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AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
azteca. 
acutus. 
aniris. 
\ 
plicata. 
cypria. 
vala- 
pericinctus. 
caudatula. 
bulaea. 
abas. 
abasia. 
From Guiana, Peru and Bolivia; also from Trinidad. - azteca f. n. (Ill Be) has somewhat broader wings, the 
distal portion being of a purer sulphour-colour, the discal spot the same, almost without a black centre; the 
orange ocellus of the hindwing without a white centre, the black binds much lighter and narrower; the abdominal 
belts so, too. In numbers from Mexico; type in the Coll. Draudt. 
A, acutus Conte (= flavus Conte ) (111 B c) is similar to azteca, but at once discernible by the carmine 
ocellus; forewing more intensely dusted black, the two transverse lines black, less oblique and quite straight, 
the discal spot and the subcostally angled median shadow greenish-yellow like the marginal area in which there 
are single black vein-dots. Abdomen yellow, with black rings. Peru, flavus is surely only the <$ of acutus 
there are 2 fresh CS from Vilcanota before me, from the Berlin Museum, which also exhibit a black-banded 
abdomen. 
A„ aniris Jord. is quite similar to nausica from which it is easily separated by the entirely black ocellus 
of the hindwing lacking a white central dot; lines of forewing less oblique, almost parallel to the distal margin. 
Costal margin of hindwing not lobate as in nausica , but uniformly convex. British Guiana. 
A. plicata Herr.-Sch. (= laciniata Bsdv.) (Ill B d) has a more intensely dentate distal margin of the 
forewing, and the dent below the apex is strongly bent downward; fore wing marked as in nausica, but the 
colour is a dull brown without the yellowish marginal brightening. Bands of hindwing much more dentate. 
Brazil. 
A. cypria Gruel. (= io Cr., stollii Bsdv.) (Ill B d). Forewing of $ reddish-brown to olive-brown with 
fine blackish transverse lines, the anterior one somewhat irregularly notched, the posterior one much feebler, 
beginning before the apex, between them a somewhat broader median shadow and a large oval whitish discal 
spot with a darker median streak, with some fine submedian black vein-dots; subterminal line below the apex 
with a small black spot, in the lower half twice projecting arcuately. Hindwing light brownish or reddish-grey 
with a red, white-centred and black-edged ocellus and 2 blackish transverse bands behind it. The $ is purple 
brown, dusted with violettish-white, especially in the marginal area, with a double postmedian line. Amazons, 
Rio de Janeiro. — vala Ky. (= crameri Bsdv.) based upon the very bad figure of the <$ by Cramer, likewise 
from Surinam, I do not consider to be a different species, only distinguished by a somewhat lighter, more reddish 
yellowish-brown ground-colour, though the colour is rather variable. pericinctus Conte, in my opinion, is 
neither to be separated and refers to an otherwise typical damaged female specimen - not a J as Conte states 
in the text —, which shows some blackish shading also before the ocellus of the hindwing, forming together with 
the black postmedian line a circle around the ocellus. French Guiana. 
A. caudatula Fldr. (Ill B d) has narrower wings with a more produced apex and a roundish tail-like 
extended angle on the hindwing. Fore wing olive brownish, the markings as in cypria , but whitish, on the veins 
whitish, dark-centred dots. Hindwing hardly lighter brown, the two transverse bands behind the ocellus 
only little darker, the marginal area slightly dusted white. Abdomen ochreous, curled black. An evidently 
very rare species, reported from Central America, in the Berlin Museum a $ from Oxapampa (South-EasternPeru). 
A. buiaea M. A W. (Ill B d) is a very small species belonging to the same group; forewing very similarly 
marked as in the preceding species, but the apex of the forewing is falcately extended, not angular below it; 
olive brown, dusted with red-brown and lilac white, postmedian line double, discal spot very large. Hindwing 
coppery reddish-brown with a black, feebly whitish-centred ocellus, at the margin shaded with olive green. 
Beneath marked as the preceding species, the marginal areas of both wings dusted with brownish olive green. 
Southern Brazil (Novo Friburgo). Subordinate group.: Gamelia Him. (Forewing very broad with a long and 
pointedly extended apex in the $; eyes red.) 
A. abas Cr. (Ill B a), 130 b. The C i s purple brown on the fore wing, in the basal area darker, bordered 
by the dentate indistinctly double black antemedian line which is filled with single greenish-yellow hairs, the 
very small discal spot surrounded by black; the postmedian line comes from the apex and is likewise double, at 
the margin light red-brown, the ocellus red, centred white and encircled with black, behind it 2 grey lines, 
from the ocellus to the inner margin almost straight, from the ocellus to the costal margin recurved far towards 
the base, the interior line fine, the exterior one broader, widened analwards. The 2 is more blackish-brown, 
in some places dusted with lilac grey, the apex of the fore wing much longer, the discal spot larger, filled with 
brownish, encircled with light grey, the postmedian line inside bordered with a darker colour. Guiana, Amazons, 
Peru. 
A„ abasia Cr. (Ill Be) is similar, somewhat smaller on an average, lighter brown, the antemedian line 
entirely absent, the basal area hardly darkened, the discal spot punctiform or a fine black circle, the postmedian 
line represented by 2 more intensely outlined black parallel lines. Hindwing lighter, more brownish, the red 
iris of the ocellus larger, the black ring relatively narrow, the grey lines more curved. Guiana, Amazons, to the 
north as far as Panama. Larva violettish-grey with a yellow lateral stripe and black burning stings provided 
with yellow branches. According to Cramer, it lives on Guayavae. 
