. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. cosJiOfsoMA. 237 reduced to a dorsal spot on .Jtli segment j; the last three segments- with subdorsal blue spots ; the ventral surface with orange bands on first four segments and subluteral series of blue spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins Ijlack. Fore wing with blue point at base of costa ; a subcostal orange streak extending iiearly to apex and two streaks above base of inner niargin; the terminal band expanding at vein 2 and towards apex. Hind wing with some orange on costa and inner margin. Hah. Amazons, Massanar
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. cosJiOfsoMA. 237 reduced to a dorsal spot on .Jtli segment j; the last three segments- with subdorsal blue spots ; the ventral surface with orange bands on first four segments and subluteral series of blue spots ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins Ijlack. Fore wing with blue point at base of costa ; a subcostal orange streak extending iiearly to apex and two streaks above base of inner niargin; the terminal band expanding at vein 2 and towards apex. Hind wing with some orange on costa and inner margin. Hah. Amazons, Massanary, Yilla Bella, 1 5 type, o 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, tegulae, and metathorax marked with blue ; tegTila), 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 5tli segments, the first three seg- ments Avith lateral orange spots; lateral and sublateral series of metallic blue spots ; Yig. 101 .âCosmo^oyna tigris, J. |. 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 â ftdth some orange on inner area ; the terminal band expanding somewhat to apex and toi'nns. Hah. Yenezxiela, Area, 1 c?. ^Kip. 30 millim. Type fin Coll. Schans. 503, Cosmosoma contractum. (Plate VIII, fig. 20,) LcBmocharis contracta, Wlk. vii. 1G09 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 134. 5 , Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae with the branches fulvous; frons, vertex of head, tegula;, patagia, and metathorax with patches of metallic blue ; abdomen with silvery-green sub- dorsal and sublateral spots on first three segments and blue su
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