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of unequal size, the larger one is parted by a grey vein and shows a white transverse streak, the smaller one 
being above it; behind the ocellus follows a black undulate line and outside a grey, rather indistinct line 
disappearing in the grey distal margin. Thorax dark brown, abdomen beautifully yellow. Described according 
to 2 c Jd' from Zamora (Ecuador). 
A. subpictus Dogn. (== colombianus Bouv.) (108 b). Head and thorax blackish-brown, abdomen subpictus. 
brown with single ochreous hairs. The brown forewing is strewn with white basally and in the median area; 
transverse lines darker, the posterior line from close behind the centre of the inner margin to 5 mm before the 
apex, proximad strewn with white; the dark discal spot is oblong, in places marked with black. Hindwing 
light olive or yellowish ochreous, the large ocellus with a dark olive iris and 2 or 3 black, white strewn and 
bordered pupils, the middle one being the largest, the anal one mostly only a narrow white streak, or absent 
altogether; behind them there is a double fine, feebly dentate subterminal line, distally dusted with white as 
the brown marginal area. Colombia (Bogota). 
A. subobscura Weym. I do not know in nature, it may belong to subpictus, but it has an ochreous ab- subobscura. 
domen with broad dark brown rings and is therefore also similar to the following abdominalis from which it 
is said to differ in the more pointed apex of the forewing, the unicoloured marginal area, and the broad brown 
margin of the hindwing extending to the yellow disc, whilst in Felders species the yellow colour extends 
far into the marginal area. Forewing brownish-grey, in the median area lighter, at the costal margin and distal 
margin darker; postmedian line straight, dark brown, proximally bordered with whitish-grey, from the apex 
to % of the inner margin; discal spot brown, round, with 3 black dots in its edge. Hindwing dark ochreous, 
with a large brownish-grey ocellus in a black ring of 2 mm width, and a pear-shaped black pupil with a 
white transverse streak; the brown distal margin is traversed by 2 whitish-grey lines. Under surface conspicu¬ 
ously dark blackish-brown. Bogota (Colombia), described according to a $. 
A. denticulatus Conte (= moerens Jord.) (107 c) is quite different, but it resembles the banus-group denlicula- 
by the hindwing with the pale olive brown ground and the abundant white strewing at the base, median area 
and distal margin of the fore wing; separated by the undulate-dentate postmedian line which is bordered with 
white on both sides; subterminal area especially in the lower half angularly projecting into the white-strewn 
margin; ocellus of hindwing with a but very small white-powdered pupil; the exterior one of the two subter¬ 
minal lines is broad, analward likewise angularly projecting. Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen and base of 
hindwing ochreous. Peru; Ecuador (Sarayacu). 
A. despicata sp. n. (108 b) is allied to the banus-gxowp to a certain degree. Thorax dark brown, abdomen desplcaia. 
dull ochreous; forewing unicoloured dull olive brown, anterior transverse line extremely feeble, whitish, extend¬ 
ing as in proximus, the posterior line hardly more distinct, straight from the last third of the inner margin 
to 3 mm before the apex, in front of the apex with somewhat whitish, scanty hair-scales; discal spot slightly 
darker than the ground-colour, in its lower border a dark brown arcuate streak, outside 2 black dots in the 
middle and in the upper angle; subterminal line feebly lighter, undulate, behind it scantily strewn with whitish. 
Hindwing in the disc dull reddish ochreous, the large ocellus, which is relatively narrowly edged with black, 
with a very extensive olive brown iris and a small, intensely white-strewn pupil with a white transverse streak; 
the ocellus shows distally a very feeble and narrow light yellow border closely followed by a fine black undulate 
line, proximally narrowly bordered by yellow, the marginal area being olive brown, traversed by a whitish 
undulate line. Beneath the straight postmedian line of the forewing ends 1 cm before the apex, on the hind¬ 
wing it is likewise straight passing close behind the white discal spot. According to a $ from Chuchuras 
(Eastern Peru) in the Berlin Museum. 
A. abdominalis Fldr. I only know from Felder’s figure; it has a more obtuse apex of the forewing than abdomina- 
the preceding species, with a lighter violettish-grey marginal area, and besides the marginal area on the hind¬ 
wing behind the black undulate line is reddish ochreous excepting the extreme brownish margin and a brownish 
transverse band passing through; the brown discal spot of the forewing shows a whitish central spot. The 
ochreous abdomen exhibits dark brown rings. Likewise from Bogota. According to the figure I should consider 
the species to be illustris with a somewhat darker ringed abdomen, as it is also shown on our figure of illustris. 
A. illustris Wkr. (= coffeae Bsd., pelotas Strd.) (107 a) is very closely allied to the preceding species illustris. 
and especially also to rubrescens and its allies; on an average somewhat larger, the discal spot duller, with 
hardly or without any black dots surrounding it. Hindwing yellowish-red, the ocellus without the distal yellow 
ring, the undulate subterminal line neither bordered inside with yellow. Larva green with yellow branched 
thorns causing a fiercely stinging pain, with a light lateral stripe and small dark transverse spots above it; 
it lives on various trees and shrubs, especially Melastomaceae and Rubiaceae, on coffee, magnolias; and many 
others. Common in Brazil. The type of pelotas has been lying before me by the kindness of Dr. Horx ; it 
undoubtedly belongs to this place. 
A. pyiades Bsd. (107 b) is larger than illustris, with a somewhat paler ground-colour, in the $ more pylades. 
greyish reddish, the discal spot forming outside 3 more or less distinct dents. Hindwing light reddish-ochreous, 
ocellus very large, with a very extensive olive brownish iris and a thickly white-strewn pear-shaped pupil with 
a distal point; the fine subterminal line behind it is undulate, then follows a brownish ochreous band and. 
separated by a narrow whitish space, the brownish marginal area. Thorax dark brown, abdomen ochreous. Brazil. 
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