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In the genitalia the thorn-like cornutal spines of the vesica are fewer in number 

 than in lativitta. 



Of the seven males mentioned by Rothschild in his description of ockendeni, 

 only four can be traced. The lectotype was labelled 'type' by Rothschild and is 

 the specimen figured by him in the plate accompanying his description of this 

 species. 



Material examined. 



Automolis ockendeni Rothschild, lectotype <$, Peru: Inambari River, La Oroya, 

 3100 ft, dry season, 1904 (Ockenden) (BMNH). 



Peru: 3 £, Inambari River, La Oroya, 3100ft, wet season iv.1905, dry season, ix.1904 

 {Ockenden); 1 $, Carabaya, S. Domingo, 6000ft, wet season, ii.1902 (Ockenden). Guyana: 

 1 (J, Rio Potaro, Tumatumari, ii.1912 (USNM). 



Melanarctia lativitta (Rothschild) comb, n., stat. n. 



(PI. 11, figs 70-72; PI. 12, figs 73-77) 



Automolis ockendeni lativitta Rothschild, 1910a : 40, pi. 5, fig. 42 [in colour]. LECTOTYPE 



^ Brazil (BMNH), here designated [examined]. 

 Automolis occendeni [sic] lativitta Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 136. 

 Automolis ockendeni lativitta Rothschild; Seitz, 1922 : 375. 



(J. Similar to ockendeni but orange-yellow fascia on forewing considerably broader 

 (length equal to about twice its width, compared with three times its width in 

 ockendeni), outer marginal fringe of forewing broader (I'Omm at greatest breadth 

 compared with 0-5 mm in ockendeni); and in the genitalia the thorn-like cornutal 

 spines are greater in number (see text-figures). 



$. Not known. 



androconial patch 

 (upper surface! 



andfoconi.il area 

 (under surface) 



Figs 5, 6. Melanarctia ockendeni, $, venation. 5, forewing; 6, hindwing. The anal 

 fold under the hindwing encloses a scent-organ (see PI. 12, fig. 76 of M. lativitta). Scales 

 from the androconial patch on the upper surface of the hindwing are illustrated on PI. 12, 

 figs 73-75, of M . lativitta. 



