iEGERIA OMPHALE. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Body red; abdomen behind and dorsal line 

 black, with blue spots. 



SYNONYM. 



CosMosoMA Omphale. Huhncr. Fig. 1.4.^ 9 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body bright red: head black, with large 

 brilliant blue spots: antennx at tip, whitish: 

 palpi, second and third joints red: thorax with 

 a black transverse line before, continued over the 

 wings ; on the anterior part are four blue spots : 

 tergum bright red, with a longitudinal line, 

 abbreviated at base, and tip black; in which 

 colour are four lateral brilliant blue spots, and 

 about seven dorsal ones : venter, excepting at base, 

 and each side near the base, black, with a large 

 pure white spot on each side, before the middle ; 

 tuft at tip obsolete: wings hyaline, nervures 



PLATE XIX. 



