. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AUTOMOLIS. 59" b^. Hind wing of male without fold and tuft on inner area. a^. {Ischnognatha). Palpi with the third joint long and naked ; hind wing of male witli veins 6, 7 stalked. 1289. Automolis vitrea. Bomhyx vitrea, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 276. 0 (1780); Druce, Biol- , Het. i. p. 79 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 171. Fulvous orange; palpi black, with some white spots at end of 1st and 2nd joints ; fuscous bands above frons and between antennae; te
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. AUTOMOLIS. 59" b^. Hind wing of male without fold and tuft on inner area. a^. {Ischnognatha). Palpi with the third joint long and naked ; hind wing of male witli veins 6, 7 stalked. 1289. Automolis vitrea. Bomhyx vitrea, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 276. 0 (1780); Druce, Biol- , Het. i. p. 79 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 171. Fulvous orange; palpi black, with some white spots at end of 1st and 2nd joints ; fuscous bands above frons and between antennae; tegulae and patagia with pale and fuscous bands, metathorax with pale patches ; abdomen with dorsal series of white points, underside of thorax and abdomen whitish. Fore wing with the costa whitish; the inner area from below costa at base to lower angle of cell and termen at vein 3 pale fulvous, leaving the upper angle of cell and. Fig. 46.—Automolis vitrea, S- i- the apical area semihyaline white; a subbasal angled series of black points followed by white marks; black streaks on and between the veins on fulvous area; a blue streak edged with black on end of median nervure; two pinkish streaks followed by white spots below basal part of vein 2 ; a black-edged triangular mark at lower angle of ceil; a subterminal series of black points often obsolete towards apex. Hind wing pale pinkish, the inner area orange. Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo); Guatemala {Champion)'^ Hon- DTJEAs {Blancaneaux) ; Panama (OJiamjnon), Godman-8alvin Coll.; llio Janeiko. Exj). 38-58 millim. b-. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. a^. Hind wing of male with veins 6, 7 coincident. «*. Fore wing with black streaks in all the inter- spaces lineosa. h*. Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins and in interspaces of cell and inner area only tijbris. t\ Fore wing without dark streaks on inner area. a\ Abdomen with the terminal lialf black. a^. Fore wing orange. a7. Fore wing with four black streaks on basal cost
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