June 1899] DyAR : NeW SpECIES of SVNTOMIDiE. 175 



Cosmosoma sicula, sp. nov. 



Black, pectus, frons and abdomen with metallic blue patches, the latter in sub- 

 dorsal and lateral series. Wings hyaline, veins black, an orange red streak below 

 costa and above internal margin, the former reaching three-fourths to apex, the latter 

 almost reaching tornus ; a small orange red patch at base above vein I ; outer margin 

 black, very broad at apex but widening gradually and regularly ; a narrow black bar 

 at end of cell and the space between veins 2 and 3 up to cell filled in with black, 

 powdered with red scales as well as the extreme base of the space between veins 3 

 and 4 ; a small red spot near end of vein 2 below. Hind wings with black border, 

 broad on the outer margin. Tegulas and patagia with orange red scales. 



One male, Venezuela. Expanse, 27 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus., type 

 no. 4248. 



Allied to C. festiviim and C. centrale, next to which it comes in 

 Hampson's tables. 



Cosmosoma perfenestratum, sp. nov. 



Head black, frons and vertex with metallic blue ; antennce black ; thorax orange 

 red, black below ; legs with patches of blue ; abdomen black with dorsal red stripe 

 not reaching base or extremity and subdorsal series of metallic blue spots. Wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black ; fore wing with orange red basal patch and 

 streaks below costa and above internal margin running nearly to termen ; an orange 

 red discal patch cut by the black veins ; an orange red patch filling in the space be- 

 tween veins 2 and 4, but not completely ; terminal band very wide at apex, almost 

 wholly orange red, only the veins and extreme margin black, expanding at tornus and 

 joining the patch between veins 2 to 4. Hind wing with some red at base, the ter- 

 minal band black, expanding at apex and tornus, edged within by red scales. 



One male received from Staudinger and Haas as " La^JHocJian's 

 fenestratay U. S. Nat. Mus., type no. 4244. 



This falls in Hampson's table between C. achemon and C. 

 hypocheilus. 

 Eriphioides ustulata Feld. var. columbina, var. nov. 



Differs from ustulata in having a large discal orange patch on the 

 under side of fore wings, powdery and diffuse and cut by the black 

 veins. The fore coxae are white. 



One male, received from Staudinger and Haas as ^' Ai/tocJi Ion's 

 columbina.'''' U. S. Nat. Mus., type no. 4245. 

 Cyanopepla melinda, sp. nov. 



Black, thorax and abdomen strongly shot with metallic blue green, also on the 

 head, palpi and legs and forming a dorsal band and segmental rings on the abdomen ; 

 coxae, tibffi, tarsi and venter of abdomen powdered with white. Fore wings with a 

 metallic blue dot at base of costa and a streak in submedian interspace ; a crimson 

 fascia from within end of cell to tornus at vein I, not reaching costal edge or margin ; 



