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Scaptius prumaloides (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis prumaloides Rothschild, 1910a : 38, pi. 5, fig. 38. Lectotype $, Brazil: Amazonas, 



Fonte Boa, v. 1906 (Klages) (BMNH), designated by Hampson, 1920 : 134 [examined]. 

 Automolis prumaloides Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 22. 

 Automolis prumaloides Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 134. 

 Automolis prumaloides Rothschild; Seitz, 1921 : 375, pi. 521. 



Scaptius sordida (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Prumala sordida Rothschild, 1910a : 25, pi. 4, fig. 18. Holotype g, Peru: Carabaya, Rio 



Huacamayo, La Union, 2000 ft, xi.1904 (Ockenden) (BMNH) [examined]. 

 Prumala sordida Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 8. 

 Automolis sordida (Rothschild) Hampson, 1920 : 139. 

 Automolis sordida (Rothschild); Seitz, 1921 : 375, pi. 521 [probably not this species]. 



As mentioned previously, the type of sordida may prove to be a male of ditissimus 

 (q.v.) 



Scaptius submarginalis (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Prumala submarginalis Rothschild, 1910a : 24, pi. 4, fig. 16. Holotype <$, Brazil: Minas 



Gerais, 19.x. 1900 (Kennedy) (BMNH) [examined]. 

 Prumala submarginalis Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 8. 

 Automolis submarginalis (Rothschild) Hampson, 1920 : 138. 

 Automolis submarginalis (Rothschild); Seitz, 1921 : 375, pi. 52g [abdomen should be scarlet; 



forewing should be pinkish anally and have dark spot near midle of outer margin]. 



The type of Scaptius obscurata (Schaus) (see Watson, 1971 : pi. 15c) may prove 

 to be a female of submarginalis. 



Scaptius vinasia (Schaus) comb. n. 



Automolis vinasia Schaus, 1910 : 201. Lectotype <$, Costa Rica: Juan Vinas, vi.1909 (USNM), 



designated by Watson, 197 1 : 96 [examined]. 

 Automolis vinasia Schaus; Strand, 1919 : 26. 

 Automolis vinasia Schaus; Hampson, 1920 : 133, fig. 60 [head, venation, pattern, androconial 



areas]. 

 Automolis vinasia Schaus; Seitz, 1921 : 374. [No fig.] 

 Automolis vinasia Schaus; Watson, 1971 : 96, pis 13d (type), 104c, d (genitalia). 



SUTONOCREA Butler 



Sutonocrea Butler, 1876 : [vii]. Type-species: Creatonotos lobifer Herrich-Schaffer, [1855], 



pi. 88, fig. 503 (wrapper), by monotypy. 

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

 Sutonocrea Butler; Travassos, 1943 : 456. [Re-establishment of genus.] 

 Sutonocrea Butler; Travassos, 1944a : 302. [Redescription.] 



The species Sutonocrea reducta (Walker) [then in Automolis] was studied by Blest 

 (1964). His experimental specimens responded to tactile stimuli with 'reflex 

 immobilisation' and had a high threshold for sound production. Cebus monkeys 

 rejected them in palatability tests. 



