226 SYNTOMID^. 



b^. Abdomen with lateral orange spots and 

 the base of inner area of tore and hind 

 wings orange. 



fl\ Thorax orange xanthistis. 



b^. Thorax black; patagia with onxnge 



patches hanga. 



d'^. Abdomen black, with white basal patch 

 followed by two spots, and orange and 

 crimson subterminal lateral patches ; fore 



wing with crimson basal sjjot leuconoton. 



e^. Abdomen without lateral red, or orange or 

 white dorsal spot. 

 «3. Abdomen black, with yellow segmental 

 lines and blue patches between them. 



a*. Antennce yellow except at base lycopolis. 



i*. Anteuna3 black. 



a^. Fore wing with orange streaks above 

 base of inner margin. 

 ((°. Fore wing with orange streak below 

 medial ])art of costa ; frons black 



and white . cinctum. 



b^. Fore wing without orange streak 



below costa ; frons orange lud black. 



a'. Markings of thorax and abdomen 



orange-red ; palpi orange and 



black gaza. 



f. Markings of thorax and abdomen 



pale yellow ; palpi yellow tarapotense. 



¥. Fore wing without orange streaks, 

 a". Fi'ons yellow ; abdomen of female 



not orange at extremity Jlavltarsis. 



¥. Frous black ; abdomen of female 



orange at extremity beatrix. 



V^. Abdomen black, without segmental yellow 

 lines, 

 a^. Abdomen without white spots on basal 



segments, the extremity orange salvini. 



b*. Abdomen with white spots on basal seg- 

 ments, the extremity black quinquepuncta. 



c^. Abdomen yellow or orange-red, with black 

 segmental lines enclosing blue patches, 

 a*. Fore wing without yellow streaks below 



costa and above inner margin hcatum. 



i*. Fore wing with yellow streaks below 

 costa and above inner margin. 

 «*. Abdomen without white patches at 



base; the blue patches prominent ... nigricornis. 

 6'. Abdomen with white patches at base ; 



the blue patches almost obsolete sephela. 



474. Cosmosoma demantria. (Plate VIII. fig. 9.) 



Cosmosoma demantria, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 44 (1895). 



Head black, with patches of metallic blue ou frons and vertex ; 

 antennjB white at tips ; thorax and abdomen scarlet, the former with 

 dorsal black stripe and blue patch on metathorax ; tegulae and patagia 

 with black and blue spots at base ; abdomen with dorsal series of 

 black and blue spots except on basal segment, black below, the valve 

 of male white at sides ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. 



