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coxiTD crimson ; legs tiuged with brown ; abdomen crimson above, 

 the extremity and ventral surface white. Fore wing orange-yellow 

 the basal area with oblique grey patch and some crimson on inner 

 margin ; the discocellulars whitish more or less outlined with grey ; 

 a slight grey and whitish fascia on costa beyond middle ; a sub- 

 triangular grey patch on outer half of inner margin extending up 

 to vein 3, crossed by white streaks, and with a crimson streak 

 above inner margin ; a subterminal grey spot above vein 5. Hind 

 wing white. 



Hah. Venezuela, Merida ; Brazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 c^ , 1 9 • 

 E.vp. 38 millim. Type in Coll. Druce. 



1280. Automolls superba. 



Automolis siqoerhn, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 382, pi. 40. f. 8, $ ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 167. 

 AittomoUs salma, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6; xviii. p. 36 (1896), (S ; id. Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 355, pi. 72. f. 23. 



(S . Bright sulphur-yellow; palpi, frons, and antennae black ; frons 

 with blue spot ; pectus and legs black, the coxae with metallic blue 

 patches ; abdomen orange, with black and blue dorsal patch on last 

 two segments, the ventral surface with black and blue patches on 

 1st segment followed by a spot on next segment. Fore wing with 

 black spot on inner margin beyond middle. 



2 . Abdomen with the black and blue patch extending to 2nd 

 segment, the ventral patches followed by two spots. Fore wing 

 with apical black spot. Hind wing with broad terminal black band 

 narrowing to a point at apex ; the inner area tinged with orange. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, type t 6 salma in Coll. Staudinger ; 

 Colombia (Kalhreyer), 1 (^ ; Ecuador, Sarayacu {Bucl-Uy), 1 $ 

 type t in Coll. Druce. Exp. 38 millim. 



*1281. Automolis elissa. 



Automolis elissa, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 277, id. Am. Lep. p. 7, pk 1. f. 21. 



2 . Head orange ; palpi black, orange at base ; antennse black ; 

 thorax yellowish white ; pectus and legs black, fore coxae orange ; 

 abdomen orange, the first four and last two segments dorsally 

 black, the intermediate two segments with black dorsal and lateral 

 spots ; wings yellowish white. 



Hah. Venezuela, Valencia ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro. Exp, 5Q 

 millim. Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



b. Hind wing of male with vein 8 from the cell. 



cf}. (Ormetica). Hind wing of male with the tornus produced 

 to a slight lobe, the inner area with a fold containing a 

 tuft of hair. 

 a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour orange. 



a\ Fore wing with black spots iripunctata, 



P. Fore wing without black spots latania. 



