AUTOMERIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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A. pyrrhomelas Wkr. ($ = anableps Fldr.) (Ill B e, 130 e). The <$ is somewhat larger than abas, other- pyrrhome- 
wise very similarly marked, but of a more purple blackish ground-colour, the antemedian line very indistinct, 
the inner portion of the postmedian line thicker than the outer part, towards the costal margin inside of it a 
lighter brownish-grey triangle, coloured like the marginal area. Hindwing similar as in abas, but greyer, the 
2 lines behind the ocellus stronger, the inner margin blacker haired. The $ is likewise similar to abas-%, the 
postmedian double line more distinct, inwards not so strongly shaded, with a large oval lighter brownish spot 
at the costal margin. Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil. 
A. banghaasi sp. n. (Ill B f) is very similar, darker slate-coloured black, strewn with fine silvery blue banghaasi. 
scales particularly in the marginal area and in the distal half of the median area; only the basal area is dark 
carmine-brown, the shape of the lines as in pyrrhomelas , but the postmedian line terminates nearer at the apex; 
discal spot conspicuously carmine, above and beneath bordered by one thick black dot each. Hindwing almost 
unicoloured slate-black, ocellus larger with a narrower black ring. Shape of hindwing longer stretched, with an 
entirely rounded anterior angle. Abdomen above black, beneath and at the anus bright rusty red. According 
to a from St. Louis, type in the Coll. Bang-Haas. 
A. rubriluna Wkr. I do not know; according to the insufficient description based upon a o, it is nearest rubriluna. 
to abasia-^. Blackish grey, forewing very falcate, tinted with reddish-brown excepting the basal portion, the 
black postmedian line hardly bent, from the distal third of the inner margin to the apex, double, filled with 
reddish-yellow; the small blackish discal sjrot is mixed with red and encircled by reddish-yellow. Ocellus of 
hindwing large, round, carmine, centred white and broadly surrounded by black, behind it a blackish line, then 
a blackish curved band. Length of forewing: 30 lines. Amazons. 
A. barii Bsdv. (Ill B e) is somewhat smaller than pyrrhomelas and is intermediary between the latter barii. 
and abas, with a rounded anterior angle, ocellus smaller, darker, the lines nearer together. Cayenne. Surinam. 
A. pandarus Bsdv. According to the description and the figure supplied by Conte this species must pandarus. 
look almost like abas or barii, though it has 2 black central dots in the pinkish-white pupil of the ocellus on 
the hindwing. Brazil. 
A. theseus Bsdv. is also similar, but the pupil of the ocellus on the hindwing shows but one black central theseus. 
dot; the two lines have the same course as in abas, but they are a little more remote from the ocellus than in 
pandarus, where the inner line touches the ocellus. Patria unknown. They presumably are both only variable 
forms of one species. 
A. arguta Bsdv. (= anableps Conte nec Fldr.) (130 b) is allied to the preceding species, but of a bright arguta. 
red-brown with a slight purple tint, the postmedian double line very distinct, filled up with whitisch, the round 
discal spot and an oval spot before the postmedian line at the costal margin yellowish greyish-white, the 
antemedian line beginning at the costal margin with a white spot. Hindwing lighter, the pinkish-white pupil 
of the very large ocellus pupilled black. The $ is lighter and more yellowish than the 5. Colombia, Ecuador; 
the statement Mexico is wrong. 
A. irmina Cr. ($ —- episcopus Bsdv.) (Ill Bf, 130 d) is smaller than abas and very similarly marked, irmina. 
birt much lighter yellowish red-brown, the basal area darker, the antemedian line as in abas, but more distinctly 
double, filled with greenish-yellow like the round discal spot which is finely surrounded with blackish; the 
subterminal line is spotted, the extreme apex blackened. Hindwing light pinkish-brown, the transverse lines 
behind the ocellus very feeble, not recurved basad at the anterior angle, by what the species is always discernible 
especially in the female. The $ is more greyish brown or purple brown, the transverse lines on the inverted 
sides broadly bordered with red-brown, so that only a narrow median band remains, strewn with lilac grey; 
on the hindwing the exterior band is very broad analwards. Panama, Guiana, Colombia, Eccuador, Amazons 
A. catharina sp. n. (Ill B f). In Southern Brazil irmina is represented by a similar species of a stronger catharina. 
structure, resembling also abas and, on the other hand, arguta. Forewing bright red-brown, basal area darker, 
distally defined by the antemedian line which is scaled blackish and yellowish-green and strongly notched 
as in irmina\ discal spot small, blackish, surrounded by greenish yellow; postmedian line as in abas, inside 
scaled somewhat whitish, at the costal margin before it a yellowish spot as in arguta. Hindwing on the light 
reel-brown ground grev-haired; ocellus large, of a bright carmine with a small pinkish-white centre, broadly 
edged with black; behind it 2 greyish-black lines which bend round farther basad at the costal margin and are 
more distinct than in irmina, the exterior one somewhat broader; margin light reddish-brown. Type: 1 £ from 
Sa. Catharina in the Berlin Museum. 
A. remissa Weym. (130 b) is easily distinguished from the preceding species by the course of the post- remissa. 
median line of the forewing, beginning at the costal margin 6—8 mm before the apex and terminating into 
the inner margin parallel to the distal margin. Ground-colour pinkish-brown, basal area and the subterminal 
area strongly darkened. Hindwing light pinkish brown, dusted with black, the ocellus small, dull red, centred 
