90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxx. 



AUTOMERIS HAMATA, new species. 



Head and thorax dark reddish brown. Abdomen reddish. Prima- 

 ries ocherous brown in the male, lilacine brown in the female; apices 

 produced and falcate in the male, less so in the female; line dark 

 brown; antemedial line straight to median, inwardly angled at vein 2, 

 then outwardly oblique to middle of inner margin; the medial space 

 slightly darker; a dark streak on discocellular encircled by an irregu- 

 lar dark line; the postmedial from costa at a])out 9 mm. from apex, 

 then slightly incurved to inner margin, heavily irrorate inwardl}^ with 

 white abov^e vein 6; a paler lunular subterminal shade. Secondaries 

 pale reddish; the outer margin light brown; the ocellus pale lilacine 

 brown, circled with black and containing a small cluster of black and 

 white scales; the outer line fine, wavy, black edged with yellow, 

 broadly in the male, also outwardly in the female. 



Expanse. — Male, 75 mm.; female, 85 mm. 



Tlahltat. — Costa Rica and Venezuela. 



Type.—C2Lt. No. 9461, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS MORESCA, new species. 



Male. — Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light reddish. Pri- 

 maries lilacine brown, shaded with buff bej'ond cell and on outer mar- 

 gin; an irregular darker space at end of cell, edged with dark points; 

 a subterminal dark line, inwardl}^ edged with buff, from costa near apex 

 to inner margin near angle. Secondaries light reddish , the outer margin 

 lilacine brown, the ocellus large, gray-brown, containing a black spot 

 irrorated with white and crossed by a white lino, broadl}^ circled with 

 black; the outer line fine, black, slightlj" wavy, inwardly shaded with 

 yellow, and followed b}' a reddish-brown shade. 



Expanse. — 78 mm. 



Hdhitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.— C2it. No. 9462, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS PARILIS, new species. 



Male. — Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen reddish. Priiua- 

 ries brownish buff, the lines dark, medially edged with 3'ellow; the 

 antemedial slightl}^ oblique and wavy; a large dark gray space at end 

 of cell, with a few minute black points on its edge; the postmedial from 

 costa at 5 nun. from apex; a pale reddish-brown shade from costa at two- 

 thirds from base to postmedial line at vein 4; a subterminal 3'ellowish- 

 buff shade parallel to postmedial from apex to vein 4, then forming 

 two outward curves to vein 2; beyond this the outer margin is paler. 

 Secondaries pale reddish, the outer margin buft'-gray; the ocellus 

 grayish brown, broadl\' circled with black and containing a round 

 black spot crossed hy a white line; the outer line black, slightly wavy, 



