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border; under side with a white discal dot, which is surrounded 

 by a black ringlet. Hind wings pale brown, somewhat rosy along 

 the interior border, yellow about the ocellus, and with two curved 

 exterior bands ; the inner band black, narrower than the other, 

 which is brown ; ocellus brown, with the centre and the outer 

 ringlet deep black, the former sprinkled with white ; under side 

 with a white discal dot. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



Female. Abdomen tawny, with brown dorsal bands. Wings 

 rather darker than those of the male. Fore wings with a white 

 basal transverse streak. Hind wings brownish along the interior 

 border, luteous about the ocellus. Length of the body 9 — 13 lines \ 

 of the wings 29—40 lines. 



Var. j3. Ferruginous instead of brown. 



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

 c, d. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection, 

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



21. Hyperchiria Trmina. 



Mas. Alee subfalcatce, margine exteriore fulvo ; anticoe ferruginece, 

 striga angulata basim versus fulva, gutta discali nigra luteo 

 cincta, plaga postica subquadrata purpurea, alteraque exteriore 

 cinerea, fasciaque tenui exteriore nigra albi do-inter lineato ; 

 posticce testacece, fascia intus dilatata cinerascente, ocello rufo, 

 margine nigro, pupilla flava. 



Phalsena-Bombyx Attacus Irmina, Cram, Pap. Exot. iv. 125, pi. 



355, f. C. D. 

 Bombyx Trmina, Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. 37, 50, pi. 70, f. 9. 

 Gamelia Irmina, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcenee Sphingoides 



Echidna Recondentes), 155, 1622. 



Surinam. 



Group 11. 



Fcem. Alse mediocriter latSB ; anticsB non falcata?, apud costam 

 convexse, apice angulatae, margine exteriore recto perobliquo ; pos- 

 ticae abdomen non superantes. 



Female. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings not falcate, convex in^ front, angular 

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



