50 AKCTIAD^. 



edges of tegulae, and outer edge of patagia yellow ; meso- and meta- 

 thorax with crimson points ; femora and tibioe marked with crimson, 

 tarsi ringed with black; abdomen crimson above, the anal tuft and 

 ventral ' surface white. Fore wing pale yellow, with whitish patch 

 on basal inner area ; the veins streaked with blue-black ; two 

 streaks in cell, one above vein 2, two in submedian interspace, and 

 one above inner margin ; two discocellular lines with bluish grey 

 between them. Hind wing white, the inner area yellowish. 



Hah. Colombia; Venezuela, typet 5 in Coll. Staudinger ; 

 Brazil, 1 S. Zeller Coll. Exp. 50 millim. 



1267. Automolis ditissima. 



Scaptiiis ditissi/iiKs, Wlk. iii. 643 (1855) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. 

 p 368, pi. 74. f. 2 ; Kirby, Cat Het. p. 197. 



5 . Head and thorax yellow with scarlet streaks ; frons white ; 

 abdomen crimson, ventral surface and legs white, fore legs marked 

 with yellow and fuscous. Fore wing fuscous brown, the apical 

 third yellow ; slight scarlet streaks on veins except towards costa, 

 in cell and submedian interspace, and on base of inner margin ; an 

 obscure scarlet and yellow postmedial oblique dentate line from vein 

 6 to inner margin, incurved below vein 2 ; the edge of brown area 

 irregular beyond lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved subterminal 

 line. Hind wing dark brown. 



Hah. Panaaia ; Amazon, Ega (Bates), 1 2 type, Sta. Catherina. 

 PJwj^. 34 millim. 



*1268. Automolis grandis. 



Zatre2}hes qrandis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 383, pi. 40. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 196. 



(S . Orange-red ; antennae with the shaft black above, a white 

 spot in front of basal joint ; patagia with white streaks. Fore 

 wing with white spot at base of costa, a subcostal spot above vein 1 , 

 and points above subcostal and below median nervures ; the veins 

 streaked with black ; a somewhat triangular yellowish hyaline spot 

 in end of cell, with an irregular orange patch between it and vein 1 

 and a small spot on inner margin ; a postmedial series of conjoined 

 hyaline yellow patches between veins 8 and 2, the spot above 

 vein 2 on termen, the spots above veins 3 and 5 displaced inwards ; 

 an obscure postmedial orange band from below vein 3 to inner 

 margin. Hind wing yellow, tinged with crimson on inner area 

 and on the veins at termen, the area from below costa to sub- 

 median fold semih^^aline. 



Hah. EcuADOE, Intaj {BucJdey), 1 (S typef in Coll. Druce. 

 Eix;2:>. 58 millim. 



1269. Automolis flammans, n. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 9.) 



J . Fiery orange-red ; palpi with the 3rd joint black ; antennae 

 with the basal joint white and red ; tegulsa with black points • 



