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AUTOMOLIS. 
Automolis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 170 (1816) ; Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 420, 
t. 29. f. 25 (1876). 
Mr. Butler, in his paper on the Antichlorine, enumerates ten species belonging to 
this genus, none of which are found in our country, although it is well represented by 
the four species now described. 
1. Automolis grandis, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 25.) 
Primaries rich orange-yellow, the apex, inner margin, and anal angle narrowly bordered with black: secon- 
daries orange-yellow, broadly bordered with black from the base to the apex: head, thorax, and abdomen 
above the same colour as the primaries, below deep black ; the base of the abdomen on the upperside is 
crossed by a black band; antenne, palpi, and legs black. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers). 
A single example. 
2. Automolis lucinia, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 26.) 
Primaries brownish black, the costal margin close to the base and a central longitudinal streak pale yellow ; 
secondaries dark orange-yellow, broadly banded with black from the apex to the anal angle: head, thorax, 
and abdomen black, striped with metallic-green spots; antenne, palpi, and legs black. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers). 
A single specimen. 
3. Automolis imitata, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 27.) 
Primaries black, the costal margin and a central, broad, longitudinal band chrome-yellow ; secondaries black, 
with a broad costal orange streak: head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, with a wide central black band 
from the back of the head to the anus, which is slightly shaded with blue; antenne black; palpi black 
above, yellow on the underside; legs black. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Mzxtico, Cordova (Riimeli), Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemata, Las Mercedes, Senahu 
(Champion). 
This species is allied to A. fulgurata from Espiritu Santo, from which it is easily 
distinguished by its paler colour and yellow abdomen. 
4, Automolis sicilia, sp. n. 
Primaries and secondaries pale citron-yellow, the apex of the primaries black, enclosing a short, whitish streak ; 
the outer margin of the secondaries broadly banded with black: head, thorax, and the basal portion of the 
abdomen pale yellow, the anal half black, glossed with dark blue; legs brownish; the antenne and palpi 
black. Expanse 12 inch. 7 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Trétsch, mus. Staudinger). 
I have only seen a single example of this very distinct species, which resembles 
A. contraria, Walker, from Ega. It can readily be distinguished from that species by 
the much smaller black apical spot, and by its entirely wanting the black outer margins 
of the primaries; it is also without the central black streak across the thorax. 
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