64 ARCTIAD^. 



with black and blue spots ; antennae black ; thorax with fuscou.-^ 

 patch ; legs striped with black ; fore coxae with blue patches ; 

 abdomen with dorsal black spots on first three segments, and lateral 

 and sublatoral black and blue spots : the terminal three segments 

 black above, with dorsal and lateral blue spots. Fore wing with 

 some fuscous streaks on costal area ; a fuscous fascia from base, 

 where it extends below the cell, then through the cell to near 

 termen, where it becomes bifid above veins 6 and 7; a terminal 

 band formed by fasciae in the interspaces from vein 5 to inner 

 margin, towards which they increase in length and on inner margin 

 extending to before middle. Hind wing with terminal black band 

 from below apex to near tornus, expanding below vein 3 and 

 running up vein 1 nearly to base. 



Hah. Mexico, Vera Cruz, type t ? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 44 

 millim. 



1300. Aiitomolis collateralis, n. sp. (Plate XXXVJ. fig. 6.) 



S . Black ; frons, vertex of head, thorax, and legs with patches' 

 of metallic blue ; back of head with orange spots ; tegulae and 

 patagia with broad orange fasciae ; fore coxae with orange spots ; 

 abdomen with metallic blue dorsal, subdorsal, and sublateral spots, 

 the medial segments with ventral orange bands. Fore wing with 

 very oblique orange band from above vein G to just above inner 

 margin near base ; the termen and cilia dull brownish. Hind 

 wing with orange patch on costal area, extending to just below the 

 cell and narrowing to a point at apex. 



Hub. CoL03iBiA, 1 (S type. Exp. 42 millim. 



1301. Automolis diluta. 



Cmtoplastis diluta, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 8(1874); Driice, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 76 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 166. 



S . Palpi and frons brown, the latter tinged with bluish ; 

 antennae brown ; vertex of head and tegulae yellow, the latter with 



brown medial patch ; 



patagia yeUow at base, 



pink at middle, dark 



brown at tips ; thorax 



pinkish, with brown patch 



on mesothorax and dark 



brown patch on meta- 



thorax; legs dark brown, 



the fore coxae pink ; ab- 



Yig.'!^9>.— Automolis diMa, S- \- domen dark brown with 



^, bluish tinge, lateral pink 



patches at base, the ventral surface ochreous brown except at 



extremity. Fore wing with dark brown basal patch with oblique 



outer edge ; the costal area pale lemon-yellow, the rest of wing pale 



