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AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
submacula. 
dioxippus. 
oberthurii 
granulosus. 
castrens is. 
cophila. 
brasiliensis. 
huebneri. 
coronis. 
on both sides it is flanked by smaller black, white-strewn spots in the orange brown ground: they may also 
be absent. Southern Brazil (S. Paulo); Uruguay; Paraguay; Argentina, A common species. 
A. submacula Wkr. (Ill A a) is a larger species, forewing light reddish-yellow, with feebly visible 
whitish dentate transverse lines and a somewhat darker, white-central discal spot. Hindwing lemon-coloured, 
behind the ocellus scantily strewn with blackish; ocellus with a velvety black ring, iris outside narrowly lavender- 
blue, inside cinnamon-reddish with a large quadrangular white pupil; before the yellowish-reddish margin 
:2 transverse lines, the interior one fine, black, undulate-dentate, the exterior one represented by broad blackish 
spots interrupted by the vellowish-red veins. Abdomen as forewing. Brazil (Parana). — dioxippus Bsdv. 
(111 A a) is smaller and darker, forewing dark brown with rusty yellow veins, and densely strewn and haired 
white, with a white basal spot, indistinct dentate transverse lines, and a white-centred darker discal spot. 
Hindwing light yellow, in the distal half strewn with black, the ocellus with a velvety black ring; iris in the 
distal half lavender-blue, inside rusty brown with a white pupil; postmedian line fine, black, undulate-dentate, 
behind it there are blackish subterminal spots outside strewn with white and interrupted by reddish-yellow 
veins; margin rusty brown. Abdomen reddish-yellow. Brazil; Yungas, Bolivia. 
A. oberthurii Bsdv. (Ill A a). Forewing of the same greyish-brown, darker and white strewn ground¬ 
colour as in aspera , the transverse lines very feeble and indistinct, only very little dentate, the very small discal 
sjDot feebly centred greyish-white. Hindwing yolk-coloured, the black-ringed ocellus with an olive brown iris 
and a large black, densely white-strewn pupil: but one strong black, not dentate transverse line, behind it a 
brick-red shadow-like band, separated from the light greyish-brown margin by a narrow yellow line. Argentina 
(Cordoba, Buenos Ayres). 
A. granulosus Conte is so closely allied to oberthuri that it is presumably only a variable specimen; it 
differs in darker red-brown forewings with white strewing in the distal half of the median area and of the 
marginal area; moreover, there are two yellowish transverse lines, the anterior one uninterrupted, the posterior 
one beginning at the costal margin about 8 mm before the apex and extending in a slightly distal convex 
curve parallel to the distal margin to the inner margin. Described from a $ from Brazil e Coll. Oberthur. 
A. castrensis ticks. (Ill A a) is a smaller species with narrower greyish-brown, strewn fore wings, a 
large whitish discal ring finely surrounded by dark, and a very oblique exterior somewhat darker transverse 
line. Hindwing light yellow, at the inner margin and around the ocellus with a very feeble reddish tint; the 
large ocellus is black, the iris dark olive brown with a large black, white-strewn pupil; the inner blackish 
transverse line directly adjoins to the outer somewhat lighter shadow-like stripe, a fine whitish line separates 
from the light brownish-grey margin; costal margin of the same colour. Abdomen crimson. Brazil (Parana; 
Minas Geraes). 
A. eophila Dogn. (= aurora Dogn., nec Weym.). Forewing brown with an oblong-quadrangular, 5 black- 
edged discal spot with a white central dot bordered with yellow; the black transverse lines on the averted sides 
bordered with yellow, the anterior line submedianly angled, the exterior one sharply and regularly dentate, 
the points of the dents on the veins, incurved below 2; the irregular subterminal line a little white-strewn, 
with a black marginal line before the brown fringe being speckled white on the ends of the veins. Hindwing 
pinkish-red, with a round black ocellus, a greenish-yellow iris and black pupil with a white discoidal streak; behind 
the ocellus a well rounded black line, behind it a chain of whitish, brown centred internerval rings, the brown 
marginal area with ochreous veins. Expanse of wings: 49 mm. According to a 9 from Tuciunan (Argentina). 
A. brasiliensis Wkr. ( = porus Bsdv.) (Ill b). This and the following 3 species are all very closely 
allied to each other. Forewing dull yellowish red-brown with a white basal spot and brown transverse lines, 
the posterior one beginning close at the apex, without white vein-dots; median area somewhat lighter, the 
contours of the discal spot marked by black dots. Hindwing red-brown, basally and towards the inner margin 
darker, the large black ocellus surrounded by yellowish, with a reddish-grey pupil outside extended into 3 or 4 
points, enclosing a fine white angular bar: behind the black undulate subterminal line with a rusty red band, 
marginal area rusty yellowish. Brazil. 
A. huebneri Bsdv. (— quadridentata Ky.) (Ill c) is somewhat lighter red-brown, the posterior trans¬ 
verse line straighter, only near the inner margin slightly curved, and dotted white on the veins; hindwing still 
lighter, in the disc whitish-yellow, with a horseshoe-shaped pupil-spot being distally extended into 4 points, 
enclosing a very small white angular bar; marginal area yellowish-grey. Brazil (Minas Geraes). 
A. coronis Schs. (Ill c) is larger than the two preceding species, abdomen red-brown with feeble smoky 
grey transverse bands. On the brown forewing the median area is somewhat lighter, greyer, the light brown 
discal spot very large, inside with 2, outside with 4 black dots; both the antemedian line forming two bows 
and the fine reddish-brown postmedian line are marked with yellowish-white dots on the veins. Hindwing 
at the base and inner margin drrll pinkish brown, the very large ocellus black, broadly encircled with yellowish- 
white, the brown pupil-spot extended into 4 points, with a white angular bar in the centre; behind the ocellus 
