. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 1G2 *51G b. Cosmosoma covvica. (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) Cosmosoma corvica, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, i. p. 4 (1910). 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; frons, vertex of bead, tegulse, and pectus with metallic blue spots ; abdomen with lateral series of metallic blue spots, slight except towards base, the ventral surface with some metallic blue at base followed by three white bands. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; some metallic blue scales at base; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the black costal a
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 1G2 *51G b. Cosmosoma covvica. (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) Cosmosoma corvica, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, i. p. 4 (1910). 5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black; frons, vertex of bead, tegulse, and pectus with metallic blue spots ; abdomen with lateral series of metallic blue spots, slight except towards base, the ventral surface with some metallic blue at base followed by three white bands. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black; some metallic blue scales at base; a black discoidal bar conjoined to the black costal area; the terminal band expanding towards apex, its inner edge evenly curved to vein 2 where it expands quadrately. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black ; the terminal band expanding on apical area and into a large patch below vein 2. Hab. Bolivia, Corvico, type f § in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30- 36 millim. *517 a. Cosmosoma chiriquensis. Cosmosoma chiriquensis, Koths. A. M. N. H. (8) v. p. 508 (1910), & Nov. Zool. sx. p. 470, pi. xiii. f. 10. Abdomen of male with tufts of hair on ventral surface on 4th and 5th segments. <S . Head black ; thorax pale yellow ; legs black ; abdomen pale yellow with dorsal patch on 2nd and 3rd segments and the two. Fig. 21.—Cosmosoma chiriquensis, rf, \, terminal segments black. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown; the base pale yellow ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical area and moderately below vein 2. Hind wing hvaline, the veins and margins black-brown ; the base pale yellow ; the terminal band expanding into an apical patch. Hab. Pajsama, Chiriqui, type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 4G millim. 518 a. Cosmosoma rubricorpus. (Plate VIII. fig. 21.) Mystrocneme rubricorpus, Kaye, Entom. x\iv. p. 143 (1911). c? . Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi white at base ; frons white; tegulse and metathorax with metallic blue spots; the shoulders with crimson spots; coxa? with white patches, the fore tibiae with
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