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white. Secondfiries above dark red ; fringe yellow. Underneath : 

 primaries reddish ; beyond the transverse line, which is purplish, 

 the wing is yellow. Secondaries underneath yellow, speckled with 

 reddish ; a transverse reddish streak ; reddish along the inner mar- 

 gin. Thorax and first segment of abdomen dortally orange-red ; 

 abdomen otherwise dorsally purplish red, underneath yellowish 

 white. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro. 



Fam. SaturniidjE. 



AUTOMERIS MACAREIS, Sp. UOV. 



Male. Primaries brown, tinged with pinkish ; darker beyond the 

 outer transverse line, which extends from the middle of the inner 

 margin to the apex ; on this darker portion a marginal, wavy, lighter 

 shade; a narrow basal transverse line ; the discal spot finely out- 

 lined with dark brown. Secondaries pinkish brown ; a little yellow 

 between the ocellus and a transverse black line ; the outer margin 

 paler. The ocellus small, black, with a brownish centre containing 

 a few white scales. Thorax brown. Abdomen reddish. 



Expanse 70 mm. 



The female is more of a pinkish grey ; the space between the 

 ocellus and transverse black line pink. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 with broad black transverse bands. 



Expanse 85 mm. 



Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. 



AUTOMERIS NOPALTZIN, Sp. nOV. 



Female. Primaries violaceous brown, a basal transverse shade, 

 and an outer dark transverse line, inwardly shaded with yellow. The 

 discal spot dark, ill defined, containing a minuie white spot. 

 Secondaries reddish, paler along the outer margin ; a large bliick 

 ocellus with a light brown centre, containing three black spots 

 speckled with white, the central spot, which is the largest, being also 

 crossed by a white line ; the ocellus is externally bordered with 

 yellow, and beyond this there is a fine, indistinct black line. Thorax 

 violaceous brown. Abdomen red. 



Expanse 80 mm. 



Hub. Paso de San Juan, Vera Cruz. 



Allied to Automeris rubrcscens, Walker. 



AUTOMERIS RUBICUNDA, Sp. UOV. 



Male. Primaries above brown ; the base fawn-colour and limited 

 by a very narrow, transverse, dark line ; a lunular transverse line 

 beyond the cell; the discal spot dark brown, oblong; a dark trian- 

 gular spot on the costal margin near the apex. Secondaries above 

 bright red ; the ocellus small, black, with a brownish centre con- 

 taining a few white scales : beyond this a black transverse line ; a 

 submarginal brownish band, and a marginal brownish shade on a 



