18 A. WATSON 



Automolis sulfurea Schaus, 1905 : 216. Holotype 9> French Guiana (USNM) [examined]. 



Syn. n. 

 Automolis sulfurea Schaus; Hampson, 1920 : 161, pi. 46, fig. 21 (colour). 

 Automolis superba Druce; Seitz, 1921 : 368. 

 Ormetica sulfurea (Schaus) Watson, 197 1 : 88 [fig. of $ genitalia]. 



(J. Palps greyish brown and weakly iridescent bluish green; ventral two-thirds of front of 

 head iridescent turquoise, dorsal third greyish brown; vertex yellow; antennae greyish brown. 

 Whole of dorsal surface of thorax yellow; ventral surface greyish brown. Legs greyish brown, 

 with weak, bluish green iridescence, except for concave outer surface of coxa and posterior 

 or ventral surface of femur which are iridescent turquoise. Upper surface of forewing yellow, 

 with dark brown apical spot and smaller spot near tornus on anal margin; hind wing light yellow 

 anteriorly, pale orange anally, with dark brown terminal band. Under surface of both wings 

 yellow; markings as for upper surface. Dorsal surface of abdomen orange anteriorly; segments 

 7-8 (and 6, usually) dark blue, iridescent in posterior half of each segment. Ventral surface 

 of abdomen orange-yellow except for segment 2 which is brown and iridescent turquoise and 

 segment 3 which has brown patch on each side. 



$. Similar to male but outer margin of hindwing more strongly convex and abdomen with 

 more extensive blue scaling. On the dorsal surface of the lectotype abdomen, segments 1 

 and 2 are yellow, 3 yellow with lateral blue patch on each side and blue posteromedial patch, 

 4-7 are blue with turquoise iridescent posteriorly on each segment; and on the ventral surface 

 2 is as for £, but both 2 and 2 have dark lateral patches. 



Forewing length: lectotype $ 20-5 mm; <$ i7'5-i8-5 mm; £ 19-5 mm. 



^ genitalia. Uncus tapered posteriorly, minutely spinose dorsally; valves digitate, heavily 

 sclerotized, apex not acuminate but some examples with short, rounded process at ventromedial 

 side of apex; aedeagus with minute, toothed process at apex; vesica with two main scobinate 

 lobes, the scobinations continuous between lobes on one side of vesica. 



$. Accessory sac of corpus bursae opening anterolaterally into right side of corpus bursae; 

 lamella postvaginalis weakly emarginate medially. 



Distinguished from salma by the presence of a large, brown, apical spot on the 

 forewing; this spot as large as or larger than the brown tornal spot. In the male 

 genitalia the non-acuminate valve is diagnostic, while in the female the lamella 

 postvaginalis is weakly emarginate unlike that of salma. 



Known from French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. 



Material examined. 



Automolis superba Druce, lectotype $, Ecuador: Sarayacu {Buckley) (BMNH). 

 Automolis sulfurea Schaus, holotype $, French Guiana: Maroni River, St Jean 

 (USNM). 



French Guiana: 2 $, Maroni River, St Laurent, vii-ix.1915; 1 <$, Maroni River, St Jean 

 (Le Moult) (USNM); 1 g, Nouveau Chantier (Le Moult); 1 $, Oyapak River, Pied Saut (Klages). 

 Brazil: 2 $, Para (Moss); 2 <$, Rio Purus, Hyutanahan (Klages) (CM: 1 <$) ; 1 <J, Rio Purus, 

 Nova Olinda (Klages); 1 $, Fonte Boa, v. 1906 (Klages); 1 $, Teffe: 1 q*, Amazonas, Sao Paulo 

 de Olivenga, xi-xii (Fassl) (USNM). Peru: 3 g, Amazonas, Cavallo-Cocho, v-vh.1884 

 (Mathan) . 



Viviennea salma (Druce) comb. n. 



(PI. 3, figs 13-16) 



Automolis salma Druce, 1896 : 36. LECTOTYPE g, Panama (MNHU), here designated 

 [examined]. 



