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the ocellus dark brown, edged with black and containing a white spot; 

 the black outer line followed by a broad violaceous brown shade. 

 Underneath brownish ])uff. Primaries: a large black spot at end of 

 cell containing a white spot; an outer dentate blackish shade. Second- 

 aries: a white point on discocellular. 



Expanse. — Male, 60 mm. 



Ilahitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 



Type.—Cai. No. 9455, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS VOMONA, new species. 



Male. — Head and thorax light brown. Abdomen black above with 

 transverse reddish lines posteriorly on the segments. Primaries pale 

 pinkish l)rown; antemedial line very indistinct and irregular; the outer 

 line slightly sinuous from costa close to apex to middle of inner mar- 

 gin, dark gray-brown, inwardly edged with ocherous; a reddish-brown 

 space at end of cell surrounded by a few black points. Secondaries 

 pale 3'^ellow; the costal and outer margins roseate brown; the base and 

 inner margin broadly red; the ocellus dark brown, broadly edged with 

 black and containing a white spot; the yellow space limited by a black 

 evenl3"-curved line, followed by a subterminal reddish shade. 



Female. — The primaries are bright reddish brown, the outer line 

 broadly edged inwardly w4th white. 



ExjKiiue. — Male, 71 mm.; female, 90 mm. 



Habitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 



Type.— C^t. No. 9456, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS ANNULATA, new species. 



Male. — Bod}" above dark olive bro\yn, the abdomen with whitish 

 transverse lines posteriorly. Primaries olivaceous brown to outer line, 

 then butf-gray; a tine brown antemedial line, oblique from costa to 

 median, then wavy to inner mai'gin; a dark annular line at end of cell, 

 and a dark point within it; the outer line dark brown, from apex to 

 middle of inner margin. Secondaries: the costal and outer margins 

 broadly gra\-; the inner margin broadly olive 1)rown; discal space 

 bright 3^ellow, limited hy a slightl}'^ wavy black line; a In'oad subter- 

 minal brown shade; the ocellus blackish brown, broadly circled with 

 black, and containing a few white scales. Underneath buff-gray; a 

 large black spot with white center on primaries. 



Expanse. — 74 nun. 



Habitat.— OnyA'\, British Guiana. 



Type.— Cat. No. 9457, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS INNOXIA, new species. 



Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown, violaceous 

 red su))dorsallv. Primaries dark l)rown, tinged with roseate on outer 

 margin; antemedial line line, black, wavj^; some white atoms at base; 



