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AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
postalbida. 
niepelti. 
larva. 
panamen- 
sis. 
cry plica. 
banus. 
amanda. 
proxim us. 
oweni. 
central dot, without black dots outside; the feebly curved postmedian line is light, on both sides bordered with 
dark, at the costal margin 2 cm distant from the apex; eyespot as in egeus with a white transverse streak in the 
small black pupil; subterminal band behind it outside straightly defined, in contrast with egeus and hoops where 
it is outside undulate and more interrupted on the veins. Abdomen brownish ochreous. 
A. postalbida Sells. is a large species allied to egeus, with a very light median and marginal area; the 
antemedian line forms 2 flat bows, with a little contrasting discal spot, marked by 5 black dots; postmedian 
line plain, almost straight, inwardly bordered by a feebly lighter colour, vanishing towards the costal margin; 
the dark subterminal area outside roundly bordered undulately. Hindwing almost white, the black pupil in 
the large ocellus strewn somewhat white with a white central streak. The ochreous abdomen with feebly dark 
ringlets. Balzapamba (Ecuador). — niepelti /. n. (106 b) is larger, the black antemedian line much more strongly 
undulated, in the cell and submedianly with 2 projections each towards the margin; discal spot tridentate with 
4 black dots around it and a white central dot; postmedian line double, inside blackish-grey, outside purple 
brown, filled with light brown, almost straight, only slightly bending towards the base below the costal margin; 
subterminal line more dentate, the marginal area behind it as light as the median area. Hindwing very light 
grey with a feebly yellowish tint, almost the whole pupil of the ocellus thickly filled with white, the marginal 
area behind the two black lines densely strewn with greyish-brown, crossed by rusty yellow veins, the fox- 
coloured abdomen with broad black ringlets. Western Colombia (Bella Vista); type in Coll. Niepelt. 
A. larra Wkr. (= palegon Bsdv.) (106 b) differs from the preceding ones in the straighter postmedian 
line extending nearer to the apex and being filled with bluish-white; discal spot sometimes with a white central 
dot, but always with 4 dots below and outside. Hindwing of a somewhat more reddish tint, the eyespot in the 
centre with a larger black, white-strewn pupil, with a distinct white transverse streak, the two lines behind 
it black, the interior one plainly bent, the exterior one composed of thick black spots. Under surface brighter 
rusty brown than in the allies, with a large black discal spot. Brazil. panamensis /. n. (106 c) from Chiriqui, 
is much darker red-brown, the distal half of the median area densely strewn with bluish-white, the postmedian 
line somewhat more curved, slightly concave towards the margin. The light yellowish-grey disc of the hindwing 
is very extensive, the ocellus large, especially the pupil very extensive with a thick white transverse streak, 
the distal one of the two lines behind it not divided into spots, but quite straight, the brown marginal area 
behind it narrow. Type: 1 q in the Berlin Museum. 
A. cryptica Dogn. (108 a) has brown fore wings with a white basal spot and somewhat darker brown 
straight transverse lines, on the inverted sides bordered with light violet, the inner line at the costal and inner 
margins equidistant from the base, the outer line at the inner margin rising close at the base and terminating 
far before the apex at the costal margin; discal spot rectangular. Hindwing light lilac, basally with ochreous 
hair, with a large eyespot with a blackish-brown iris and a black, white-strewn pupil, with a white transverse 
streak; behind it a broad black uniformly rounded subterminal band, behind it a whitish band before the 
violettish-brownish margin. Colombia. 
A. banus Bsdv. (107 b). Thorax very dark brown, abdomen brick-coloured yellowish or ochreous. 
Forewing basally and in the marginal area olive brownish mixed with yellowish hair-scales, the median area 
somewhat purer brown, in the $ tinted violet and, like the anteterminal area, strewn with white; transverse 
lines darker, on the inverted sides strewn somewhat white, especially the outer line in the costal-marginal part. 
The darker discal spot with intense black marginal dots and a black central streak. Hindwing reddish brick- 
coloured, in the marginal area olive brown or yellowish-brown, densely strewn with white excepting the reddish 
veins. The large black ocellus with a greyish-yellow iris, in the black pupil strewn with white, with a white 
transverse streak; behind the black postmedian line, which is slightly interrupted on the veins, there is a red- 
brown nebulous band. Mexico. 
A. amanda Schs. (108 a) is very similar to banus-, head and thorax dark velvety brown, abdomen light 
reddish-brown with darker segmental margins. Eorewing more unicoloured violettish-brown, the fine lines 
darker; the interior oblique line from the costal margin to the median vein, then inwards and, on the submedian 
fold, turning outward again; the large discal spot indistinct, marked by dark dots, the distal line straighter 
than in banus-, hindwing light reddish-brown, the light brown, large ocellus with a black ring contains an oval 
black pupil surrounded by white, and a white central line; distal margin violettish-brown with 2 brown distal 
lines. Expanse of wings: 86 mm. Bolivia. 
A. proximus Conte (= ecuadora Weym.) (108 a) is very similar to amanda , darker brown, much more 
intensely strewn with white, especially in the median area, the grey discal macula very densely strewn with 
white, the postmedian line towards the costal margin somewhat undulate-dentate, inside bordered with an 
intense white. Disc of hindwing more yellowish ochre; above all separable by the broadly black-curled ochreous 
abdomen. Ecuador, Colombia. Weymer’s type of ecuadora is before me from the Berlin Museum, it belongs 
to this species and has nothing to do with the figure by Strand in Lep. Niepeltiana, which belongs to erisichton 
(cf. ib. p. 733). 
A. oweni Dogn. is likewise rather near to banus, the forewing is more yellowish-grey, with the 2 transverse 
lines and the well marked discal spot. Hindwing beautifully orange, at the inner margin with orange hair; 
the ocellus is very large, somewhat flattened, with a yellowish-grey iris enclosing 2 black, wliite-strewn pupils 
