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93. Automolis ardesiaca spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 28). 



(J. Also close to angulosa Walk. (PI. VI. fig. 2'.>)- Palpi, pectus, legs, and 

 head dark blackish slate, strongly iridescent witii l)riglit blue ; tegnlae buft' ; 

 patagia and thoru.K pale slate-grey with bluish iridescence ; abdomen deep 



iridescent bine, first two segments bnff. ^Forewing pale slate-grey with blnish 



green gloss ; a broad antemedian transverse and a broad snbapical band buff ; 



the latter is so broad that only the bare ape.\ is dark. Hindwing : basal hall" 



bnf}', outer lialf brown-grey with Iduish gloss. 



Length of forewing : c?, 20 mm. 



Hab. Tnis, Costa Rica. 



2 S3. 



94. Automolis alboatra spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 30). 



S. Paljii, basal half orange, apical half blackish brown; pectus orange; legs 

 blackish brown ; frons blackish brown ; head and collar orange, a black spot 

 between and one behind antennae ; tegnlae and jiatagia, longitudinally, inner half 

 brownish black, outer half creamy white ; thorax and abdomen above brownish 



black, sides and last two segments of abdomen orange. Forewing brownish 



black, veins 1, 2, and 3 slightly picked out in dull grey, basal half of wing from 

 costa to vein 2 creamy white ; in apical third a broad obliijue creamy white 



band, reaching from costa to outer margin. Hindwing : costal two-thirds 



creamy white, ape.x and inner third sooty greyish black. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Ildb. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1906 (S. M. Klages); Rio Demerara ; La 

 Union, R. Hnacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, November 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inam- 

 bari, S.E. Pern, March 190;'. ((i. Ockenden). 



4 3i. 



95. Automolis semicostalis spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 31). 



?. Palfii and legs sooty brown ; head orange, a black dot behind antennae ; 

 tegnlae and patagia, longitudinally, outer half wliite, inner half sooty brown ; 

 thorax and abdomen sooty brown, four lateral orange spots on each side, one on 



each side of segments 4, T), G, and 7. Forewing sooty brown, basal half of 



costa erraniy white, a snl)apieal oblirjue broad band of |iure white from costa to 

 outer margin. — — Hindwing sooty brown, a whitish jiatch on basal half of costal 

 area. 



(?. Similar. 



Length of forewing : 20 mm. 



Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages); Paramaribo, 

 December 1SU2 ((!. W. Ellaeombe). 



1 (J, 1 ?. 



O.^A. Automolis semicostalis apicalis snbs]iec. nov. 



?. Similar to srm/rostalis semicostalis, but wiiole apical two-fifths of fore- 

 wing white. This may j.rove a distinct species, bearing the same relationship to 

 semicostalis that godmnni does to rutilus ; but the nniipie specimen is too damaged 

 to decide. 



Ilab. Ten miles above Mapiri, Bolivia, 2U0o ft, 1895 (Maxwell Stuart). 



1 ?. 



