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1899-1901 (Le Moult); 3 <$, 2 $, Maroni River, St Laurent, vii-xi; 1 $, Maroni River, St Jean 

 (Le Moult); 1 §, Nouveau Chantier, vii (Le Moult). Guyana: i $. Brazil: 2 $, Para (Moss); 

 1 $, Amazonas, Teffe, ix.1907 (de Mathan). 



Ordishia godmani (Druce) comb. n. 

 (PL 9) figs 55-57) 



Ischnognatha godmani Druce, 1884 : 76, pi. 9, fig. 1. LECTOTYPE 9- Panama (BMNH), 



here designated [examined]. 

 Automolis godmani (Druce); Strand, 1919 : 18. (Partim). 

 Automolis godmani (Druce); Seitz, 1922 : 375. (Partim). 



$. Palp yellowish brown, edged with orange-yellow on front surface of basal segment 

 and with greyish yellow on second segment. Head orange-yellow with medial, greyish brown 

 spot on front. Scape of antenna greyish yellow, shaft greyish brown. Patagia orange-yellow 

 laterally and anteriorly, each with lateral yellowish brown spot edged with greyish yellow; 

 medial half striped longitudinally with three bands of greyish yellow alternating with two 

 bands of yellowish brown. Tegulae yellowish brown; with longitudinal band of greyish 

 yellow at lateral and medial edges, and in middle; further transverse greyish yellow band near 

 anterior margin, anterior to which each tegula is greyish brown. Rest of thorax damaged 

 dorsally, but evidence of greyish yellow longitudinal band medially; ventrally orange-yellow 

 anteriorly, otherwise brown. Fore-coxa orange-yellow with a few yellowish brown scales 

 anteriorly at base; trochanter yellowish brown, femur yellowish brown, with greyish yellow 

 longitudinal strip on front and rear surfaces; tibia yellowish brown on inner surface, greyish 

 yellow on outer surface; tarsus yellowish brown except for greyish yellow outer surface of 

 proximal segment. Mid-coxa greyish yellow; rest of leg yellowish brown, with greyish yellow 

 on outer surface of trochanter, femur, tibia and proximal two segments of tarsus, and along inner 

 surface of mid-femur and tibia; hindleg similar to midleg, but tibia with greyish yellow on outer 

 surface and with greyish yellow areas of femur much broader. Wings as for rutila, but yellow 

 apical band of forewing extends distally to apex. Dorsal surface of abdominal segments 1 

 and 2 dark greyish brown; 3-6 dark greyish brown medially, orange-yellow laterally; 7 dark 

 greyish brown. Ventral surface of abdomen orange-yellow. 



Forewing length: lectotype $ 24-5 mm. 



$ genitalia as in figure. The single example examined differs little from specimens of 

 rutila in genitalic characters. 



<§. Not known. 



Separable from rutila by the colour-pattern of the forewing and by the absence 

 of markings on the vertex of the head. 



Rothschild (1909 : 43) was the first to realize Hampson's (1901 : 65) error in 

 placing godmani in the synonymy of rutila. Seitz (1922 : 375) followed Strand 

 (1919 : 18) in wrongly placing striata (a junior synonym of rutila) in the synonymy 

 of godmani. 



Material examined. 



Ischnognatha godmani Druce, lectotype $, Panama: Bugaba, 800-1500 ft ((Cham- 

 pion) (BMNH). 



