Vol. 1 of Cat. Lep. Ph. Brit. Mus.:

510. Cosmosoma batesi. (Plate IX. fig. 7.)
Dycladia batesii, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zoo1. xii. p. 39-1 (1876); Kirby,
Cat. Het. p. 146.

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange ; palpi who1ly yellow or black,
or with 3rd joint black; frons white ; vertex of head and antennre
black; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing
with the base orange, extending slightly along costa and inner
margin; a large black apical patch .

A.b. 1. Fore wing with small orange spot at base only.
Hab. BRAZIL, Para (Bates), Sao Paulo, type. Exp. 32 millim.




Seitz:

C. batesi Btlr. (13 k) has a unicolorously orange-yellow body; the palpi are either yellow or black, or yellow with a black terminal joint; the forehead is white, vertex and antennae black. Bases of the wings orange, which colour usually extends for a short distance along the costal and inner margin, but may also be confined to a minute spot at the base. Brazil (Sao Paulo).