Ins. Surin. pi. 12. 



Surinam. 



Male. Luteous fawn-colour. Thorax dark brown. Fore 

 wings fawn-colour, with some more or less indistinct darker and 

 paler bands, of which two converge towards the interior border, and 

 are more distinct than the others ; a large oblong transverse 

 brownish discal spot. Hind wings with a fawn-coloured ocellus ; 

 its centre black, marked with white, and most often elongated o;r 

 divided ; a black ringlet and a slender exterior hardly undulating 

 black band. Length of the body 12 — 15 lines ; of the wings 30 — 40 

 lines. 



a. Carraccas. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



c. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 7. 



Alse latissima? ; anticae subfalcatse, apud costam convexae, 

 apice angulatae, margine exteriore fere recto vix obliquo. 



Wings very broad. Fore wings very slightly falcate, convex 

 along the costa, angular at the tips, almost straight and very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



16. Hyperchiria Larra. 



Fusca ; antennae testacece ; abdomen ferrugineo-rufum ; alee antica 

 subglaucescentes, strigis nonnullis maculaque magna oblonga 

 discali transversis obscurioribus, basi albidce ; posticce ocello 

 fusco nigro marginato, pupilla nigra albo conspersa. Mas. — 

 Alee posticce cinereo-cervina, basi ferrugineo-rufce, fasciis 

 duabus exterioribus, nigris. Fcem. — Alee posticce ferrugineo- 

 rufce fasciis duabus exterioribus, la perangusta undulosa 

 nigra, 2a latiore cinerea marginalia 

 Brown. Antenna? testaceous. Abdomen ferruginous-red, with 

 a slight glaucous tinge, traversed by some indistinct darker streaks, 



