COSMOSOMA. 229 



apical area and expanding at tonius. Hind wing with thetermiual 

 band expanding at apex and tornns. 



Hah. Mexico, Vera Cruz {H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala (^Champion), 

 type. Exp. 42 millim. 



479. Cosmosoma hector. 



Cosmo^oma hector, Staud. Yerli. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxv. p. 120 (1875) ; 

 Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. p. GO, pi. 7. f. 17 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 

 p. 141. 



$ . Head and thorax black ; antennae white at tips ; frons, 

 vertex of head, and thorax with patches of metallic blue ; thorax 

 below and femora scarlet ; abdomen bright scarlet ; wings hj'aline, 

 the veins and margins black. Pore wing -with discocellular spot ; 

 the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at 

 vein 2. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding at apex and 

 towards tornns. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqni, 1 $ Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 42 

 millim. 



480. Cosmosoma zurcheri. (Plate YIII. fig. 19.) 



Coxmosoma zurcheri, Druee, A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 3.33 (1894) ; id. Biol, 

 Ceiitr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 34o. 



J . Head and thorax black ; antennae whitish at tips ; frons, 

 vertex of head, and tegulae with patches of metallic blue ; patagia 

 and metathorax fringed with metallic blue ; thorax below and 

 femora orange ; abdomen orange ; a black basal dorsal patch ; the 

 extremity black, with some metallic blue scales ; the channelled 

 valve fringed A\ith white : wings hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black ; the terminal band very wide on apical area of fore wing, 

 and expanding at apex of hind wing and tornus of each wing. 



2 with the thorax below and abdomen scarlet. 



Hah. Costa IIica, Santa Clara, 1200 feet (Zurcher), 2 J 1$ 

 Oodman-Salvin Coll., type. Exp. 42 millim. 



481. Cosmosoma semifulva. 



Di/cladia scmifulva, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 62, pi. 8. f. 11 

 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 144. 



S . Head black ; frons white ; thorax yellow, tegulae and 

 extremities of patagia black ; legs with the end of femora and base 

 of tibiae and the tarsi black ; abdomen yellow, the last three 

 segments blue-black, the 4th from end deep black ; wings hyaline. 

 Fore wing with base black, produced along costa and inner margin ; 

 the margins and veins of medial area yellow ; a discoidal black 

 patch conjoined to the fascia on apical part of costa ; the veins of 

 outer area black ; the terminal band expanding on apical area and 

 at tornus. Hind wing with the cell and inner margin black ; the 

 veins of outer area and the tcrmcn near tornus yellow ; a terminal 

 black band narrowing from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, Jalapa, 1 S Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 

 & millim. Type in Coll. Staudinger. 



