Cosmosoma brinkleyi Rothschild, 1911

Rothschild, W. (1911). New Syntomidae. Novitates Zoologicae 18: p. 31.
(Figured Novitates Zoologicae 20 (1913), pl. XIV fig. 29.)

31. Cosmosoma brinkleyi sp. nov.

♀. Fore and middle coxae scarlet, tibiae and tarsi black-brown, hindlegs
scarlet; palpi black; antennae black, tips white; frons metallic blue, vertex
black with central blue spot; tegulae and spot below them metallic blue;
thorax metallic blue, patagia scarlet edged outwardly with black; abdomen
scarlet, last two segments black, a median dorsal and lateral lines of
triangular metallic blue patches edged with black.--Forewing hyaline-white,
base scarlet, nervures, discocellular bar, margins, and terminal fourth of
wing black; hindwing hyaline-white, termen, margins, and nervures black.

Length of forewing: 22.5 mm.
Hab. Coreato, Caura Valley, Colombia (Paine & Brinkley), 1 ♀.

Hampson, G. F. (1914). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum, Supplement vol. 1: p. 151. (As Cosmosoma brincleyi.)

*475 a. Cosmosoma brincleyi.

Cosmosoma brinkleyi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 31 (1911), & xx. p. 471, pl.
xiv. f. 29.

♀. Head and tegulae black; frons and vertex of head with metallic blue
patches; antennae white at tips; thorax scarlet, the patagia with black outer
edge, the metathorax with metallic blue patch; extremities of femora and the
tibiae and tarsi blackish; abdomen scarlet with dorsal black fascia expanding
into triangular patches with metallic blue spots on them, and segmental lines
except towards base expanding into lateral blue and black spots, the two
terminal segments black with dorsal and lateral blue spots, sublateral black
streaks except towards base and slight ventral blackish bars. Hind wing
hyaline, the veins and margins black; some scarlet at base; a narrow black
discoidal bar conjoined to the costal area; the terminal band expanding into a
large patch on apical area. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black;
some scarlet at base; the terminal band expanding towards apex; the underside
with the cell except the lower extremity and the costal area black.

Hab. Colombia, Caura, Coreato (Brinckley), type † ♀ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp.
44 millim.

Draudt, M. (1915). Cosmosoma. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the
World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 72, pl. 13 c.

C. brinkleyi Rothsch. (13 c) is a magnificent large species from Colombia
(Cauca Valley). The head is black, on the forehead and vertex with metallic-
blue spots; collar and thorax are metallic blue, the shoulder-covers scarlet,
outside black. The scarlet abdomen exhibits dorsal and lateral rows of
triangular, metallic-blue spots bordered with black; the last two rings are
black. Forehips, middle hips and the whole hindlegs are scarlet, the rest of
the legs blackish-brown. Antennae black with white tips. Base of the wings
scarlet.