ti:i;i iti.wa. !77 



except a1 base; pectus with sonic yellow al base of legs; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, a large dorsal black patch on medial segments, the 

 ventral surface with diffused sublateral and ventral maculate stripes. 

 Fore wing orange-yellow, the veins streaked with white excepl on 

 costal area; a .large triangular black patch from base of costa and 

 a small patch below the cell ; a large antemedial quadrate patch in 

 submedian interspace and two conjoined spots on inner margin ; a 

 quadrate medial patch from costa to median nervure, a small spot 

 above base of vein 2 and a discoidal patch partly confluent with the 

 broad maculate postmedial band intersected by the white veins, 

 obliquely excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved ; a sub- 

 terminal maculate band intersected by the white veins and with 

 somewhat dentate outer edge, broad towards costa, then narrow 

 and interrupted below vein 3; cilia white. Hind wing pale yellow, 

 the base, costa, and inner area orange-yellow; a blackish discoidal 

 point and maculate postmedial band interrupted between veins 4, 3, 

 and with large spot below vein 2 ; small subterminal spots above 

 and below vein 1 and on one side a point below vein 7 ; the under- 

 side with obliquely curved black bar from middle ofcosta to middle 

 of cell. 



Hull. Peru, Aqualani (Ockenden), 1 d^typef <$ in Coll. 

 Joicey. Exp. 44 millim. 



*1999 a. Turuptiana turmptianoides. 



Automolis turruptianoideSf'Roth.s.'NoY. Zool. xvii. p. 18, pi. 13. f. 9 (1910). 



<5 . Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi, frons, antenna", pectus, 

 and legs black-brown, the le^'s with a slight bluish gloss ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, the ventral surfV.ee ochreous. Fore wing pale 

 ochreous with elongate subbasal and medial black-fr'own marks on 

 costa and more rounded postmedial patches on costa and inner 

 margin, all slightty glossed with blu3. Hind wing pale semihyaline 

 ochreous, the inner area with some orange-yellow hair. 



Fore wing with vein 10 shortly stalked with 7. S. 9. 



Hob. Brazil, Up. Amazons, Santo Antonio do Javary (Klar/es), 

 type t 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 44 millim. 



1999 b. Turuptiana testacea. 



Automolis testacea, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 270 (1909), & xviii.pl. 5. f. 36. 



cS ■ Palpi, frons, and antenna' black-brown ; vertex of head and 

 thorax pale brownish ochreous; pectus in front and legs black- 

 brown ; abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing, 

 pale brownish ochreous ; slight antemedial and medial brown streaks 

 on costa ; a more distinct spot on costa above end of cell, and an 

 oblique brownish line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 the veins brownish. Hind wing semihyaline ochreous white, the 

 veins and inner area tinged with brown. 



Fore wing with vein 10 shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9 or from cell. 



