NO. 1885. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 47 



Type. — One specimen, No. 13S56, U.S.X.M., Iguala, State of Guer- 

 rero, Mexico, 2,400 feet, June, 1906 (W. Schaus). 

 This species was determined as new by Mr. Schaus. 



Genus AUTOMERIS Hubner. 



AUTOMERIS MELMON, new species. 



Fore wings rather sharply pointetl at apex in both sexes. Male 

 yellow, the fore wing with two outer lines of brownish gray spots, 

 both nearly straight; discal mark a ring of spots around a central 

 one; traces of an inner line. Hind wing with the disk ocher yellow, 

 the inner margin pink ; round discal ocellus with powdery white and 

 a central white pupil; outer line black, evenly curved; submarginal 

 line and fringe red-brown. Body dark yellow, the abdomen with 

 dorsal dark rosy shading. Expanse, 51 mm. 



Female dark rosy broAm, the fore wing nearly uniform; inner and 

 outer lines and discal mark indicated by Uncs of white scales; sub- 

 marginal line a sUghtly lighter shade ^vlth a deepening of the ground 

 color within. Hind wing with the margin rosy instead of yellow and 

 the submarginal reddish shade broader; otherwise as in the male. 

 Body dark rosy. Expanse, 56 mm. 



Cotypes. — Two males, one female, No. 13857, U.S.N.M., Mexico, 

 without exact locality, July 26, 1906 (R. Miiller, Nos. 148 and 527). 



AUTOMERIS DANDEMON, new species. 



Male 3'ellow, female dark rose color, as m the preceding, but the 

 wings are not so pointed at apex. The submarginal line on fore 

 wings of male is absent, and only faintly indicated in female, the outer 

 line being nearer the margin than in melmon. Hind wings with the 

 pink shading on inner margin spreading largely over the disk in both 

 sexes, also the markings similar to those of melmon. In the female 

 the submarginal band is scarcely darker than the marginal area. 



Cotypes. — Four males, one female, No. 13858, U.S.N. M., Cuerna- 

 vaca, Mexico, July and August, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



Mr. Schaus took a specimen of this species to London for compari- 

 son and returned it without comment. 



AUTOMERIS COLENON, new species. 



As in the preceding species, but the Unes crenulate and wavy. In 

 the male a zigzag inner Une is evident, the discal ringlet of dots is 

 filled in \\\i\\ a brownish shade and there is an irregular waved sub- 

 margmal line. In the female the lines are indicated by lines of 

 whitish scales, the outer line strongly crenulate; submarginal line 

 indicated b}^ the limitation of the slightly paler marginal area. Ilind 



