COSMOSOMA. 237 



reduced to a dorsal spot on 5th segment) ; the last three segments- 

 with subdorsal blue spots ; the ventral surface with orange bands 

 on first four segments and sublateral series of blue spots ; wings 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with blue point 

 at base of costa ; a subcostal orange streak extending nearly to- 

 apex and two streaks above base of inner margin ; the terminal 

 band expanding at vein 2 and towards apex. Hind wing with 

 some orange on costa and inner margin. 



Ilah. Amazons, Massaiiary, Villa Bella, 1 $ type, c? in Coll. 

 Staudinger. Exp. 42 millim. 



502. Cosmosoma tigris. 



Cosmosoma tigris, Schaus, P. Z, S. 1894, p. 22G. 

 (S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi orange in front ; 

 frons, vertex of head, tegular, and metathorax marked with blue ; 

 tegulae, patagia and thorax with patches of orange ; pectus orange ; 



legs striped with orange ; 

 abdomen with dorsal series of 

 orange spots, becoming com- 

 plete bands on 4th and 5th 

 segments, the first three seg- 

 ments with lateral orange 

 spots; lateral and sublateral 

 series of metallic blue spots ; 

 Fig. 107. — Cosmosoma tigris, ^ . \. wings hyaline, the veins and 



margins black. Fore wing 

 with orange streak below costa extending to beyond middle, and two 

 streaks above inner margin extending to middle ; the terminal band 

 expanding largely on apical area and slightly at vein 2. Hind wing 

 with some orange on inner area ; the terminal band expanding 

 somewhat to apex and tornus. 



Hah, Venezuela, Aroa, 1 J. Ex^p. 36 millim. Typef in Coll. 

 Schaus. 



503. Cosmosoma contractum. (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) 



Lcsmocharis contract a, Wlk. vii. 1G09 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae with the branches^ 

 fulvous ; frons, vertex of head, tegulas, patagia, and metathorax 

 with patches of metallic blue ; abdomen with silvery-green sub- 

 dorsal and sublateral spots on first three segments and blue subdorsal 

 spots on last two ; wings yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black. Fore wing with orange subcostal streak extending to apex 

 and two streaks above base of inner margin ; the terminal band 

 expanding on apical area, where it is suffused with orange. 



Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim. Type fin Mus. 

 Oxon. 



504. Cosmosoma gemmatum. 



PMa^emmaifa, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 385 (1876); id. III. 

 Het. i. p. 30, pi. 17. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 139. 



2 . Black ; frons, vertex of head, teguloD, patagia, metathorax, 



