308 Descriptive, Catalogue [1898. 



Gen. DEOMICA. 

 Catal., p. 71. Supplement, p. 110. 



Cosmema bertince, Dohrn. = C. albivittis, Chaud. Horn, in litt., 

 compared to type. 



C. sexmaculata, Per., is not G. sexmaculata, Chaud., but probably 

 a variety of C. citreo- guttata, Chaud. Horn, Notes Leyd. Mus., 

 1898, p. 238. 



C. simplex, Bates, and gruti, Per., are varieties of G. sexmaculata, 

 Chaud., loc. cit., p. 238. 



C. gruti, Chaud., is different from G. gruti, Per. Horn, loc. cit., 

 p. 238. 



C. marginella, Bat. and Per. = C. albicinctella, Bat. Horn, 

 Deutsch. Entom. Zeit., 1896, p. 353. 



C. connexa, Per. = C. alboclavata, Dokht. Horn, Deutsch. Entom. 

 Zeit., 1897, p. 62. 



G. lateralis, Per., is not C. lateralis, Boh.* Horn, loc. cit., p. 62. 



Myrmecoptera foveolata, Per. = C. granulata, Dokht. Horn, loc. 

 cit., p. 62. 



Dromica quinauecostata, Horn = D. clathrata, Chaud. Horn, loc, 

 cit., p. 353. 



Cosmema transitoria, male. 

 Catal. (Suppl.), p. 112. 



Very dark blue, nearly black on the upper part of the head and 

 prothorax, with the sides and the whole under side cyaneous blue ; 

 elytra dark blue, black on the discoidal part, and marginated with 

 cyaneous ; femora cyaneous, knees rufescent, tibiae and tarsi nearly 

 black ; labrum black with a wide lateral flavescent border (female) ; 

 head finely and closely striolate ; prothorax long, narrow, sub- 

 cylindrical, very finely and closely plicate transversely ; elytra 

 elongato-ovate, gradually ampliated from the base to a little past the 

 median part, where they are broadest, twice as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, gradually attenuate from there to the apex, the outer angle 

 of which is sharp, and the apical margin diagonal, the sutural spine 

 is very small ; they are convex, covered with deep punctures which 

 are nearly foveate in the anterior part of the length, and gradually 

 diminish in size to half the length, and from there to the apex are of 

 the same size and closely set ; they have a median supra-marginal 



* This species being identical with Chaud. type bearing the unpublished name 

 of C. aspera, must thus be named C. aspera, Per. 



