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segments, the ventral surface with orange bands. Fore wing with 

 three white streaks below base of costa and another in lower end of 

 cell; a wedge-shaped white patch with its apex be3'ond upper 

 angle of cell and base near termen ; streaks on veins 3 and 2 and 

 in submedian fold not quite reaching termen and a wedge-shaped 

 streak on vein 1. Hind wing with whitish patch below and beyond 

 eeU., forming three elongate marks on underside. 



Ilab. Panama, type f 2 sitbitUfem in Coll. Rothschild ; Brazil, 

 Rio Janeiro, 1 $ type. E.vp. 46 millim. 



1274. Automolis separata. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 5.) 



Apf/rc separata, Wlk. ii. 491 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 171. 



2 . Head orange ; palpi with lateral black spots on 1st and 2nd 

 joints ; antennae brown, white above ; thorax brown, slightly 

 streaked with grey ; tegular orange in front, fore coxae orange, legs 

 striped with white ; abdomen black, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments 

 orange above. Fore wing brown, the veins streaked with grey. 

 Hind wing fuscous black, with large orange medial patch extending 

 from middle of cell to inner margin and termen near tornus. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 $ type. Ecc^^. 40 millim. 



1275. Automolis fulgurata. 



Automolis fulgarata, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 420 (1876) ; id. 

 111. Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 46, pi. 18. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 167. 



5 . Black-brown ; frons, vertex of head, and coxae behind with 

 patches of metallic blue ; a slight orange bar above frons, two spots 

 above eyes, and points on fore coxae in front ; broad orange stripes on 

 teguhie and patagia ; abdomen black, with dorsal series of metallic 

 blue spots on last four segments and lateral series, the 2nd and 3rd 

 segments with sublateral orange spots. Fore wing with broad 

 oblique orange fascia from base of inner margin to vein 6, along 

 which it runs to a point near termen ; the veins with slight pale 

 streaks. Hind wing with orange fascia from base to near apex, 

 extending from subcostal nervure to below the cell, its lower edge 

 curved. 



Hah. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type. E.vj). 48 millim. 



1276. Automolis chrysomelas. 



Automolis chrysomelas, Wile. vii. 1636 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 168. 

 Eiicyrta geometrica, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 6 (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 167. 



Black ; frons metallic blue, two blue points between antennae, 

 back of head with orange spots ; thorax orange above with dorsal 

 black stripe ; abdomen with dorsal metallic blue spots on terminal 

 segments and a lateral series, sublateral white spots on first three 

 segments. Fore wing with the veins greyish ; a broad oblique 

 orange fascia from base of inner margin to subcostal nervure near 

 «nd of cell and vein 4 near tornus ; a large triangular subapical 



