ARCTIIDAE AND CTENUCHIDAE FORMERLY IN AUTOMOLIS 19 



Automolis salma Druce; Strand, 1919 : 23. [Partim.] 

 Automolis salma Druce; Seitz, 1921 : 368. 



Automolis salma whitei Rothschild, 1935 : 241. LECTOTYPE $, Belize (BMNH), here desig- 

 nated [examined]. Syn. n. 

 Automolis salma Druce; Blest, 1964. 



As for superba, but apical spot on forewing either absent (as in lectotype) or 

 greatly reduced; this apical marking smaller than tornal spot. 



Forewing length: lectotype <J 18-0 mm; <$ 18 -0-20 -5 mm; 9 20-5-22-0 mm. 

 £ genitalia. Valve tapered apically, acuminate in some specimens. 

 $ genitalia. Lamella postvaginalis strongly emarginate medially. 



There is some variation in the colour-pattern of the fore- and hindwing in this 

 species. The variation in the apical marking of the forewing is mentioned above; 

 that exhibited in the hindwing may be at least partly geographic. All five speci- 

 mens from Belize lack the dark outer-marginal band on the hind wing, as does the 

 lectotype from Panama and the only two specimens from Colombia. The single 

 Guyanan specimen and all the Venezuelan specimens examined are intermediate 

 in possessing a much reduced outer marginal band; the remaining specimens studied 

 have a normally developed band with the exception of a single specimen from Rio 

 State, Brazil. 



Blest's (1964) experiments showed that salma is probably unpalatable to preda- 

 tors. The close similarity in colour-pattern between salma, V. superba, and several 

 species of Ormetica is probably Miillerian in character. (See generic entry.) 



Material examined. 



Automolis salma Druce, lectotype <$, Panama: Chiriqui (MNHU). [There 

 is a second label 'Columbia, Kalbreyer' on the pin of Druce's type, but this is not 

 mentioned in the original description of the species.] Automolis salma whitei 

 Rothschild, lectotype <$, Belize: Punta Gorda, vii.1933 {White) (BMNH). 



Belize: 4 $, Punta Gorda, vii-viii.1933-1934 (White) (BMNH: 2 £ and 1 ^ paralectotype ; 

 USNM : 1 (J). Colombia : 1 <$ (Kalbreyer) ; 1 $, Upper Negro River, 800 m (Fassl). Venezuela : 

 2 (J, Monagas, Jusepin, 23-24. ix. 1965 (Fernandez Ye'pez, Rosales) (UCV) ; 2 g Bolivar, Kanarakuni 

 (Fernandez Ye'pez) (UCV) ; 2^, Bolivar, El Dorado, Sta Elena km 38, 160 m, 2JX.1957 (Fernandez 

 Ye'pez, Rosales) (UCV); 1 $, Bolivar, Caura River, Guyapa, 24.xi-10.xii.1902 (Klages). French 

 Guiana: i £, Maroni River, St Laurent (USNM) Guyana: i $, Tumatumari, xii.1907 

 (Klages). Surinam: i $ (MNHU). Bolivia: i £, Rio Songo, 750 m (Fassl). Brazil: i <£, 

 Sao Paulo, I. do Cardosa, x.1934 (Spitz); 1 <J, Rio State, Teres6polis, Barreira, 400m, 

 20-22. ix. 1957 (Pearson) ; 1 ^, Rio State, Itatiaia, 800 m (Travassos, Pearson) ; 2 <J, Sta Catarina, 

 Hansa Humboldt, vi-x.1935 to vii.i936 (Mailer) (USNM: 1 <$, 1 Cj) ; 1 $, Sta Catarina, Rio 

 Laeiss, Neu Bremen, iv.1936 (Hoffmann); 7 g, 1 $, Sta Catarina, Jaragua do Sul, ix.1932- 

 viii.1935 (Hoffmann); 1 <J, Joinville (Arp) (USNM); 1 <J, Rio, Camp Bello (Zikan) (USNM). 



Viviennea flavicincta (Herrich-Schaffer) nom. rev., comb. n. 



(PL 4, figs 24-26; PI. 5, figs 27, 28) 



Creatonotus flavicinctus Herrich-Schaffer, [1855] : pi. 75, fig. 433 (wrappers). LECTOTYPE 

 $, Brazil (MNHU), here designated [examined]. 



