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551. Cosmosoma intensum. 



Glmicopis inienm, Wlk. i. 159 (1854); Butl. III. Het. i. p. 30, pi. 12. f. 11 ; 

 Kirby, Cat,. Het. p. 139. 



J . Black ; vertex of hea^l, tegulsD, patagia, mesothorax, thorax 

 at side, and femora with briUiant metallic blue patches ; small 

 orange spots at base of patagia ; fore coxas white ; abdomen with 

 paired tufts of crimson scales on 1st segment, and subdorsal patches 

 of metallic blue scales on the other segments, the last three segments 

 with lateral orange spots, the first four segments white below; 

 wings yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing 

 with black patches at base and apex. Hind wing with the inner 

 area hyaline white; the terminal band white towards apex and 

 tornus. 



Hah. Honduras, 1 c? type. Exp. 30 millim. 



552. Cosmosoma ladan. 



Bydadia ladan, Druoe, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 31 (1896) ; Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Het. ii. p. 348, pi. 72. f. 2. 

 Pheia intensa, Urucc, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 57, pi. 7. f. 16 (nee 



Wlk.). 



5 . Black-brown ; tcgubio and bases of patagia with crimson 

 spots ; vertex of head and thorax sometimes with a few blue scales ; 

 fore coxae white ; abdomen with two small tufts of magenta scales 

 on 1st segment; the ventral surface white, the 1st segment with 

 lateral patches of blue scales ; the segments sometimes dorsally 

 fringed with blue scales ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins 

 black, the terminal band broad towards apex and at tornus of each 

 wing. Fore wing with more or less developed discoidal patch. 

 Hind wing with some blue scales on the discoidal patch and on 

 terminal band either towards apex or tornus ; underside with the 

 costal area streaked with metallic blue. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, 2 $ {Champion). Exp. 30 millim. 

 Typet in Coll. Staudinger. 



553. Cosmosoma stryma. 



Leemocharis stryma, Druce, Biol. Ceiitr.-Am., Het. i. p. 55, pi. 7. f. 5 

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



(5 . Black-brown ; crimson patches at bases of patagia and on 1st 

 segment of abdomen ; tarsi white at extremities ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins rather narrowly brown, the terminal band 

 expanding at apices and towards tornus of hind wing; fore wing 

 with discocellular lunule. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba; Nicaragua, Chontales, 1 ^5" {Belt), type 

 Godman-8alvin Coll. Exp, 22 millim. 



