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Subspecies Idalus vitrea occidentalis (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis vitrea occidentalis Rothschild, 1910a : 47, pi. 7, fig. 4. LECTOTYPE <J, Peru: 

 Carabaya, R. Huacamayo, La Union, 2000 ft, xi.1904 (Ockenden) (BMNH), here designated 

 [examined]. 



Automolis vitrea occidentalis Rothschild; Seitz, 1921 : 376. 



Idalus vitreoides (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis vitreoides Rothschild, 1922 : 476. Holotype £ [stated by Rothschild, 1922 : 476, 

 to be from Trinidad but the holotype is labelled [Brazil] Para (Moss) (BMNH) [examined]]. 



MACHAERAPTENUS Schaus 



Machaeraptenus Schaus, 1894 : 228. Type-species: Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894 : 229. 

 [Automolis Hiibner sensu Hampson, 1901 : 39, et auctorum. Partim.] 

 Machaeraptenus Schaus; Travassos, 1943 : 457. 

 Machaeraptenus Schaus; Travassos, 1944 : 442. 

 Machaeraptenus Schaus; Watson, 1971 : 6, 95. 



One species is transferred here from Automolis; another nominal species is simul- 

 taneously transferred from A utomolis and synonymized with ventralis. 



Machaeraptenus crocopera (Schaus) comb. n. 



Automolis crocopera Schaus, 1905 : 218. Holotype £, Guyana: Omai (USNM) [examined]. 



Automolis crocopera Schaus; Strand, 1919 : 16. 



Automolis crocopera Schaus; Hampson, 1920 : 162, fig. 69 (venation, head). 



Automolis crocopera Schaus; Seitz, 192 1 : 372. [No fig.] 



Automolis crocopera Schaus; Watson, 1971 : 26, pis 65 (type), 199a, b (genitalia). 



Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus 



Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894 : 229. Lectotype $, Venezuela: Aroa (USNM), 



designated by Watson, 197 1 : 95 [examined]. 

 Automolis ventralis (Schaus) Hampson, 1901 : 45, fig. 40 (pattern, venation, head). 

 Automolis sordidipennis Rothschild, 1916 : 266. LECTOTYPE $, Venezuela: Las Quiguas, 



near San Esteban (Klages), here designated [examined]. Syn. n. 

 Automolis sordidipennis Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 144, pi. 45, fig. 20. 

 Automolis sordidipennis Rothschild; Seitz, 1921 : 372, pi. 5ig [grossly inaccurate]. 

 Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus; Travassos, 1943 : 457. 

 Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus; Travassos, 1944 : 443, figs 11 (^), 12-20 (venation and 



genitalia). 

 Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus; Watson, 1971 : 95, pis 17b (type), 106c, d (genitalia). 



ORMETICA Clemens 



Ormetica Clemens, 1860:544. Type-species: Ormetica sphingiformis Clemens, 1860:545, 



by monotypy. 

 [Rhipha Walker sensu Travassos, 1943 : 457. Partim.] 

 [Automolis Hiibner sensu Seitz, 1921 : 365. Partim.] 

 Ormetica Clemens; Watson, 1971 : 7. [Types of 19 species illustrated.] 



