. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 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 s
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. 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
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