256 SYNTOMIDiB. 



Genus PffiCILOSOMA. 



Type. 



Pcecilosoma, Hiibn. Verz. p. 12fi (1827) chrysis. 



Agerocha, Hlibn. Zuti-. Ex. Sc-hmett. iii. p. 10 (1827), nou deser eoiie. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, smoothly scaled, the 2ud joint 

 reaching vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse ; antennre bipectinate, with moderate 

 branches dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle, shorter in female ; tibiae 

 with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind 

 wing with the lower part of cell shtjrt, the upper discocellular oblique ; 2 and 

 4 on a long stalk ; 3 given off from 2 jutt before the margin ; 5 absent ; G, 7 

 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. (Pcecilosoma). Abdomen of male with channelled ventral valve covering 



basal segments. 



A. Tliorax above and basal segment of abdomen orange-red chrysis. 



B. Thorax and basal segment of abdomen black ( § ) nigemmum. 



C. Thorax orange and black ; abdomen orange, with black 



patches and the extremity black eusebia. 



554. Pcecilosoma chrysis. 



Pcecilosoma chrysis, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. ii. p. 8, £F. 211, 212 (1827) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. H3. 

 Cosmosoma megaspila, Wlk. xxxi. 90 (1864); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



c? . Black ; antennpe -white at lips ; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, 



and patagia spotted with 

 metallic blue ; thorax 

 scarlet ; patagia scarlet 

 and black ; abdomen 

 with basal scarlet patch, 

 a dorsal series of metal- 

 lic blue spots, and lateral 

 series on the last three 



¥ig. in. -Pcecilosoma chrT/sis.c^. \. segments, the ventral 



valve with lateral white 

 patches ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing 

 with the terminal band gradually widening to costa and dilated at 

 tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band slightly widening to 

 costa. Fore wing with discocellular black spot. 



Eah. Amazoks, Ega, 1 J , 1 $ type megas^ila {Bates). Exjp^ 

 40 millim. 



555. Pcecilosoma nigerrimum. (Plate IX. fig. 17.) 

 Gymnelia nigerrima, Wlk. xxxi. 86 (1864) ; Kii-by, Cat. Het. p. 134. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae with the 

 branches fulvous ; vertex of head and thorax with patches of 

 metallic blue; abdomen with subdorsal series of metallic blue spots, 

 the basal segments white below ; wings hyaline yellow ; the veins 



