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AFTOMERIS. By Dr M. Deaudt. 
morcsca. 
oh long a. 
ucnndoides 
them is. 
lamphilus. 
belli. 
excreta. 
macphaili. 
foucheri. 
liber ia. 
A. moresca Schs. Head and thorax dark brown, abdomen light reddish. Forewing lilac brown, behind 
the cell and at the distal margin lighter reddish-yellow; the dark discal spot irregrdar, surrounded by black 
dots; the dark postmedian line is inwards bordered with reddish-yellow and extends from near the apex almost 
to the anal angle. Hindwing light reddish, at the margin lilac brown, with a large ocellus with a greyish-brown 
iris and a black, white-strewn pupil with a white transverse bar; behind it a fine black undulate line, inside 
yellow, behind which a red-brown shadow follows. Expanse of wings: 78 mm. French Guiana. 
A. oblonga Wkr. is a very large species, as large as egeus, in the J the forewing is light yellowish red- 
brown. at the costal margin dusted with greyish-white, in the $ browner, the transverse lines light yellow, 
the anterior line notched, the posterior line straight, the marginal area is yellow, the discal spot oblong, brown. 
Hindwing reddish, in the distal half light yellowish, with an oval ocellus with a reddish-brown iris and an oblong 
black pupil with a white bar, behind it with 2 undulate bands, the interior one light brown, the exterior one 
light fawn. Body and thorax coloured as forewing. Bogota. 
A. jucundoides Schs. Head and thorax red-brown, abdomen brownish-yellow. Forewing in the basal 
area light red-brown, at the base dusted with lilac, in the median area light lilac brown, with a blackish discal 
spot; the fine light reddish-brown postmedian line proceeds from near the apex: marginal area light brownish 
ochreous with a lighter subterminal shadow. Hindwing light reddish with a large light brown black-ringed 
ocellus in a yellow ring, instead of the pupil only with scanty white and grey scales, the line behind it being 
short. Expanse of wings: 63 mm. A small species from French Guiana. 
A. themis Dogn., described according to a from French Guiana, is very similar to oblonga and differs 
from it in the deep chocolate-brown thorax and the almost entirely black ocellus; abdomen ochreous. Forewing 
reddish-ochreous, with yellowish ochreous transverse lines; the posterior line from close before the apex to 
the inner margin, about half a centimeter before the anal angle; discal spot not darker, but finely edged with 
light with a few black dots and a white central dot; marginal area yellowish ochreous like the lines. Hindwing 
basally and at the costal margin and inner margin pinkish ochreous; the oblong black ocellus, only in the centre 
olive brown with a white central dot, is situate in a yellow circle touching the short black postmedian line, 
behind it before the reddish ochreous marginal area with a red-brown subterminal band. 
A. tamphilus Schs. (107 a) is light reddish-brown on the forewing, at the distal margin yellowish; 
transverse lines somewhat lighter than the ground, the distal line from close before the apex to % of the 
inner margin. Hindwing yellowish-red, at the margin lighter, the ocellus relatively small, brown, black, then 
narrowly yellow-ringed, in the centre a tiny grey spot with a white bar, the black subterminal line behind it 
inside finely bordered with yellow. Head and thorax dark brown. Forewing of $ more purple brown, dusted 
with lilac whitish. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Joinville). 
A. belti Drc. (= zaruma Schs.) (108 d) is a larger, very beautifid species, larger than randa which it 
resembles on the forewing, the discal spot which is somewhat narrower than in randa, a little more conspicuous, 
especially the black marginal dots more distinct. On the hindwing at once discernible by the extensively 
lemon-coloured disc enclosing the large, broadly black-edged ocellus; behind it a thick black line and a black 
band. In the $ the concave postmedian line is very distinct. Panama; Nicaragua. 
A. excreta sp. n. (107 c) is a large species from Mexico, which seems to have been hitherto mistaken 
for belli or also averna, but which proves to be entirely different on being compared with the type of belli. Body 
as in belti, but abdomen redder. Fore wing of densely strewn with brown on the ochreous ground, the ante- 
median line more notched, outside brighter yellow like the postmedian line which is straighter and outside 
not so contrastingly darkened. The red colour of the hindwing is more ochreous, not so crimson, the lemon- 
coloured disc and the ocellus more reduced, the latter as in belli, the black line not so thick, the band behind 
it red-brown, not black. The $ more purple brown, strewn with lilac white, the transverse lines, however, 
distinctly bordered with yellow. Types (S$) from Orizaba in the Coll. Draudt. In the figure the colours are 
much too dull, the yellow and red of the hindwing ought to be bright and distinctly defined, averna is a much 
smaller species, only as large as boucardi. 
A. macphaili Schs. (107 c) is somewhat smaller, in the $ the wings are shorter and broader, on the 
forewing the black postmedian line is distinct, especially in the 2 inwardly somewhat lighter, more incurved 
than in belti, and beginning farther away from the apex, on the hindwing the yellow disc extends somewhat 
farther basad, the black postmedian line is thicker and not undulating. Abdomen red, in the $ more reddish- 
ochreous. Guatemala. 
A. foucheri Bouv. (108 d) is exactly as macphaili on the hindwing, but the disc is more pinkish, whilst 
the forewing exhibits the three black discal spots of maculatus, thus a most characteristic, unmistakable species. 
Colombia. 
A. liberia (Jr. ( — megalops Wkr.) (107 c) is allied to the rubrescens- group; colour of forewing varying 
between yellow and brown, transverse lines somewhat darker, the posterior line more or less incurved, towards 
the costal margin inside slightly scaled whitish, discal spot grey, distally extended in 3 more or less distinct 
dents; subterminal line and marginal area mostly of a purer yellow. Hindwing with a yellowish-red disc and 
