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AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
chacona. 
'pictiis. 
rubrescens. 
nopaltzin. 
moloneyi. 
godarti. 
randa. 
zurobara. 
A. chacona sp.n. (108 b) is very near to illustris. Thorax dark brown, abdomen bright ochreous. 
Forewing densely strewn with brown on the ochreous ground, transverse lines very feeble, yellowish, the 
posterior one ending 6 mm before the apex; discal spot marked by 4 dots, with a narrow blackish central 
shadow; subterminal line marked by the contrast of the darker interior portion with the more yellowish 
marginal portion. Hindwing bright ochreous; ocellus very large with a very extensive brown iris and a small 
black, white-strewn pupil with a white bar crossing it; close behind the ocellus and touching it a thick black, 
very arcuately dentate line reaching neither to the costal nor inner margins, the reddish ochreous area behind 
it crossed by 2 brownish bands, the interior band being undulate. Described according to a from Chaco, La 
Paz (Bolivia), from the Berlin Museum. 
A. pictus Conte (— parilis Schs.) (107 a) is likewise near to illustris, the transverse lines on the forewing 
are closer together, on the inverted sides bordered with yellowish, the anterior line only produced on the 
median vein, the posterior line feebly curved, arising 6 mm before the apex as far as about % of the inner 
margin; discal spot dark grey. Hindwing light reddish, the ocellus distinguished by a very large black pupil 
parted by a white bar; behind the undulate black subterminal line a violettish-brown band. The $ is light 
purple brownish, in the discal area lighter lilac, the pujoi 1 of the ocellus may have a diameter of up to 8 mm, 
strewn with white with a large white central spot. The colours of our figure are too dull, as in all the figures 
of plate 107. Cayenne; also from Peru. 
A. rubrescens Wkr. (105 d, 106 c) is a more common species distributed from Mexico and Guatemala 
to Venezuela. Fore wing light brown mixed with yellow, the most contrastingly so in the marginal area; the 
yellow-edged antemedian line projects distally on the median vein and the submedian fold, the blackish 
discal spot is mostly white-centred and projects pointedly outside in the middle, often marked with 3 black 
dots, the yellowish postmeclian line feebly bent, powdered with white below the costal margin, where it forms 
2 flat bows. Hindwing brownish red, the large ocellus in a narrow yellow ring, with a pale brown iris and a 
black, densely white-strewn pupil with a white bar crossing it, behind it a black undulate line bordered with 
yellow on both sides, the marginal area yellowish brown. Thorax dark brown, abdomen orange brownish. 
The $ shows much darker, purple brown fore wings. 
A. nopaltzin Schs., described according to a $ from Paso de San Juan (Vera Cruz, Mexico), is very 
closely allied to rubrescens, and I believe that it is probably only an aberrative specimen of it with a tripartite 
pupil; before me there is 1 9 with a bipartite pupil, which otherwise exactly corresponds with the diagnose and, 
excepting the ocellus, cannot be separated from the long series of rubrescens-QQ from Mexico before me. Fore¬ 
wing violettish-brown, the postmedian line bordered with yellow. Discal spot with a white central dot; easily 
discernible by the ocellus on the hindwing, in the brown iris of which the pupil is divided into 3 parts, as in 
liberia, the largest middle spot with a white transverse line; ocellus with a yellow ring, the black subterminal 
line behind it indistinct. Expanse of wings: 80 mm. With Conte the signatures of the figures of nopaltzin 
and menusae have been exchanged. 
A. moloneyi Drc. resembles nopaltzin, but it is smaller, the yellowish-brown ground-colour of the <$ 
contrasts with the purple brown basal area and discal spot; the basal area is defined by a narrow brown 
line outside bordered with yellow; the postmedian line is likewise brown, proximad yellow, and it extends 
almost straightly from near the apex to the inner margin, and is powdered with white above; the very faint 
undulate submarginal line is likewise yellow. Hindwing darker red brick-colour, otherwise marked as in 
rubrescens, but the ocellus is smaller. The $ is darker red-brown, the marginal areas in both wings dusted with 
white. From British Honduras. 
A. godarti Bsdv. corresponds with rubrescens in the marking, but it is smaller; ground-colour lighter 
reddish-brown brick-colour, only the narrow marginal area more yellowish; the brown discal spot is marked 
with 5 black dots. Hindwing yellowish-red, the iris of the black-edged ocellus of the same colour, the small 
black pupil with a white streak, the black undulate line behind it only proximad slightly bordered with 
yellow. Before me there is a specimen e coll. Bang-Ha as corresponding with the figure of the <$ in the coll. 
Oberthur. Conte’s figure of the 9 certainly belongs to another species. 
A. randa Drc. (105 d) is likewise very closely allied to rubrescens’, larger, marginal area and transverse 
lines, less marked with yellow, the lines outside more broadly strewn with blackish, the discal spot surrounded 
by 5 black dots, with a fine black central streak which is often inwards bordered with white. Hindwing of a 
brighter yellowish-red brick-colour, with a larger ocellus lacking the yellow ring, the brown iris and the white 
strewing of the pupil more extensive; the line behind it broader, less undulate, and only inwardly bordered 
with yellow, marginal area browner. From Mexico and Guatemala. 
A. zurobara Drc. (105 d). We figure the type from the Berlin Museum. Forewing brown, the basal 
area, the short oblique shadow from the costal margin, and the subterminal shadow darker; transverse lines 
as in rubrescens, feebly bordered with yellowish; the discal spot showing through from beneath has a whitish 
dot in the centre. Hindwing unicoloured reddish brick, also the iris of the ocellus which shows a relatively 
narrow black border, with a large black pupil, with a white transverse streak and very scantily strewn with 
white; the fine black undulate line is proximad hardly visibly bordered with yellow. Thorax not darker brown 
than the basal area of the fore wing. Panama (Chiriqui). 
