B0MB1LI0DE8. — SAEOSA. 



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Ab. 1. dexamene: the white patches on 1st segment of abdomen 

 more developed. 



Hah. Brazil, Ega, 2 § (Bales). Ex/). 46 millim. Type t 

 dexamene in Coll. Uruce. 



Cramers figure shows a dorsal series of green spots as well as the 

 subdorsal. 



Genus SAEOSA. 



Type. 



Sarosa, Wlk. i. 151 (18.j4) sesiijormis. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching above 

 vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse ; antennfe bipectinate with long branches ; 

 thorax and abdomen dorsally clothed with woolly hair ; tibia? with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 6 from uj^per angle; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the 

 lower part of cell very short and the discocelhilars angled just above median 

 nervure; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk, 3 and 5 absent, 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Abdomen entirely clothed with woolly hair. 



A. Abdomen with the basal and three terminal segments 



orange-red ignicolor. 



B. Abdomen with the segments fringed with yellow sesiiformis, 



* 377. Sarosa ? ignicolor. 



LcBonocharis ignicolor, Menetr. Cat. Lep. Pet. ii. p. 139, pi. 14. f. 3 (1857) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 149. 



(S . Head and thorax black-brown ; shoulders with piuk spots ; 

 tegulae and patagia with white points ; abdomen black-brown, with 

 the first segment above piuk and the three terminal segments 

 orange-red ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Tore 

 wing with the base piuk; a discoidal black lunule ; the terminal 

 band expanding widely on apical area. Hind wing with the base 

 and submedian fold pink, the terminal band expanding slightly 

 towards apex. 



Hah. JBeazil, Minas Geraes. Exp. 42 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



378. Sarosa sesiiformis. 



Glaucopi.t sesiiformis, Wlk. i. 151 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 27, pi. 12. 

 f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 133. 



(5 . Head and thorax black ; frons and thorax with patches 

 of olive-yellow ; thorax at sides and legs with patches of metallic 

 blue ; tarsi orange at extremities ; abdomen black, with olive-yellow 

 patch on 1st segment and narrow bands on the others, those on 

 segments 2 and 3 rather bi'oader ; subdorsal and sublateral series 

 of metallic blue spots ; wings yellowish hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black. Fore wing with blue spot at base ; the inner area 

 black ; the terminal band very wide on apical area and emitting 

 short streaks between the veins. Hind wing with the terminal 

 band emitting short streaks between the veins and expanding into 

 irregular dentitions between vein 2 and tornus. 

 Hah. Venezuela, 1 cS type. Exj). 40 millim. 



