312 Col. C. Swinhoe on the Geographical 



darker than the ground-colour ; hind wing uniformly pale 

 greyish ochreous without markings. 



I have many examples from Venezuela, Mexico, S. America, 

 and Jamaica. 



2. Cosmophila xanthindi/ma, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Mad. p. 94 



(1833). 



A darker insect, transverse lines more or less similar ; the 

 outer ])ortiou of the fore wing (nearly the halt) nearly always 

 suffused with ciiocolate-brown ; hind wing grey, generally 

 dark grey on the outer portion. 



Uab. Madagascar, Africa. 



3. Cosmophila edentafa, Walker, xi. p. 750 (1857). 



The discal line of the fore wing is nearly straight and at 

 its upper end is widely apart from the antemedial line ; the 

 upper part is bent inwards to the cosia ; tiie stigma in the 

 cell is pure white and circular and isolated. 



Uab. Queensland, Australia. 



4. Cosynophila li/ona, nov. 



' (J ? . Fore wing markiivgs much as in edentata, colour 

 paler and yellower; the discal line, however, is not nearly 

 straight as in that sjjecies, but is angled inwardly at its 

 middle ; the genitalia in some respects are similar, but differ 

 in the formation of the anellus ; the decor;itions are small 

 and bilolied, the armature of the valve is not quite the same, 

 the eighth segment of the abdomen is much the same ; the 

 penis differs somewhat, being stronger than that oi edentata, 

 and both are entirely different from those of the other groups. 



Expanse of wings, c? ? , ^^g i'^ch. 



Uab. Padang, AV. Sumatra. 



5. Cosmophila indica. Guen. Xoct. ii. p. 397 (1852). 

 CiiTcedia variolosa, Walker, xi. p. 750 (1857). 



($ $ . Generally a smaller insect than xanthindyma ; the 

 colour of the fore wing is brighter yellow, the discal band is 

 more uniform, and the liind wing is yellowish white, gene- 

 rally quite uniform in colour. Guenee's type is from 



