setTimeout('$("#someDivId").hide()',1500);
In older versions of jquery you'll have to do it the "javascript way" using settimeout
setTimeout( function(){$('div').hide();} , 4000);
or
setTimeout( "$('div').hide();", 4000);
Recently with jquery 1.4 this solution has been added:
$("div").delay(4000).hide();
Of course replace "div" by the correct element using a valid jquery selector and call the function when the document is ready.
$().ready(function(){_x000D_
_x000D_
$('div.alert').delay(1500);_x000D_
$('div.alert').hide(1000);_x000D_
});div.alert{_x000D_
color: green;_x000D_
background-color: rgb(50,200,50, .5);_x000D_
padding: 10px;_x000D_
text-align: center;_x000D_
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
_x000D_
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