120 AMATID-E. 



391 h. Gymnelia colona. (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Cosmosoma colona, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii p. 177 (1911). 



2 . Head and thorax black, the lower part of frons white ; 

 vertex of head, tegulae, and patagia with metallic blue patches ; 

 pectus at sides and mid and hind coxae with white patches, the 

 tibiae streaked with metallic blue ; abdomen black with metallic 

 blue subdorsal patches, the three terminal segments orange, the 

 ventral surface with white band near base. Fore wing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black, the fascia on inner margin expanding 

 towards base ; a metallic blue spot below base of costa ; a black 

 discoidal bar ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area 

 and slightly below vein 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black ; the cell except a minute spot in lower extremity 

 and the inner area black ; the black on termen expanding on apical 

 area. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (Schaus), 1 $ . Exp. 32 millim. 



*391 c. Gymnelia lucens. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Cosmosoma lucens, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvi. p. 226 (1902). 



<5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, vertex of head, 

 tegulse, shoulders, patagia, meso- and metathorax, pectus and legs 

 with brilliant metallic blue patches ; coxae white in front ; abdomen 

 with creamy white dorsal band on 1st segment and lines on the 

 next two, subdorsal series of brilliant blue bands and sublateral 

 scries of spots, ventral valve with the terminal half white followed 

 by a white band, the terminal segment with whitish patch. Fore 

 wing yellowish hyaline, deeper at base and below costa, the veins 

 and margins black ; a blue point at base ; the terminal band ex- 

 panding into an apical patch and slightly at vein 2. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black ; a discoidal point ; the 

 terminal band expanding into a wedge-shaped patch in submedian 

 fold. 



Hah. Colombia, Popayan, type t <$ ul Coll. Dognin. Exp. 

 12 millim. 



*391 d. Gymnelia hyaloxantha. (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 

 Gymnelia hyaloxantha, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, vii. p. 4 (1914). 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the vertex of head 

 and tegulte with metallic blue spots ; hinderpart of pectus and 

 coxas with white spots ; abdomen with lateral orange bars on 1st 

 segment and metallic blue bands on 2nd to 6th segments, the 

 ventral surface with some yellowish at sides of 2nd segment. Fore 

 wing yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins black ; an orange 

 streak below costa to beyond middle and streak above base of inner 

 margin ; a narrow black discoidal bar ; the black on termen ex- 

 panding widely towards apex and slightly below vein 2, Hind 



