58 ARCTIAD^, 



segments. Pore wing with the basal half of costal edge yellow ; 

 a broad yellow fascia from base of inner margin to vein 6, where 

 it narrows and is bent outw^ards to termen. Hind wing with 

 yellow fascia on costal area extending to below the cell, its lower 

 edge curved. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordoba (Kumeli), 1 J 1 $ , type imitata, Jalapa 

 {Hoege, Trujillo), 1 c? 2 $ , Coatepec {Brooks), 1 $ ; Guatemala 

 {Rodriguez, Champion), 3 ^; Costa Rica {Underivood), 2 S , 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp, 42-48 millim. 



*1287. Automolis melea. (Plate XLIII. fig. 1.) 



Automolis melea, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) vi. p. 66 (1900). 



. (S . Black ; palpi yellow at base ; frons and vertex of head with 

 metallic blue patches ; an orange bar above frons and spots on back 

 of head ; tegulie, patagia, and metathorax with broad orange 

 stripes ; metathorax and coxae with metallic blue patches, fore 

 coxae Avith orange spots in front, the femora and fore tibise with 

 whitish stripes ; abdomen with subdorsal orange spots on 2nd 

 segment, the last four segments with metallic blue spots and 

 a lateral series, the ventral surface with paired orange spots except 

 at extremity, the segments edged with blue. Fore wing with 

 orange fascia on costa to beyond middle ; an oblique orange band 

 from below vein 7 near termen to inner margin near base, rounded 

 above and obliquely truncate towards base; termen greyish. Hind 

 wing Avith the costal area orange from near base to near termen, 

 extending at middle to belo-sv the cell, and with a black patch on 

 costa at middle. 



$ . Abdomen without the subdorsal orange spots. Fore wing 

 with the oblique band bent outwards towards termen ; hind wing 

 with the black patch on costa much reduced. 



Hah, Venezuela, Merida, tvpet d $ in Coll. Druce. Eccp., 



S 42, 2 50 millim. 



*1288. Automolis pratti. (Plate XLIII. fig. 16.) 

 Automolis pratti, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) vi. p. 66 (1900). 



(S . Black ; sides of frons, vertex of head, metathorax, and legs 

 with metallic blue patches ; back of head with orange spots ; 

 tegulae, patagia, and metathorax with broad orange stripes ; abdo- 

 men with dorsal metallic blue spots on terminal three segments 

 and a lateral series, the ventral surface with orange bands except 

 at base and extremity, the segments edged wdth blue. Fore wing 

 with very broad oblique orange band from below apex to inner 

 margin near base extending into end of cell, rounded above and 

 somewhat pointed outwardly below apex and obliquely truncate 

 towards base ; the termen greyish. Hind wing with orange patch 

 on costa, not quite reaching base, extending to below the cell at 

 middle, then narrowing to a point before apex. 



I/ah. Colombia {Pratt), typef 6 in Coll. Druce. Exp. 42 millim. 



