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brown with a greyish tinge, Hind wing greyish brown, the costal 

 half of basal area pale yellow. 



Hah. Mexico, Vera Cruz; Panami, Bugaba (Champion), 1 Sy 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Amazons, Pani (Bates). Eccp. 46 millira. 



1302. Automolis rectiradia, u. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 13.) 



Palpi towards extremity and frons brown, the latter with a 

 bluish tinge ; antennae brown ; vertex of head yellow ; tegulae 

 yellow ; patagia yellow at base, pink at middle, and dark brown at 

 tips ; meso- and metathorax with dark brown patches ; legs dark 

 brown, the coxse yellow ; abdomen dark brown, with lateral 

 yellowish patches at base, the first four segments ventrally yellow. 

 Fore wing with dark brown basal patch with curved outer edge, 

 followed by an ochreous band emitting an oblique fascia to termen 

 above middle; large dark brown patches on middle of costa 

 and at apex, with a somewhat triangular ochreous patch between 

 them ; the area towards tornus below the fascia and beyond the 

 antemedial band dark brown. Hind wing with the basal half 

 ochreous, strongly angled outwards beyond lower angle of cell ; the 

 terminal half dark brown. 



Hah. Surinam, 1 <S ; Brazil, Upper Amazons, Olivencas (Michelli), 

 1 2 ^'JV^' Eocp. 46 millim. 



1303. Automolis rutila. 



Sphinx rutilus, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 382. B (1781); Druce, BioL 

 Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 355 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 160. 



Ischnognatha godmani, Druce, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. i. p. 76, pi. 9. f. 1 

 (1884), 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 166. 



Ischnognatha striata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 45 (1895), cf . 



J . Head orange; palpi fuscous, white in front; frons with fuscous 

 medial stripe ; vertex of head with two black points ; antennae 

 fuscous ; thorax fuscous ; tegulae orange at sides, the tegulae and 

 patagia streaked with white ; legs fuscous, streaked with white ; 

 abdomen orange, with large triangular black dorsal patch on first five 

 segments, followed by spots, the terminal segment black; a lateral 

 black patch at base followed by spots. Fore wing fuscous; the 

 veins streaked with white ; an oblique postmedial orange band 

 from costa beyond middle to termen above tornus, towards which it 

 slightly narrows. Hind wing black, with large orange costal patch 

 extending to well beyond cell and to beyond middle. 



$ . Vertex of head without black points ; abdomen with con- 

 tinuous dorsal black fascia ; fore wing with the postmedial band 

 very broad, its outer edge being difi'used nearly to apex. 



Hah. Costa Rica (Underwood), 1 St type striata-, Panama, 

 Bugaba (Chamjnon), 1 $ , type godmani, Godman-Salvin Coll. : 

 Surinam. E.vp., J 42, $ 50 millim. 



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