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Pryteria costata Moschler comb. n. 



Pryteria costata Moschler, 1882 : 336, pi. 18, fig. 27. Holotype $, Surinam: Paramaribo 



(depository not known) [not examined]. 

 Pryteria costata Moschler; Hampson, 1901 : 514 [in Hampson's 'List of unrecognized species']. 

 Automolis costata (Moschler) Strand, 1919 : 16. 



Automolis costata (Moschler) ; Gaede, 1923 13. Partim. [Synonymy of semicostalis Rothschild.] 

 Automolis costata form nigroapicalis Gaede, 1923 13. Holotype $, Surinam: (MNHU) 



[examined] . 



Pryteria hamifera (Dognin) comb. n. 



Automolis hamifera Dognin. 1907 : 227. Holotype <J, French Guiana: St Laurent, Maroni 



River (USNM) [examined]. 

 Automolis hamifera Dognin; Strand, 1919 : 19. 

 Automolis hamifera Dognin; Hampson, 1920 : 162, pi. 46, fig. 22. 



Automolis hamifera Dognin; Seitz, 192 1 : 374. pi. 52c [pale area of wing too yellowish]. 

 Automolis hamifera Dognin; Watson, 1971 : 42, pis 31a (type), I28e,f (genitalia). 



Pryteria semicostalis (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis semicostalis Rothschild, 1910a : 46, pi. 6, fig. 31. LECTOTYPE <$, Brazil: 

 Amazonas, Fonte Boa, xi.1906 (Klages) (BMNH), here designated [examined]. [Both 

 syntypes are ty; not £ and $ respectively as indicated by Rothschild.] 



Automolis semicostalis Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 24. 



Automolis semicostalis Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 157, pi. 46, fig. 19 [pale areas of forewing 

 should be white]. 



Automolis semicostalis Rothschild; Seitz, 1921 : 375, pi. 52f. 



[A utomolis costata Moschler; Gaede, 1923 13. Partim. Synonymy of semicostalis. ~] 



Pryteria unifascia (Druce) comb. n. 



Automolis unifascia (Druce) Hampson, 1901 : 66, pi. 36, fig. 20. 

 Automolis unifascia (Druce); Strand, 1919 : 26. 

 Automolis unifascia (Druce); Seitz, 1921 : 374, pi. 52c 



Automolis unifascia form ilicis Jorgensen, 1932 : 53. Holotype $, Paraguay: Villarica 

 (depository not known) [not examined]. 



Subspecies Pryteria unifascia unifascia (Druce) 



Sallaea unifacia Druce, 1899:466. LECTOTYPE g, Guyana: 'Demerara' (UM), here 

 designated [examined]. 



Subspecies Pryteria unifascia tenuis (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis unifascia tenuis Rothschild, 1935 : 240. Holotype $, Belize: Rio Grande, ix.1932 

 (White) (BMNH) [examined]. 



RHIPHA Walker 



Rhipha Walker, 1854 : 273. Type-species: Euchromia strigosa Walker, 1854 : 2 73. by 



monotypy. 

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

 Rhipha Walker sensu Travassos, 1943 : 457. [Synonymy of Apyre Walker, Ormetica Clemens 



and Cratoplastis Felder.] 

 Rhipha Walker; Watson, 1971 : 7, 9, 22, 51. [Types of 3 species illustrated.] 



