COSMOSOMA. 107 



*520r/. Cosmosoma nigrescens. 



Cosmosoma teuthras, nigrescens, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 35 (19 1), 

 & xx. p. 470, pi. xiii. f. 20. 



cJ . Head black, scarlet behind, and with metallic bine spots on 

 f rons and vertex ; thorax scarlet ; legs dark brown ; abdomen black- 

 brown with scarlet lateral patches at base, a small dorsal blue spot 

 on basal segment, and subdorsal and sublateral series of spots on 

 the other segments. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black-brown ; a slight scarlet streak below costa and scarlet fascia 

 on basal half of inner area ; a large black discoidal spot conjoined 

 to the costal area ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical 

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

 margins black-brown ; the base and inner margin scarlet; the terminal 

 band expanding into an apical patch and into a wedge-shaped pitch 

 on vein 1 ; the underside with the basal costal area scarlet. 



Sab. Colombia, Cundinamarca, Guadalite (J/, de Mathan), 

 type f cS in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 46 millim. 



527. Cosmosoma achemon, ab. tyrrliene, insert (syn.) :— 

 Cosmosoma perfenestratum, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 175 (1899). 



Fore wing with orange-red discoidal spot, the terminal band 

 almust wholly suffused with red. 



*53i a. Cosmosoma carmena. (Plate VIII. fig. 28.) 



Cosmosoma carmena, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg\ xliii. p. 250 (1899). 



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

 teguke, mesothorax, and coxa) with patches of metallic blue ; 

 patagia with orange stripes ; mid tarsi and greater part of hind 

 tibiae and tarsi orange ; abdomen with orange lateral bands on first 

 four segments, leaving triangular dorsal spots with blue points on 

 them ; a sublateral series of blue spots and subdorsal spots on 

 terminal segment ; wings hyaline, the veins, and margins rather 

 broadly, black. Fore wing with subcostal orange streak extending 

 to beyond middle and two short streaks above base of inner margin ; 

 the terminal band expanding very widely on apical area and 

 slightly at tornus. Hind wing with the inner area black with 

 slight orange streak at base. 



Hab. Ecuador, Loja, type f 5 m Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 

 millim. 



538 a. Cosmosoma impudica. (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) 



Cosmosoma impudica, Sehaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 177 (1911). 



Head black, the frons with lateral white spots; thorax yellow, 

 the ventral part of pectus and legs black; abdomen yellow. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, some yellow at base ; 

 a black discoidal Lunule; the black on termen expanding widely on 



