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Disconeura lutosa (Hiibner) comb. n. 



Halisidota lutosa (Hiibner) Kirby, 1892 : 210. 



Automolis lutosa (Hiibner) Hampson, 1901 : 46. Partim. [Synonymy of linaza Dognin.] 



Automolis lutosa (Hiibner); Strand, 1919 : 20. 



Automolis lutosa (Hiibner); Seitz, 1921 : 372. 



Subspecies Disconeura lutosa lutosa (Hiibner) 



Empusa lutosa Hiibner, [1820a], 2: pi. 182, figs 1-4. Type(s), $, 9 [locality unknown] [not 

 examined]. 



Subspecies Disconeura lutosa frater (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis lutosa frater Rothschild, 1922 1477. LECTOTYPE 3, Brazil: Para (Moss) 

 (BMNH), here designated [examined]. 



The type of frater differs little from fig. 4 of lutosa in Hiibner, [1820a], 2: pi. 182. 



Disconeura peculiaris (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis peculiaris Rothschild, 1933 : 171, LECTOTYPE <$, Brazil: Para (Moss) (BMNH), 

 here designated [examined]. 



Disconeura soror (Rothschild) comb. n. 

 Automolis soror Rothschild, 1917 : 481. Holotypc§, Brazil: Para (Moss) (BMNH) [examined]. 



ECHETA Herrich-Schaffer 



Echeta Herrich-Schaffer, [1856] : 16, 17. Type-species: Creatonotus divisus Herrich-Schaffer, 



[1855] : pi. 52, fig. 282 (wrapper), by subsequent designation of Kirby, 1892 : 197. 

 [Automolis Hiibner sensu Hampson, 1920 : 155, et auctorum. Partim.] 

 Echeta Herrich-Schaffer; Travassos, 1943 : 456, 468. [Redescription and reinstatement.] 



The following 12 nominal species form a reasonably compact group together 

 with the type-species, but there is possibly some specific synonymy yet to be 

 unravelled. The type-specimens involved are of both sexes and there is a high 

 degree of sexual dimorphism in this genus. 



Echeta brunneireta (Dognin) comb, n., stat. rev. 



Automolis brunneireta Dognin, 1906 : 182. Lectotype $, Peru: Carabaya (TJSNM), designated 



by Watson, 1971 : 18 [examined]. 

 Automolis brunneireta Dognin; Strand, 19 19 : 15. 

 Automolis brunneireta Dognin; Hampson, 1920 : 148. 

 Automolis rubrireta form brunneireta Dognin; Seitz, 1921 : 371, pi. 5id [fair guide to pattern 



but inaccurate in details]. 

 Automolis rubrireta form brunneireta Dognin; Watson, 1971 : 18, pis 42c (type), 149a, b 



(genitalia). 



Echeta excavata (Schaus) comb. n. 



Automolis excavata Schaus, 1910 : 202. Lectotype $, Costa Rica: Tuis (TJSNM), designated by 

 Watson, 197 1 : 32 [examined]. 



