232 STNTOMID^. 



patches of blue ; pectus wdth pale yelloAv and blue patches ; legs 

 with blue patches, the extremities of tibiae and the tarsi orange ; 

 hind coxae yellow ; abdomen with the dorsal j-elloAv patches on 1st 

 segment, the next three segments with yellow^ lines, the terminal 

 segments with dorsal spots ; subdorsal series of blue spots ; the 

 ventral valve edged with yellow^ and with sublateral patches beyond 

 it ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins, narrowly black. Tore 

 wing with orange streaks below costa and on inner margin ; the 

 terminal black line very slightly expanding tow^ards apex. Hind 

 wing with the terminal black line slightly expanding towards tornus. 

 Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Buckley). Exp. 36 millim. Typef 

 in CoU. Druce. 



489. Cosmosoma cinctum. (Plate VIII. fig. 12.) 

 Homceoccra cincta, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 225. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennte at tips, lower 

 part of frons, and basal joint of antenna} in front white ; head behind 

 eyes and upper edge of tegulae yellow ; vertex of head and tegulae 

 with patches of blue ; patagia strijjcd with orange ; coxas white ; 

 extremity of tibiae and tarsi yellow ; abdomen with dorsal white 

 band on 1st segment, the other segments with orange dorsal bands 

 with subdorsal blue patches between them, the first two segments 

 with ventral white bands ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black. Fore wing with orange streak below medial part of costa 

 and two streaks above basal part of inner margin ; the terminal 

 band expanding at apex and tornus. Hind wing with the terminal 

 band exj^anding tow'ards toruus, the inner area black. 



Hah. Venezuela, Aroa, 1 $. Exp. 34 millim. Type fin Coll. 

 Schaus. 



*490. Cosmosoma gaza. 



Isanthrene gaza, Schaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 274 ; id. Am. Lep. pi. i. f. 9. 



2. Head black ; palpi orange below^ ; upper part of frons orange, 

 the lower part and back of head with blue spots ; tegulae black with 

 blue spot and edged with orange ; patagia striped black and orange ; 

 thorax black, spotted with blue ; pectus and legs orange, marked 

 with blacK ; fore coxae spotted with blue ; abdomen with whitish 

 band on 1st segment, the other segments orange banded with black 

 and blue, each expanding into a pair of dorsal spots ; ventral 

 surface yellowish, the terminal segment black and orange ; wings 

 yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black, the 

 terminal band expanding into patches at apex of fore wiug and 

 tornus of hind wing. Fore wing with blue spot at base; two short 

 orange streaks above base of inner margin ; the costal interspace 

 orange hyaline. 



Hah. Peku. Exp. 42 millim. Type t in CoU. Schaus. 



491. Cosmosoma tarapotense. (Plate VIII. fig. 14.) 

 Homaocera tarapotensis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 302 (1897). 

 Head and thorax black ; palpi, frons, and vertex of head yellow ; 



