COSMOSOMA. Zi)/i 



545. Cosmosoma liercyna. 



Lcsmocharis hercyna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 55, pi. 7. f. 6 

 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 137. 



Black ; abdomen orange-yellow ; wings hyaline ; the veins and 

 margins black ; the terminal band expanding at apex and above 

 tornus of each wing. 



Hah. Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz (Schumann); Nicaragua, 

 Chontales (Belt), type Godman-Salvin Coll. E.vp. 28 millim. 



546. Cosmosoma bracouoides. 



Olaucopis hraconoides, Wlk. i. KiG (1854); Bull. II!. Het. i. p. 32, pi. 11. 

 f. 15 ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 34(3 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



c? . Head and thorax black-brown ; head with white points 

 between the antenna? and above the eyes ; abdomen pale yellow, 

 with dorsal series of slight dark marks, the last three segments 

 brown ; wing3 hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown. Fore 

 wing with two white points at base ; a discocellular brown lunule ; 

 the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at vein 2. 

 Hind wing with the terminal band expanding at apex ; the inner 

 area brown. 



Hah. Mexico ; Honduras, 1 S type. E.vp. 42 millim. 



547. Cosmosoma stibostictum. (Plate IX. fig. 11.) 



Ili])a dibosticta, Eutl. Journ. Linn. See., Zool. xii. p. S91 (1876); Druce, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. CA ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



Head and thorax black ; frons white ; vertex of head and thorax 

 with white spots ; fore coxae white ; abdomen yellow, the last three 

 segments black ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore 

 wing with two white points at base ; the terminal band very Avido 

 on apical area and expanding at tornus. Hind wing with the 

 terminal band wide at apex. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and coxa? without white patches ; fore wing 

 without white points at base. 



Ab. 2. Head and thorax without white spots on vertex ; patches 

 of metallic blue on vertex of head and thorax and black segments 

 of abdomen ; fore wing with metallic blue spot replacing the outer 

 white speck. 



Hah. Panama, Bngaba, Yeragua {Champion), Godman-Salvin 

 Coll.; Colombia, Cundinamarca, typo and ab. 1, Bogota {Vergara)^ 

 ab. 2. Exp. 38 millim. 



548. Cosmosoma harpalyce. 

 ilyce, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 2'i 



(S . Black-brown ; neck with white points ; patagia with orange 



Cosmosowa harpalyce, Scbau.«, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 275; id. American Lep. 

 pi. i. f. 11. 



