Schaus, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11: 569;

Automolis gerhilda, sp. n.
Male.-Palpi fuscous fringed with cinnamon-drab.
Frons metallic blue. Vertex orange-buff with some
metallic-blue scales between antennre; a fine black
line behind head. Collar and tegulre light orange-yellow
edged with black and cinnamon scales. Thorax black,
the metathorax with cinnamon and blue scaling. Thorax
below fuscous ; fore femora light orange-yellow inwardly
edged with metallic blue; legs fuscous behind, pinkish
in front. Abdomen black with dorsal and lateral
metallic-blue spots; a large subdorsal orange-buff spot
at base; venter light orange-yellow with broad segmental
black lines, narrower at base. Fore wing benzo-brown,
the veins finely pale orange-yellow ; from base below
cell to vein 3 a broad orange-buff streak with a line
from it on submedian fold; an elongated pale orangeyellow
spot between veins 5 and 6 beyond cell. Hind
wing black, the costal margin to near apex orange-buff,
expanding somewhat below cell ; the black on inner
margin extending to base. Wings below the same.
Expanse 39 mm.
Hahit,at.-Dos Puentes, Ecuador.
Type.-Cat. No. 34387, U.S. N. M.