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somewhat more quadrangular, grey; postmedian line from close before the apex, slightly inwardly convex to 
the inner margin behind the centre. Hindwing at the costal and distal margin coloured as forewing, inner 
margin broadly reddish-haired, disc dark yellow, the interior subterminal line feebly undulate, exterior line 
brownish-violet; ocellus of medium size as in zozine. Abdomen above red. Venezuela. 
A. averna Drc., described from a $, is somewhat larger than meridana, brown with a pink tint, behind averna. 
the postmedian line darker, the latter inwardly bordered Avith yellow, originating 4 mm before the apex; 
discal spot large, blackish, with a white central dot. Hindwing light pinkish-brown, in the disc chrome-coloured; 
ocellus with an extensive brownish-red iris and a black, white-dusted pupil with a white cross-bar; interior 
subterminal line thick black, exterior line a broad brown band. Abdomen brownish pink. Mexico. 
A. pallens Conte (= annulata Schs.) (109 b). Body above dark olive brown, abdomen curled whitish, pattens. 
ForeAving olive brown as far as the postmedian line, behind it reddish yellowish-grey; anterior transverse line 
fine, brown, straight in an oblique direction to the median vein, then undulate to the inner margin, the posterior 
line straight from the apex to the centre of the inner margin, at the cell-end a dark circular line with a dark 
central dot. On the hindwing the costal margin and the marginal area broad grey, inner margin olive brown, 
the disc bright yellow as far as the black, little undulate interior subterminal line, the exterior line forming a 
broad brown shadow; ocellus blackish-broAvn, broadly edged with black and in the centre scantily streAvn with 
white. Expanse of wings: 74 mm. British-Guiana. 
A. vomona Schs. (109 b). Wings broad, light red-brown, abdomen above black, the posterior margins vomona. 
of the abdomen narrowly reddish. On the forewing the antemedian line is rather indistinct, the postmedian 
line from shortly before the apex slightly bent to the centre of the inner margin, dark greyish-brown, inwardly 
yellowish ochreous; discal spot slightly darker than the ground, surrounded by some black dots. Hindwing 
in the disc yellow, at the costal and distal margins pinkish-broAvn, base and inner margin broad red; ocellus 
dark brown, broadly edged with black, in the centre Avhite scales; interior subterminal line black, rather broad, 
behind it a reddish nebulous band. Venezuela. 
A. pupilla sp. n. (109 b) is similar to vomona , Avith still broader greyish-brown wings, postmedian line pupilla. 
from 3 mm before the apex straight to the centre of the inner margin, fine and distinctly black, inside finely 
bordered Avith yellow, the dark discal spot oval, finely and distinctly surrounded by black. Hindwing Avithout 
any pink tint, greyish brown, with a yellow disc; ocellus quite black, in the centre some white scales. Abdomen 
deep black, at the end light yellow. Type: 1 from Merida, Venezuela, in the Senckenberg Museum. 
A. curitiba Schs. Above greyish-brown, base of wings Avith a yellow spot, abdomen above purple red, curitiba. 
beneath and at the anus ochreous. ForeAving at the base and costal margin broadly broAvnish ochreous, margin 
light olive brown, discal spot feeble and only linearly surrounded; postmedian line straight from the apex to 
the centre of the inner margin, olive brown, inside pinkish white. Hindwing in the cell and at the inner margin 
purple red, ocellus dark brown with a white central line, broadly edged with black, in the yelloAv disc; the fine 
black interior subterminal line not reaching to the costal margin is distally bordered with yellow, behind it a 
purple red shadow, margin pinkish-grey. Curitiba (Brazil). 
A. incarnata Wlcr. (109 e). Varying between red-brown and olive brown, anterior transverse line incarnata. 
irregular, posterior line straight from close before the apex to the centre of the inner margin, inwards more or 
less distinctly bordered with ochreous, discal spot rather inconspicuous, often with a white central dot and 
surrounded by black dots. HindAvdng in the disc yelloAv, at the base and inner margin rosy red, ocellus large, 
round, iris greyish-black, with a white-strewn pupil, behind it a black line and a reddish band. Abdomen dark cecrops. 
rosy red. Bogota (Colombia). cecrops Bsdv. (109 c) is probably only the northern form distinguished by the 
more curved postmedian line, a slightly more falcate apex of the forewing and a lighter rosy red abdomen. 
Mexico to Panama. In North America (Arizona) the species is represented by - pamina Neum. (109 c) distin- pamina. 
guished by its very light sand-coloured yellowish-grey ground, Avhilst a somewhat darker ochreous, reddish- 
strewn form is called aurosea Neum. the exterior of which is very much like that of boucardi from which, aurosea. 
however, it is easily separable by the pinkish red abdomen (being black in boucardi). Larva of pamina, when 
fully developed, above green, sublaterally and ventrally brown. With white subdorsal lines and white short 
lateral oblique stripes being above bordered with black and extending from in front above hindward beneath, 
separating the brown colour from the green; densely set with firtree-like tufts of stings, which are much longer 
on the first and last segments. 
A. zephyria Grt. (109 c) is allied to the foregoing species, but easily separated from them by the absence zephyria. 
of the antemedian line and by the postmedian line being inside broadly bordered with white and extending 
very obliquely from the apex to before the centre of the inner margin; ground-colour mostly darker broAvn. 
Disc of hindwing yellow, base, costal and inner margins with pink hair, ocellus and lines as in the preceding- 
species. -— f. zephyriata B. & Benj. is a deep red-brown instead of greyish-brown form and its relation to zephiyriata. 
zephyria is like that of aurosea to pamina-, intermediate forms may occur. New Mexico. 
A. maeonia Drc. (109 d) for which Packard established the genus Protautomeris is marked somewhat maeonh. 
like zephyria. Fore wing light brownish-grey, in the median area often Avith a pink tint; basal and subterminal 
areas dark olive brown, both the transverse lines yellowish-white, on the averted sides Avith single ochreous 
scales; discal spot dark brown, especially in the $ often extended on the veins outAvard and inward in long 
