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84. Automolis asara I'nuc. 

 This is a very distinct sjiecies, not ;it all iilcnticai \\\th//((i-i'scciis Walk. 



So. Automolis superba Driioe. 

 This is distiuct from salma Diiice. 



^6. Automolis salma Druce. 

 This is (jiiite distinct from the preceding. 



87. Automolis luteola spec. nov. (I'l. VI. tig. 0). 



i . Allii'd to hoHoro Scluuis, but j>ectns dee]) Initl', not black, with two wliite 

 spots ; bead, thorax, and basal halt' of abdomen orange bnfi'; ajiical half of 



abdomen black, with three rows of glittering bhie spots. Fore- and hindwiugs 



golden bntJ". 



?. Similar, bnt wings orange-buff. 



Lengtli of forewing : $ 10 mm.; ? '1\ mm. 



Hah. I'atao Gniria, August 1891 ; C'ucuta, Venezuela ; Patino Cue, Paraguay, 

 February (Montforts) ; Sapncay, Paraguay, July 14, 10t)2 (W. Forster). 



3 icJ, 2 ?. 



88. Automolis garleppi inversa subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. J 7). 



i. Similar to yarZfc'/j/j/ garleppi (PI. VI. tig. ISj, bnt the large fuscous patch 

 near angle of inner n)argin (fornus) reduced to an oval streak, while the three 

 yellow costal j)atches are mncli larger. 



Hub. 8anto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, November IDMl (G. Uckenden). 



5 cJ c? (13 SS of garlcjij/i (/arleppi in Tring Museum). 



89a. Automolis buckleyi harterti subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 15). 



S. Similar to bui-khnji bucklfi/i (I'l. VI. fig. Ki), but dilfers in the forewing 

 being golden yellow instead of orange-salmon, and the parts between the sulphur- 

 yellow costal patches as well as the apical area crimson scarlet. 



Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October lOuG and July l'JU7 (S. M. Klages). 



Si. 



SDm. Automolis buckleyi whitfordi subspec. nov. 



(??. Similar to biickh'i/i hurldeiii, but diflers in the forewing being ])ale 

 vermilion, not orange-salmon, and in the black lines bordering the yellow costal 

 patches being ranch wider and more pronounced. 



Hab. British Gniana (bought at (ieorgetown by Mr. \Vhitford). 



1 <J, 1 ? (2 (^c? of biicl.-li'i/i biickU'iji in Tring Museum). 



'•'!). Automolis persimilis spec. nov. (I'l. VI. lig. 2o). 



i. At first sight this species woulil be mistaken Ibr Idalitu flavoplaga Schaus. 

 Palpi whitish ; pectus golden yellow ; head yellow, a black spot on frons and 

 behind antennae; tegulae orange golden, with a black spot on each; patagia and 

 thorax stri[)ed longitudinally yellow and brown ; abdomen : basal three segments 

 above black, yellow at sides, central ones golden yellow, three end ones blue- 

 black, the last with pure white anal tuft. Forewing mummy-brown, all the 



