cosMOsoJiA, 251 



abdomen fulvous yellow, with segiuei)t;il black lines and subdorsal 

 series of blue spots, the first four segments anteriorly edged with 

 white ; wings yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black. 



Hah. Amazons, Villa Nova (Bates), 1 S , type t $ odyneroides in 

 Mus. Oxon. E.V2). 34 millim. 



538. Cosmosoma pudicum. (Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Cosmosoma piidica, Druce, A. M. N. H. ((>) xiii. p. 353(1894) ; Biol. Ceutr.- 

 Am., Ilet. ii. p. 345. 



S . Head black ; frons with some white ; thorax and abdomen 

 pale golden yellow; legs and extremity of abdomen black; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with the base 

 yellow; a discocellular black spot; the terminal band wide at apex 

 and expanding at vein 2. Hind wing with the inner margin and 

 apical area black. 



Hah. Costa Eica, Santa Clara 1200 feet (ZurcJter), 1 J type 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. -Er^:). 44 millim. 



*539. Cosmosoma nelea. 



Cos'Mosoma nelea, Mosclil. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvii. p. 635, pi. 8. 

 f. 4 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



Head and teguloD black ; frons, spots on neck, and cox33 white ; 

 thorax and abdomen yelloAv, the last three segments black. ; legs 

 brown ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black, the terminal 

 band expanding widely on apical area of both wings and at tornus 

 of hind wing. Fore wing with white point at base of costa. 



Hah. Surinam. Type f in Coll. Staudinger. Exp. 30 millim. 



*540. Cosmosoma evadnes. 



Sphinx evadnes, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 357. A (1781) ; Kirby, Cat. Het, 

 p. 144. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; antennae and legs 

 black ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins rather broadly black. 

 Fore wing with black discoidal lunule ; the terminal band expanding 

 at apex of both wings and at tornus of fore wing. 



Hah. SuEiNAM. Exj). 30 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



*541. Cosmosoma biseriatum. (Plate IX. fig. 10.) 

 Cosmosoma biseriatum, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 138 (1898). 



S . Head black, frons with blue patches ; tegulae black, with 

 blue spots ; patagia orange, edged with black ; thorax orange, meso- 

 and metalhorax with black patches, tlie latter with blue spot ; lega 

 l)lack, the coxte and base of femora orange ; abdomen orange, with 

 dorsal black and blue patch on 1st segment and lateral black and 



