236 SYNTOMID^. 



c*. Abdomen wholly orange. 



fl'. Fore wing with large terminal black 



patch hatesi. 



h'. Fore wing with the terminal band 



expanding slightly to apex broimis. 



(?'. Abdomen scarlet, the extremity black ... melanopera, 

 P. Frons black. 



a*. Abdomen crimson above plutona. 



b^. Abdomen yellow, the last three segments 



black determiimtum. 



c*. Abdomen black. 



a". Abdomen with golden-green spots at 

 base followed by yellowish spots, the 

 extremity with ridges of orange hair 



in 5 xanthosiictum. 



&■'. Abdomen with lateral metallic blue 

 spots ; the terminal band of fore wing 



evenly curved durca. 



c'. Abdomen without metallic blue spots ; 

 the terminal band of fore wing very 

 wide on apical area elegans. 



499. Cosmosoma fenestrata. 



Glaucopis fenestrata, Drurv, 111. Exot. Ent. i. pi. 25. f. 3 (1773) ; StoU, 



Suppl. Cram. pi. 30. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 125. 

 Sphinx steropcs, Goeze, Beytr. iii. (2) p. 215 (1780). 

 Glaucopis rubripeda, Lucas, Sagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 658 (1857). 



Black ; palpi, legs, and abdomen below scarlet. Fore wing with 

 hyaline spot in end of cell and larger spot below the end ; a curved 

 series of spots beyond the cell iK^tween veins 7 and 2. Hind wing 

 whitish hyaline ; the veins, cell, and costal area black ; a black 

 terminal band very w^ide on apical area and expanding below vein 2. 



Hah. Jamaica {Rendall), 1 c? 2 5 ; Cuba. Exp. 62 millim. 



* 500. Cosmosoma seraphina. 



Glaucopis scraphina , Herr.-Schiiff. Anssereur. Schmett. f. 429 (1854) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 142. 



Head black ; thorax crimson, with t-\\'o black spots on mesothorax ; 

 abdomen black, with crimson lateral stripes and two short white 

 dorsal streaks on 1st segment ; Avings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black ; the terminal band expanding widely towards apex 

 and tornus of each Aving. Fore Aviiig Mith crimson fascia) on costa 

 and inner margin extending to beyond middle. 



Hah. Amazoxs, Para. Ex):>. 26 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



501. Cosmosoma xanthocera, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Head black with metallic blue patches on frons and vertex ; 

 palpi and antenna' orange ; tcgulee orange, Avith black and blue 

 patches ; patagia black with orange streak ; thorax black, with 

 orange streak on mesothorax and orange and blue patch on meta- 

 thorax ; pectus and legs orange ; abdomen black, with dorsal and 

 lateral orange spots and subdorsal metallic blue spots on first three 

 segments ; the 4th and 5th segments with orange bands (in c5' 



