Holl., Moth Book, p. 89, pi. VIII, f. 5, Automeris; 1914 Pack., Mon. Bomb, 

 Moths N. A., Ill, 105, pi. LIX, f. 7, LXVIII, 1-2 Automeris. 



We have this species from New Mexico (Snow) and High Rolls, 

 N. Mex. There is considerable variation in the amount of rufous 

 in the ground color, otherwise the species is quite constant. 



Automeris io, Fabr, 



1775, Syst. Ent., p. 560, Botnbyx; 1797, Abbot and Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., 



I, 97, pi. XLIX, Phalaena; 1841, Harris, Rept. Ins. Mass. p. 284, Saturnia, 

 (probably race fuscus, Luther) ; 1886, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., IX, 434, Hyper- 

 chiria; 1894, Neum. and Dyar, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, II, 128, Automeris; 1903, 

 Holl, Moth Book, p. 89, pi. IX, flf. 4-5, Automeris; 1914, Pack., Mon. Bomb. 

 Moths N. A., Ill, 97, pi. XIX, f. 7, XX, 1, LIV. 5, LX, 3-4, LXVIII, 8, 

 (ab). 



Type Locality: "America". 



COROLLARIA, Perry. 



1810, Perry, Arcana, Phalaena. (vide Neum. and Dyar). 



VARIA, Wlk. 



1855, Wlk., Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., VI, 1278, Hyperchiria; 1864, Pack., Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Phila., Ill, 384, Hyperchiria; 1878 Stkr., Lep. Rhop. Het., p. 138, pi. 

 XV, ff. 15 (ab), 16 (gynandromorph). Type locality: "North America?". 



FABRICII, Bdv. 



1875, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. XVII, 223, lo. 



In this synonomy we simply follow the literature, especially Neumoegen 

 and Dyar, and Packard. 



Automeris io ab. argus, N. and D. 



1893, Can. Ent., XXV, 123, Automeris; 1894, id.. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 



II, 128, Automeris; 1914, Pack, Mon. Bomb. Moths N. A., Ill, 98, Automeris. 



According to Packard this form is easily recognized by the im- 

 maculate wings showing only the large ocelli on the secondaries. We 

 have no specimens. Type locality, Hoboken, N. J. 



Automeris io race fuscus, Luther. 



1907, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XV, 131, Automeris; 1914, Pack., (Ckll, Dyar) 

 Mon. Bomb. Moths, N. A., Ill, 98 pi. LX, ff. 1-2, Automeris; lutheri, Ckll. 1914, 

 Packard's Mon. Bomb. Moths N. A., Ill, 99, Automeris. 



Dr. Dyar states ; according to Prof. Cockerell ; that fuscus is the ordinary 

 North Atlantic form of io. We have specimens which match the figures of 

 the cotypes plated in Packard's Monograph. As might be expected, there is 

 every intergrade between this race and that which goes under the name of 



