| OCR Text |
Show 290 ON N E W SPECIES O F L E P I D O P T E R A H E T E R O C E R A . [Apr. 5, white. Secondaries above dark red ; fringe yellow. Underneath : primaries reddish ; beyond the transverse line, which is purplish, the wing is yellow. Secondaries underneath yellow, speckled with reddish ; a transverse reddish streak ; reddish along the inner margin. Thorax and first segment of abdomen dorsally orange-red; abdomen otherwise dorsally purplish red, underneath yellowish white. Expanse 42 m m. Hab. Rio Janeiro. Fam. SATURNIIDJE. AUTOMERIS MACAREIS, Sp. nOV. Male. Primaries brown, tinged with pinkish ; darker beyond the outer transverse line, which extends from the middle of the inner margin to the apex; on this darker portion a marginal, wavy, lighter shade; a narrow basal transverse line; the discal spot finely outlined with dark brown. Secondaries pinkish brown ; a little yellow between the ocellus and a transverse black line ; the outer margin paler. The ocellus small, black, with a brownish centre containing a few white scales. Thorax brown. Abdomen reddish. Expanse 70 m m. The female is more of a pinkish grey; the space between the ocellus and transverse black line pink. Abdomen reddish brown, with broad black transverse bands. Expanse 85 m m. Hab. Petropolis, Brazil. AUTOMERIS NOPALTZIN, Sp. nOV. Female. Primaries violaceous brown, a basal transverse shade, and an outer dark transverse line, inwardly shaded with yellow. The discal spot dark, ill defined, containing a minute white spot. Secondaries reddish, paler along the outer margin ; a large blick ocellus with a light brown centre, containing three black spots speckled with white, the central spot, which is the largest, being also crossed by a white line ; the ocellus is externally bordered with yellow, and beyond this there is a fine, indistinct black line. Thorax violaceous brown. Abdomen red. Expanse 80 m m. Hab. Paso de San Juan, Vera Cruz. Allied to Automeris rubrescens, Walker. AUTOMERIS RUBICUNDA, Sp. UOV. Male. Primaries above brown ; the base fawn-colour and limited by a very narrow, transverse, dark line ; a lunular transverse line beyond the cell; the discal spot dark brown, oblong; a dark triangular spot on the costal margin near the apex. Secondaries above-bright red; the ocellus small, black, with a brownish centre containing a few white scales : beyond this a black transverse line; a submarginal brownish band, and a marginal brownish shade on a |
