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L. insperata Wkr. (13 a) has a black body; on the forehead, vertex, collar, shoulders, metathorax and insperafo. 
thorax there are metallic-blue spots; the first abdominal ring exhibits lateral, metallic-blue spots; the other 
segments with dorsal and lateral series of green-silvery spots. Forehips posteriorly carmine. Forewings black 
with brown-smoky hyaline spots in and below the cell, as well as behind the large, black middle spot. Hindwings 
hyaline with black margins. Amazon (Para). 
29. Genus: Closmosoma Hbn. 
This Syntomid genus contains most of the species; they are rather homogeneously looking insects, 
some small, others more than medium-sized. The wings are hyaline with black margins; the latter growing 
broader, mostly also the black apical spot increases in size and the black colour on the lower median vein dentately 
turns inwards. The discocellular is black in a variable extent, it may also be prolonged in the shape of a band 
as far as the inner angle. The abdomen is mostly yellow, red or black, frequently ornamented with magnificent 
blue or green metallic spots. On the forewing, being rather broad, the upper median vein rises before the lower 
cell-angle, while the two lower median veins rise directly from it, the upper one from the upper cell-angle; the 
uppermost subcostal vein comes separately out of the cell, the others stand on a common footstalk. On the 
hindwing the lower radial and the lower median vein are petioled, the first median vein is absent or rises close 
before the margin from the lower one; the subcostal and first radial vein come from the upper cell-angle. 
C. demantria Druce (13 a). A large, strong species with a scarlet body; the head is black, on the forehead demantria. 
and vertex with metallic-blue spots; collar and shoulder-covers at their base blue and black spotted; thorax 
with a black middle stripe and a blue spot on the metathorax; the abdomen, from the second segment, exhibits 
a series of blue and black dorsal spots; underneath black; the ventral valve at the sides white; antennae at 
the tips white. Dominica. 
C. oroyanum Rothsch. (13 b). Head, collar and outer half of the shoulder-covers black, with metallic- oroyanum. 
blue spots; thorax and inner half of the shoulder-covers brick-red; the abdomen is black with metallic-blue 
dorsal spots, laterally on the 4 first segments brick-red; behind them with metallic-blue spots. Ventral valve 
blackish-brown with white lateral spots. The forewing is without the middle spot. Legs blackish-brown, 
forehips red. Peru. 
C. exomelan Zerny (= mathani Rothsch. pr. p.) (13 b). Head black, on the vertex metallic blue, thorax exomelan. 
deep carmine, abdomen black, on the first segment subdorsal, carmine spots; the last segment and subdorsal 
spots on the preceding ones metallic green. Legs blackish-brown, forehips carmine. Antennae black, before 
the tips white. Colombia (Cundinamarca). 
C. ignidorsium Hmps. (13 b). Head and collar are black with metallic-blue spots. Thorax and first igni- 
abdominal ring scarlet, generally also lateral spots on the second segment; shoulders with black and blue spots. 
The abdomen, beginning from the 2. ring, is black with dorsal and lateral series of blue spots; the ventral valve 
is laterally white-spotted. The hyaline forewings exhibit a shoi’t red inner-marginal streak. Brazil; also in 
Paraguay, taken in April on compositae. The species is the true copy of Poecilosoma chrysis (14 i), but always 
easily recognizable by the first radial of the forewing rising from the upper cell-angle. 
C. rubriscapulae Kaye (13 b) is easily discernible from the preceding by the black middle of the thorax, rubrisca- 
besides the dorsal blue spots are absent on the abdomen, the lateral spots being more green; the wings are more 
pointed and exhibit a large, black middle spot. Flying in day-time in Juliy in Trinidad. 
C. rubritarse Schaus. Head and thorax black, spotted somewhat blue; antennae with white tips, rubritarse. 
Abdomen above carmine with a black dorsal line being somewhat broader on the first ring; the last 2 rings 
black, blue-spotted; laterally there are 3 triangular, black, blue-scaled spots. Legs red, outside black-striped 
Wings hyaline, veins, margins, apical spots and discal spot black. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Costa Rica. 
C. subflammum Wkr. (= panopes H.-Schdjf.) (13 b) has its body above quite black with metallic- subflam- 
blue spots, whereas the under side of the thorax is vermilion; the legs are likewise red, in some places black- 
spotted. The hyaline wings exhibit black veins and broad black margins. —- From Surinam, Venezuela and 
the Amazon. In v. lucia Schaus from Santa Lucia the hindlegs are quite black except the red hips. lucta. 
C. myrodora Dyar (= auge Neum. & Dyar, omphale Harr.) has formerly been confounded with the myrodora. 
following which it also resembles exactly, except the 1st abdominal ring being red also above and the dorsal 
black beginning only from the 2nd ring. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Eastern coast of Florida: Indian River: 
Palm Beach; Miami. 
C. auge L. (= omphale Hhn., melitta Moschl.) (13 e). Head black with metallic-blue spots on the auge. 
forehead and vertex. Palpi black, at the base vermilion, antennae black with white tips. Collar black with 
