104 CATALOGUE OF 



AUTOMOLIS CBASSA. 



Mas. Cervina, crassa ; caput flavum, antice fuscum ; palpi fusci, 

 porrecli, pubescentes, articulo So parvo ; antennae nigra , sub- 

 pec tina tee ; thorax antice flavus, fascia strigisque duabus 

 obliquis cervinis, pilis posticis longis ochraceis, fasciculis 

 duobus posticis roseis; pectus et abdomen subtus pallide Jiava ; 

 alee anticce subhyalince^ spatio costali pallide ochraceo strigis 

 duabus fusci s ; posticce albidce,fere hyalines, apice fuscescentes. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Body very thick. Head yellow, brown 

 in front. Palpi brown, porrect, pubescent, hardly extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae black, slightly pectinated. Thorax yellow in 

 front, with a curved fawn-coloured band, which is connected with 

 two oblique fawn-coloured streaks between the fore wings ; hind 

 part clothed with long ochraceous hairs ; a rosy tuft on each side of 

 the hind border ; fore border and sides of the pectus rosy ; disk of 

 the pectus and under side of the abdomen pale yellow. Legs stout; 

 tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi pale yellow. Fore 

 wings slightly hyaline; costal space pale ochraceous, with two 

 elongated broad brown streaks, of which the first is much longer 

 than the second ; veins pale ochraceous. Hind wings whitish, nearly 

 hyaline, with brownish tips. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



AUTOMOLIS? ALBICOLL1S. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi validly pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So minimo ; antennae subserratae, subsetulosae ; thorax 

 antice argenteus ; pectus albidum, maculis duabus lateralibus 

 rufescentibus ; abdomen rufum, apice albo-cervinum ; tibiae 

 albee, basi cervinee ; tarsi albi ; aloe anticce puncto subcostali 

 ochraceo, dimidio exteriore aurato-Jlavo ; posticce albidce. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi stout, pubescent, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint extremely short* 

 Antenna? minutely serrated and setulose. Thorax silvery white in 

 front. Pectus whitish, with a reddish spot on each side in front. 

 Abdomen bright red above, whitish fawn-colour at the tip. Tibiae, 

 except at the base, and tarsi white. Fore wings rather broad, 

 slightly acute, with a slight purplish tinge ; an ochraceous subcostal 



