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outer margin, limited anteriorly by vein 5 and narrowing 
to the tornus ; a red dot on inner margin near tornus. 
Underside of fore wing as above, but paler; hind wing 
with basal half pale yellow. 
Antennz missing; head and palpi ochreous, frons darker ; 
thorax deep chocolate-browu ; abdomen red above, ochreous 
below ; legs ochreous. 
Length of fore wing 9 mm. 
1 2, British Guiana. 
7. Automolis metallica, sp. un. 
Allied to Pseudoguapisa, Roths. 
6. Wings dark chocolate-brown. Upperside of fvre 
wing with a longitudinal yellow median stripe extending 
from near the base in the median interspace to cellule 5, 
twice as broad below vein 2 as above it, and not entering 
the cell; a yellow spot in cellule 6 near the margin; veins 
striped. with yellow. Hind wing with costal half yellow, 
forming a straight edge below the cell. 
Underside as above. Hind wing with costal yellow inter- 
rupted at middle, yellow area extended in median interspace. 
Antenne black ; head, palpi, thorax, and base of abdomen 
dark chocolate-brown ; palpi on outside yellow at base and 
apex ; frons and vertex metallic blue, a yellow dot at base 
of antenne; tegulz and patagia yellow, edged with dark 
brown ; legs dark brown, tarsi yellow, fore legs with end 
tibial segment yellow ; abdomen deep brown with metallic- 
blue dorsal spots, three on segments 5-7, a lateral series 
of similar spots; basal area of ventral segments yellow, a 
yellow lateral basal patch. 
Length of fore wing 17 mm. 
In the co-type the stripe on the fore wing is much 
narrower and above vein 2 is represented by a faint line ; 
the subapical spot is on vein 6 instead of in the cellule ; 
the yellow basal patch is absent.on the abdomen, 
Hab. Chiriqui. 236. 
8. Melese costimacula, sp. un. 
Closely allied to amastris, Druce. 
?. The upperside of fore wing is reddish chocolate-brown 
and not so red as in amastris, without orange spots at the 
base. There are two crimson dots near base on submedian, 
one at extreme base of median and another at angle of 
submedian. An orange dot in the cell, heavily ringed with 
