CACOSTATIA. 431 



Hind whig with the cell two-tliirds of wing ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 

 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



A. Fore wing with triangular hyaline patch in and below cell and 



between veins 2 and 3 ossa. 



B. Fore wing with hyaline streak in lower part of cell and fascia 



below the cell sa^jphira. 



C. Fore wing with triangular spot above base of vein 2 dkcalis. 



950. Cacostatia ossa. 



Mctastatia ossa, Druce, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 285 ; Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. 

 p. 359, pi. 73. f. 1. 



^ , Black shot with brilliant blue ; frons at sides and coxte 

 white ; abdomen with the ventral surface white. Fore wing with 

 large triangular hyaline patch in and below cell and between veins 

 2 and 3 ; an oblique band beyond the cell from below costa to 

 vein 3 near termen. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, and a rather 

 irregular terminal band narrowest at middle, black shot with blue ; 

 cilia w^hite towards tornus. 



Ilab, British Guiana ( Whiteh/), type t in Coll. Dnice ; Cayenne ; 

 Colombia, Bogota, 1 c? . Ex2). 42 millim. 



951. Cacostatia sapphira. 



Agyrta saphira, Staud. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxv. p. 122 (1875) 

 Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 81 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 180. 



Black ; head, metathorax, and abdomen shot with metallic blue ; 

 palpi in front, points on frons and shoulders, head behind eyes, 

 coxfe, and stripes on legs w^hite ; abdomen with the ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing metallic blue at base ; a hyaline streak in lower 



Fig. 232. — Cacostatia sapphira, J. \. 



part of cell and somewhat wedge-shaped fascia below the ceU ; an 

 oblique band beyond the cell from just below the costa to vein 2 

 near termen. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, and a terminal band 

 expanding at apex and tornus and extending on inner margin to 

 near base, black shot with brilliant blue; cilia white towards 

 tornus. 



Hah. Mexico, Tabasco (//. //. Smith), Misantla (Trujillo) ; 

 Guatemala; Panama {Champion): Godman-Salvin Coll. E.rp. 

 38 millim. 



