COSMOSOMA. L65 



521 b. Cosmosoma anoxanthia. (Plate VIII. fig. 25.) 



Cosmosoma anoxanthia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 460 (1905). 

 ('<>.<iiwsoma bolivarensis, Klages, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 536 (1906). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, vertex of head, tegulae, 

 shoulders, pro- and metathorax, pectus, and legs with metallic 

 blue patches ; tegulae with orange-red stripes ; abdomen with lateral 

 series of blue patches, the ventral surface with tbe 1st segment 

 blue followed by sublateral spots on next four segments. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; two blue points at 

 base, the inner area with a few orange scales ; a black diseoidal bar 

 connected with an oblique quadrate patch from lower extremity of 

 cell to tornus ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area. 

 Hind wing hyaline with tbe veins and margins black; the terminal 

 band expanding on apical area ; the underside with some blue in 

 cell, the rough scaling on terminal area greyish. 



flab. Venezuela, Caura Valley (Klages), I J- Exp 32 

 millim. 



*521 c. Cosmosoma thoracica. (Plate VIII. fig. 26.) 



Cosmosoma thoracic urn, Sehaus, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 186 (1905). 



S . Head black with metallic blue patches on frons and vertex 

 of head; antemue white at tips; thorax orange, the tegulae in 

 front and the patagia at shoulders and tips edged with black ; pectus 

 ami Legs black with metallic blue patches on fore coxae and sides of 

 pectus; abdomen black with subdorsal series of blue spots. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; an orange patch at base ; 

 the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and to median 

 nervure between veins 3 and 2. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black ; the terminal band wide from apex to sub- 

 median fold, its inner edge somewhat dentate ; the underside with 

 the has,', the costal area to before middle, and the cell except lower 

 extremity orange. 



Hub. Fr. Guiana, Maroni P., type f 8 in U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 E.c/i. 28 millim. 



*522a. Cosmosoma thia. (Plate VIII. fig. 27.) 

 ( 'osmosoma thia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 229 (1899). 



8. Heal, thorax, and abdomen black, frons, vertex of head, 

 meso- and metathorax with patches of blue; tegulae orange edged 

 with black; mid and hind tarsi orange, the hind tibiae striped with 

 orange ; abdomen with orange lateral patches on 1st four segments, 

 meeting dorsally on 3rd and 4th segments, subdorsal and lateral 

 blue patches on terminal segments: wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black. Fore wing with orange streaks below costa and on 

 inner margin to well beyond middle; a diseoidal band connected 

 with the costal fascia and a patch between bases of veins 2 and 4 

 with orange marks on it; the terminal band expanding widely on 

 apical area and with an orange mark on its inner side at tornus. 



