NO. 1444. NE W so IJTH AMERICAN MOTHS— SCHA US. 9 1 



followed b}' a violaceous shade. Underneath light brown; a dark 

 outer line; a large black spot on primaries, containing some gray 

 scales; a large white point on secondaries. 



Exjpanm. — 90 mm. 



Ilohitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



A female from Trinidad, evidently belonging to this species, has the 

 primaries and outer margin of secondaries lilacine brown. 



The species is allied to A. illustris Walker. 



Type.— C^ii. No. 9463, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS ORODINA, new species. 



Head and thorax greenish buff. Abdomen yellow with narrow trans- 

 verse black bands. Primaries green-buff, the lines line, blackish; the 

 antemedial straight from costa at 6 mm. from apex; a subterminal 

 grayish shade. Secondaries yellow, the ocellus red, circled with black 

 and containing a pink center, followed by a black band and broad 

 subterminal black band. 



Expanse. — 51 mm. 



Habitat. — Paraguay . 



This species is very much like A. orodes Boisduval, but the outer 

 margin of primaries is quite straight. 



Type.— C?it. No. 9464, U.S.N.M. 



AUTOMERIS CURVILINEA, new species. 



Head and thorax blackish brown. Abdomen above rufous brown, 

 with transverse black bands; underneath dull brown. 



Male. — Primaries grayish brown, more distinctly brown between 

 postmedial and subterminal; antemedial line black, straight; a clearer 

 brown space at end of cell, with large black spot above and below it; 

 postmedial fine black from costa near apex, forming a deep inward 

 curve to inner margin; a dark brown subterminal shade nearly 

 straight. Secondaries rufous brown; the outer margin gray-brown; 

 the ocellus large, dull brown, broadly circled with black, and contain- 

 ing a few black and white scales, followed b}^ a black line and a nar- 

 row brown shade. 



Expanse. — 72 mm. 



Habitat^ — Rio Cocolado, Peru. 



Female grayer in tone; the secondaries dark gray, with a few ocher- 

 ous hairs at base. 



Expanse. — 115 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, French Guiana. 



Type.—C2it. No. 9465, U.S.N.M. 



