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545, Cosmosoma hercyna. 



Lcsmocharis hercyna, Druce, Biol. Centi-.-Am., Het. i. p. 55, pi. 7. f. (> 

 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 137. 



Black ; abdomen orange-yellow ; wings hyaline ; the veins and 

 margins black ; the terminal band expanding at apex and above 

 tornus of each wing. 



Hah. Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz (Schumann); Nicaragua, 

 Chontales (Belt), type Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 28 raillim. 



546. Cosmosoma braconoides. 



Glaucopis braconoides, Wlk. i. 166 (1854); Eutl. 111. Het. i. p. 32, pi. 11. 

 f. 15 ; Druce, Biol. Cenu\-Am., Het. ii. p. 34(5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



c? . Head and thorax black-brown ; head with white points 

 between the antenna} and above the eyes ; abdomen pale yellow, 

 with dorsal series of slight dark marks, the last three segments 

 brown ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown. Fore 

 wing with two white points at base ; a discocellular brown lunule ; 

 the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at vein 2. 

 Hind Aving with the terminal band expanding at apex ; the inner 

 area brown. 



Hah. Mexico ; Honduras, 1 c^" type. Exp. 42 millim. 



547. Cosmosoma stibostictum. (Plate IX. fig. 11.) 



lUpa stihosticta, Butl. Jouni. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 391 (187G) ; Druce,- 

 Biol. Ceutr.-Aui., Het. i. p. 61 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 143. 



Head and thorax black ; frons white ; vertex of head and thorax 

 with white spots ; fore coxod white ; abdomen yellow, the last three 

 segments black ; wings hyaline, tlie veins and margins black. Fore 

 wing with two white points at base ; the terminal band very wide 

 on apical area and expanding at tornus. Hind wing with the 

 terminal band wide at apex. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and coxa? without white patches ; fore wing 

 without white points at base. 



Ab. 2. Head and thorax without white s^pots on vertex ; patches 

 of metallic blue on vertex of head and thorax and black segments 

 of abdomen ; fore wing with metallic blue spot replacing the outer 

 white speck. 



Hah. Panama, Bugaba, Veragua {Champion)^ Godman-Salvin 

 Coll.; CoLOxMBiA, Cundinamarca, type and ab. 1, Bogota (Vergara), 

 ab. 2. Exj). 38 millim. 



548. Cosmosoma harpalyce. 



Jyce, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 2*3 

 S . Black-brown ; neck with white points ; patagia with orange 



Cos77iow»>a harpalyce, Scbaus, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 275; id. American Lep, 

 pi. i. f. 11. 



