. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. COSMOSOMA. 241 2 with thick ridges of oraiige-fulvous hair on extremity of abdomen below. Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (77. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion), type ; Panama, Chiriqui, Bugaba {Chamjiion)^ Godman- Salvin Coll. Eccp. 26-34 millim. 51G. Cosmosoma durca. (Plate IX. fig. 23.) Cosmosoma durca, Sehaus, Journ. New York Ent, Soc. iv. p. 132 (1896). ? Lamockaris niqrlpes, Heyl. CM. Ent. Soc. Beige, xxxiv. p. xiv (]890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. Black
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. COSMOSOMA. 241 2 with thick ridges of oraiige-fulvous hair on extremity of abdomen below. Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (77. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion), type ; Panama, Chiriqui, Bugaba {Chamjiion)^ Godman- Salvin Coll. Eccp. 26-34 millim. 51G. Cosmosoma durca. (Plate IX. fig. 23.) Cosmosoma durca, Sehaus, Journ. New York Ent, Soc. iv. p. 132 (1896). ? Lamockaris niqrlpes, Heyl. CM. Ent. Soc. Beige, xxxiv. p. xiv (]890); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. Black ; frons, vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, thorax above and at sides with patches of metallic blue scales ; tarsi white at extremities; abdomen witli lateral patches of metallic blue scales ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins rather broadly black. Fore wing with black basal parch with metallic blue spot on it; the terminal band of nearly even width throughout, but slightly expanding at apex and tornus of each wing. Bab. Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1 (5", 1 $ (Jones). Exp. 38 millim. Type t in Coll. Sehaus. 517. Cosmosoma elegans. (Plate IX. fig. 12.) Cosmosoma elegans, Butl. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 386 (1876); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. J . Black ; frons with two white points ; '^'ertex of head, tegulae, patagia, and sides of thorax with metallic blue patches ; tarsi white at extremities ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black ; the terminal band very wide on apical area of fore wing, and expanding at tornus and at apex and tornus of hind wing. Hah. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 c^ type. Kvp. 40 millim. Sect. II. Hind wing with the lower part of cell of normal length ; veins 2 and 4 rather shortly stalked ; pulpi short. A. Hind wing of nude with the terminal area clothed with rough scales on underside. a. Abdomen of male with narrow ventral valve covering basal segments. a^. Shoulders with crimson spots oratha. b^. Shoulders with white spots orathidia. *518. Cosmosoma o
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