96 A. WATSON 



Automolis apicalis (Walker) Hampson, 1901 : 46, fig. 41 (head, pattern, venation). 

 Automolis apicalis (Walker); Strand, 1919 : 14. 

 Automolis apicalis (Walker); Seitz, 1921 : 375. [No fig.] 



Delphyre oviplaga (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis oviplaga Rothschild, 1933 : 171. Syntypes, 1 $, 1 $, Brazil: 'Alto da Sierra' and 

 Sta Catarina (BMNH) [examined]. 



This species is placed here because of the current placement in Delphyre of 

 apparently closely related species. The type-species of Delphyre is almost certainly 

 not congeneric with oviplaga. 



Teucer approximans (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis approximans Rothschild, 1922 1475. Syntypes, 3 <$, Peru: Rio Huacamayo, 

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



Teucer juliginosa (Rothschild) comb. n. 



Automolis fuliginosa Rothschild, 1910a* : 187, pi. 14, fig. 10. Holotype §, Brazil: Amazonas, 



Fonte Boa (Klages) (BMNH) [examined]. 

 Automolis fuliginosa Rothschild; Strand, 1919 : 187. 

 Automolis fuliginosa Rothschild; Hampson, 1920 : 158. 

 Automolis fuliginosa Rothschild; Seitz, 1921: 372, pi. 5ig [misleading fig., see Rothschild, 



19100" : pi. 14]. 



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