AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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A. cinctistriga Fldr. (105 d), likewise closely allied to rubrescens and randa, is smaller, in the male cinctistriya. 
lighter, the transverse lines are yellow, the postmedian line uniformly bent, outside bordered with greenish- 
brown, scaled white below the costal margin, discal spot with or without fine black dots. Hindwing yellowish- 
red brick-colour, ocellus as in zurobara, the pupil more intensely strewn with white, outside with a narrow 
yellow ring, the fine black slightly undulating subterminal line inside bordered with yellow, the marginal area 
somewhat lighter, more yellowish. The $ is somewhat darker, more reddish-grey, the transverse lines more 
broadly bordered with dark, the basal area feebly dusted with whitish; it thereby recalls coresu.s Central 
America, to the north as far as Mexico. 
A. aristei Dogn. has reddish yellowish-brown forewings with darker transverse lines, the anterior line arisiei. 
straight, only incurved on the median vein, the posterior line from shortly before the apex to % of the inner 
margin, inwardly white-scaled; discal spot oval with black dots around it and a white-scaled centre, the 
marginal area somewhat lighter. Hindwing coloured as fore wing, but somewhat lighter, with a large somewhat 
oval ocellus, iris brownish, pupil black, powdered with white, with a white central dot, behind it a thick 
black, slightly dentate line and a similar brown submarginal line. Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen above 
brownish with reddish ochreous rings. A large species with an expanse of 102 mm, described according to a 
single from Bogota. 
A. crassus Conte is most closely allied to the rubrescens- group and was described according to a single erassus. 
from French Guiana. Front body dark brown, abdomen brick-coloured red. Forewing yellowish dark brown, 
basal area browner, the notched antemedian line yellow, discal spot likewise with a notched black-dotted 
border, blackish, darker centred; the fine postmedian line from close before the apex, brown, inside bordered 
with yellowish, the narrow marginal area behind the subterminal lines yellowish-brown. Hindwing dark brick- 
red, ocellus large, brownish grey, broadly edged with black, with a feeble yellow ring, a black pupil with a 
white transverse bar, and strewn with white, the black line behind it hardly undulate, on both sides bordered 
with yellow, then a brown band, marginal area yellowish greyish-brown. Expanse of wings: 90 mm. A $ from 
Eastern Colombia corresponds well with it. 
A. tridens H.-Schaff. (108 c) is above brownish ochreous, the marginal area of a purer yellow like the iridens. 
transverse lines, the posterior line almost from the apex; the brown discal spot is often tridentiform outside, 
the points sometimes marked by black dots. Hindwing reddish with a black ocellus in a narrow yellow then 
again fine black ring, with a yellowish-grev iris and a tiny white or grey pupil; behind it an undulate-dentate 
hlack line bordered with yellow. Thorax brown. The $ is purple brown, dusted with lilac. Well recognizable 
by the almost blind ocellus. Brazil. 
A. amoena Bsdv. (108 b) is separated from the allied species by the large black ocellus with a yellowish- amoena. 
grey iris and a black pupil enclosing a white angular streak. Fore wing reddish greyish-brown, in the £ more 
purple brown, with a darker base and yellow transverse lines, and a brownish discal spot; the postmedian line 
begins 5—6 mm distant from the apex. Hindwing yellowish-red, behind the ocellus an undulating black line, 
behind it a red-brown band. Thorax brown, abdomen yellowish-red. Cayenne. 
A. jucunda Cr. (106 c). Forewing of q reddish-brown, of $ purple brown dusted with violettish white, jucunda. 
with a white basal spot and a whitish postmedian line almost parallel to the margin, starting a little before 
the apex; the antemedian line is only marked by white strewing behind the darker basal area, the discal spot 
and a short oblique band behind it darker. Hindwing brick-red or brownish-red with a yellow-ringed ocellus, 
a brownish iris and a black, white-strewn pupil; the black undulate line behind it is inside bordered with 
yellow. Abdomen brick-red. Guiana to Brazil. 
A. divergens Bsdv. (= jucunda Cr. $ 249 A) being a $ does not at all fit to the figure of jucunda -9; diveryens. 
much smaller, rusty brown, with a broad yellow antemedian band, a black discal spot, and a yellow spot 
behind it; postmedian line and the ends of the veins behind it yellow. Hindwing rusty yellow with an oval 
ocellus, the iris of the ground-colour, the pupil black, strewn with white; behind the ocellus a short black 
arcuate streak, marginal area. Surinam. I have not seen anything similar, but according to the figure it seems 
to be allied with one of the two following species. 
A. junonia Wkr. (108 c). Forewing of $ brownish yellow or also purely yellow, as in tridens with junonia. 
brownish ochreous transverse lines bordered with yellow on the inverted sides, the anterior line very sinuous, 
on the median vein and submedian fold distallv pointedly notched: discal spot and often also the basal area 
dusted with lilac, brownish, the former spot with four black dots and a curved blackish central line; postmedian 
line from shortly before the apex. Hindwing yellowish-red with a large black, yellow-ringed ocellus, a brownish 
iris and a large black, white-strewn pupil enclosing a white transverse bar; behind it is followed by a fine 
undulating line inside bordered with yellow which colour may also be confluent with the yellow ring of the 
ocellus. Marginal area yellow The $ is reddish-brown, dusted with violet, the discal spot occasionally white- 
centred. Body ochreous. Mexico. 
A. titania Fldr. (108 c). It is questionable whether this species is to be regarded as a form of the titania. 
very similar junonia or as a distinct species. Mostly somewhat smaller, of a brighter golden yellow colour, and 
easily discernible bj^ entirely red hindwings, the ocellus not yellow-ringed, the black stripe behind it neither 
inside bordered with yellow, mostly outside touching the red band without a yellow intermediate line. Colombia. 
