AUTOMOLIS. 59" 



b^. Hind wing of male without fold and tuft on inner area. 



a^. {Ischnognatha). Palpi with the third joint long and naked ; hind 

 wing of male witli veins 6, 7 stalked. 



1289. Automolis vitrea. 



Bomhyx vitrea, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 276. (1780); Druce, Biol- 

 Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 79 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 171. 



Fulvous orange ; palpi black, with some white spots at end of 

 1st and 2nd joints ; fuscous bands above frons and between antennae ; 

 tegulae and patagia with pale and fuscous bands, metathorax with 

 pale patches ; abdomen with dorsal series of white points, underside 

 of thorax and abdomen whitish. Fore wing with the costa whitish ; 

 the inner area from below costa at base to lower angle of cell and 

 termen at vein 3 pale fulvous, leaving the upper angle of cell and 



Fig. 46. — Automolis vitrea , S- i- 



the apical area semihyaline white; a subbasal angled series of 

 black points followed by white marks ; black streaks on and between 

 the veins on fulvous area ; a blue streak edged with black on end 

 of median nervure ; two pinkish streaks followed by white spots 

 below basal part of vein 2 ; a black-edged triangular mark at lower 

 angle of ceil ; a subterminal series of black points often obsolete 

 towards apex. Hind wing pale pinkish, the inner area orange. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo); Guatemala {Champion)'^ Hon- 

 DTJEAs {Blancaneaux) ; Panama (OJiamjnon), Godman-8alvin Coll.; 

 llio Janeiko. Exj). 38-58 millim. 



b-. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. 



a^. Hind wing of male with veins 6, 7 coincident. 

 «*. Fore wing with black streaks in all the inter- 

 spaces lineosa. 



h*. Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins and in 



interspaces of cell and inner area only tijbris. 



t\ Fore wing without dark streaks on inner area. 

 a\ Abdomen with the terminal lialf black. 

 a^. Fore wing orange. 

 a7 . Fore wing with four black streaks on basal 

 costal area, the apical patch with two 



white spots zenzeroides. 



b~ . Fore wing without black streaks at base, 

 the apical patch with one white spot. 

 a^. Fore wing with the apical patch large, 



the terminal band wide contraria. 



