Ileterocera from Costa Rica. 199 



AutomoUs atamia, sp. n. 



<$ . Palpi yellow on first segment, otherwise black. Head 

 orange ; a bluish-black spot on frons and vertex. Tegulss 

 orange, outwardly black, and with a broad subdorsal black 

 streak. Thorax black shaded with dark blue ; patagia 

 dorsally orange, outwardly black. Abdomen black ; subdorsal 

 blue spots; lateral and sublateral blue spots, and sometimes 

 there is a row of small yellow lateral spots and the basal 

 yellow tufts are placed more dorsally ; venter with trans- 

 verse orange bands on basal half. Legs black; tibiae streaked 

 with grey. Primaries black; costa from base to beyond 

 middle finely orange ; a deep yellow streak from near base 

 of inner margin to outer margin between veins 5 and 6. 

 Secondaries : the costal half deep yellow to near apex ; the 

 posterior portion black. 



Ex] anse 36 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas, Tuis. 



Two specimens have the palpi fringed with yellow, and 

 the fringe on the outer margin of primaries is also yellow, 

 but I do not consider them distinct. This species is figured 

 in the ' Novitates ' for 1909, pi. vi. tig. 36, as Automolis 

 collateralisj Hamps., which is quite another species.' 



Automolis maura, sp. n. 



<$ . Palpi black. Frons black, shaded with metallic blue. 

 Vertex orange, with a blue and black spot. Collar orange, 

 with a large black central spot. Thorax black shot with 

 blue ; patagia orange, outwardly black. Abdomen black ; 

 blue subdorsal spots on last three segments ; blue hairs on 

 anus ; lateral and sublateral blue spots ; ventral transverse 

 blue streaks on first two segments. Legs black ; fore coxa} 

 blue; blue streaks on tibiae. Wings black. Primaries: an 

 orange streak on basal half of costa ; an orange band from 

 near base of inner margin to near termen between veins 6 

 and 7, where it expands slightly, its front margin somewhat 

 uneven ; fringe grey-black. Secondaries : the costa broadly 

 orange ; underneath the base of secondaries is either black or 

 with one or two black streaks. Some males have small 

 paired orange spots ventrally on second and third segments. 

 The females all seem to have the orange ventral spots and 

 also a lateral small orange spot near the base. 



Expanse, $ 39, ? 44 mm. 



Hab. Sitio, Juan Vinas. 



Allied to A. pratti, Druce, but the band on primaries 

 much narrower. 



