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AUTO MOLLS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
tenebrata. 
beta. 
crocopera. 
inerpectata. 
lutosa. 
linaza. 
dissimilis. 
soror. 
felderi. 
sordidipen¬ 
nis. 
ate not is. 
fuliyinosa. 
unifonnis. 
mesoleuca. 
■separata. 
priscilla. 
persiniilis. 
marginata. 
Hindwing with red at the base and cell. This is, however, not always the exterior of the butterfly; the stripe on 
the forewing may be reduced to traces and even disappear altogether, just like the basal red of the hindwing. 
I denominate this form having already been figured by Lord Rothschild, in its extremest development, ab. 
tenebrata nom. nov. (51 f). On the contrary, the yellow stripe on the forewing and the basal red of the hindwing 
may be widened to such an extent that only the margins of the wings remain yet black; this form having likewise 
been already ascertained by Lord Rothschild I denominate ab. laeta nom. nov. (51 f). Between these extreme 
forms all transitions imaginable seem to occur; among them also such approximating species from the taeniata- 
and maura- group by the widened stripes of the forewings. I figure docis from Villavicenc-io in Colombia; it 
occurs besides in Guiana and the Amazon District; the colorial varieties, however, are not bound to localities. 
A. crocopera Schs. This species is easily recognized by the deeply indented border of the hindwing. 
It is but very little larger than docis, but it has. more slender wings. The forewings are unicolorously dull 
greyish-green, the hindwings blackish-blue with a hyaline centre; head orange, thorax brownish-green, abdomen 
blackish-blue, the 3 last rings orange. Guiana. Apparently only the type is known, one $ in the Museum at 
Washington. 
A. inexpectata Rothsch. (51 g) is larger, though similarly shaped as docis. Head, thorax and abdo¬ 
minal end orange, dorsum otherwise black with a very faint greyish-blue reflection. Forewing mostly diaphanous 
whitish, darkened by brown; at the base, costa, cell-end, and in the apical third sepia-brown layers. Venezuela, 
Colombia and Peru; the figured specimen from Muzo. 
A. lutosa Hbn. Almost quite greyish-brown, forewing with a light postcellular macular band as far 
as the upper median; hindwing in the middle yellowish-brown with traces of a light postmedian band. Paraguay. 
Typical specimens also show a broad, faded, white band in the forewing, which is absent in the form linaza 
Dgn. Body yellowish-red. 
A. dissimilis Drc. (51 g) is still larger than the preceding; in the shape more like an Amastus or a 
large Halisidota. Wings dull creamy-white with yellowish-brown veins, the forewing darkened cloudily in the 
apical part and with a brown crescentiform shade at the cell-end. Thorax whitish with orange stripes in the 
middle, on the collar and patagia qabdomen dark brown with orange bands and spots, beneath and below yolk- 
coloured. Peru. 
A. soror Rothsch. (51 g). Size of dissimilis. Forewing dark nut-brown, hindwing with a white, distally 
and costally darkened demi-band behind the darker cell-end, hindwing in and behind the cell lighter, yellowish- 
grey. Head and body orange. Amazon. 
A. tetderi Rothsch. (51 g). Much smaller, about the size of docis. Forewing somewhat lighter brown 
than soror , the white postcellular cloud not band-shaped but reniform, lessening distally. Hindwings and body 
light greyish-yellow. Colombia. 
A. sordidipennis Rothsch. (51 g). Wings dark greyish-brown, forewing with a light centre. Body 
blackish, tegulae, patagia, and abdominal end bright yellow. Venezuela. 
A. stenotis Dgn. (51 g). Much smaller than sordidipennis. Forewings and thorax dark brown, hind¬ 
wings whitish, head and collar tinged in a yolk-colour. Guiana. 
A. fuliginosa Rothsch. (51 g). Deep sooty black, margins darker, the disc somewhat lighter; at the 
proximal margin of the hindwing a white spot. Body black with minute white spots on tegulae, metanotum 
and middle of abdomen. Fonte Boa (Amazon). 
A. uniformis Rothsch. (51 h). Forewing dark greyish-brown with light veins, hindwing blackish- 
brown, in the basal half lighter grey; beneath this lighter patch is chalky-white. Head orange; middle of abdomen 
with a yellow longitudinal spot, like the venter. Described from Surinam, but before me only from Colombia 
(Villavicencio). — In the Bolivian form from the Rio Songo, ab. mesoleuca form. nov. (51 h), the centre of 
the hindwing is also above white; transitions to the typical form are not rare. 
A. separata Whr. (51 h) is somewhat larger than uniformis, forewings like there, but the hindwing 
with an orange-yellow proximal half, and the abdomen with a broad yellow belt. Colombia and Amazon. 
A. priscilla Schs. (51 h). Forewing with a large, bone-coloured, sacciform spot behind the middle of 
the costa. Hindwing yellow, only along the middle of the border a dark band. Abdomen with a yellow belt. 
Costa Rica. 
A. persitnilis Rothsch. (51 h). Smaller, the sacciform costal spot in the forewing yellow, beneath more 
pointed. Hindwing small, in typical specimens as we figure from Bolivia, but as they also occur in Peru, quite 
unicolorously yellow. — marginata Rothsch. (51 h) has on the forewing much brighter, almost white veins, 
