COSMOSOMA. 



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bands, expanding and enclosing blue subdorsal spots ; wings hyaline 

 yellow, the veins and margins narrowly black. Fore wing with 

 blue point at base and slight yellow streaks below base of costa and 

 above inner margin, the terminal band expanding towards apex. 

 Hind wing with the terminal band expanding at vein 1. 



2 . Thorax yellow, with blue and black spots on meso- and 

 raetathorax ; patagia edged with black ; abdomen with narrow 

 segmental lines and edges to the spots ; fore wing with prominent 

 yellow streaks below costa and above inner margin. 



ffah. Colombia, Santa Marta, 1 d' 1 $ (Bouchard), type 

 stretchii. Exp. 38 millim, 



* 498. Cosmosoma sephela. (Plate YIII. fig. 18.) 



Erruca sephela, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 375 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 134. 



5 . Head yellow ; thorax yellow, the tegnlae and patagia edged 

 with black ; abdomen orange, with conjoined dorsal Avhite patches 

 on 1st segment, the next four segments with black bands with 

 traces of subdorsal blue spots on them ; wings hyaline, the veins, 

 and margins rather narrowly, black. Fore Aving with black point 

 at base of costa ; orange fascitc beloAv costa and on inner margin ; 

 the terminal black band slightly expanding towards apex. Hind 

 wing with the terminal band expanding near tornus. 



Hah. EcxjADOB, Sarayacu (Biicl-Ie;/). Exp. 34 millim. Type f 

 in Coll. Druce. 



B. Abdomen of male without ventral valve. 



a. Legs scarlet foi est rata. 



h. Legs not scarlet. 



rt'. Thorax crimson seraphbia. 



hK Thorax black. 



a-. Fore wing with subcostal orange streak. 



a^. Fore wing with two orange streaks above 



inner margin extending nearly to middle. 



a'. Abdon^en with two dorsal series of 



orange patches and complete bands on 



4th and 5th segments. 



(t\ Antenna^ orange .vanfhoccra. 



h'\ Anteunju black tigrls. 



hK Abdomen without orange markings. 

 a. Abdomen with metallic blue mark- 

 ings. 

 c". Fore wing with the subcostal orange 



streak extending to apex confracfuui, 



b\ Fore wing with the subcostal orange 



streak not extendiug to apex gcminafum, 



h'. Abdomen with white spots deijroUi. 



b^. Fore wing with smgle orange streak above 



base of inner margin sawn. 



c^. Fore wing )vithout orange streak on inner 



area holivari. 



b'^. Fore wing without subcostal orange streak. 

 a^. Frons white. 



a*. Abdomen witii dorsal and lateral series 



of small metallic blue spots ^j/i^jrs. 



Z»'. Abdomen with dorsal and lateral series 



of la rgc golden-green spots metalkscenK 



