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species. Subsequent to this, costata has been placed in Automolis Hiibner, [1819] 

 by various authors without listing Pryteria as a synonym of the latter. 



The eight nominal species now included in Pryteria and catalogued here are all 

 transferred from Automolis. 



Pryteria alboatra (Rothschild) stat. rev., comb. n. 



Automolis alboatra Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 14. 



Automolis alboatra Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 156. 



Automolis unifascia alboatra Rothschild; Seitz, 1921 1374, pi. 52c 



Subspecies Pryteria alboatra alboatra (Rothschild) 



Automolis alboatra Rothschild, 1910a : 46, pi. 6, fig. 30. Lectotype £, Brazil: Amazonas, 

 Fonte Boa, vii.1906 (Klages) (BMNH), designated by Hampson, 1920 : 156 [examined]. 



Subspecies Pryteria alboatra borussica Seitz comb. n. 



Automolis unifascia form borussica Seitz, 1921 : 374, pi. 52c LECTOTYPE $, Bolivia: 

 Rio Songo, 750 m (Fassl) (BMNH), here designated [examined]. 



Subspecies Pryteria alboatra intensa Rothschild comb. n. 



Automolis alboatra intensa Rothschild, 1935 : 240. Holotype <J, Costa Rica: (Underwood) 

 (BMNH) [examined]. 



Pryteria apicata (Schaus) comb. n. 



Automolis apicata Schaus, 1905 : 218. Holotype <$, French Guiana: St Laurent, Maroni 



River (USNM) [examined]. 

 Automolis apicata Schaus; Strand, 1919 : 14. 

 Automolis apicata Schaus; Hampson, 1920 : 175, pi. 47, fig. 9. 

 Automolis apicata Schaus; Seitz, 192 1 : 374, pi. 521. 

 Automolis apicata Schaus; Watson, 1917 : 13, pis 31b (type), i2ga,b (genitalia). 



Pryteria apicella (Strand) comb. n. 



Automolis apicalis Rothschild, 1910a : 46. Holotype $, Bolivia: 10 miles above Mapiri, 

 2000 ft, 1895 (Stuart) [examined], [Junior homonym of Automolis apicalis Walker, 1854 : 

 261.] 



Automolis semicostalis var. apicalis Rothschild, 1910c : 26. 



Automolis apicella Strand, 1919 : 14. [Replacement name for apicalis Rothschild.] 



Automolis albiapicalis Hampson, 1920 : 157, pi. 46, fig. 18. [Unnecessary replacement name 

 for apicalis Rothschild.] 



Automolis apicella Strand; Seitz, 1921 : 375, pi. 52I 



Pryteria colombiana (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis colombiana Rothschild, 1937 : 171. LECTOTYPE <$, Colombia: W., 'Bella Vista', 

 viii.1927 (BMNH), here designated [examined]. 



[The lectotype bears a label 'Automolis orientalis Rothsch. Type' in Rothschild's 

 handwriting, a name which was not published and clearly abandoned by the author 

 in favour of colombiana. Both lectotype and paralectotype stood over a label 

 'colombiana'' in the Rothschild collection.] 



