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80. Josiodes suapurensis suapurensis subsp. nov. 



S. Head and autennae black ; thorax deep orange ; abdomen black ; sides of 



basal segment orange. Forewing, basal two-thirds obliquely deep orange ; costal 



and inner margins and apical third black ; an orange band placed obliqnely in 



centre of black apical third. Hindwing deep orange with broad black borders ; 



the black colour runs np in a streak through abdominal area to base, and more 

 obsoiescently in a streak along upper edge of c^ll. 



?. Differs in being larger; tlie orange is purer, the inner margin of forewing 

 is orange, not black ; the margin of hindwing is narrower and does not emit streaks 

 into wing, and the abdomen is orange with central black line and anal segment. 



Length of forewing : c^ 17 mm., ? 20 mm. 



Hab. Suapure, Venezuela, July 10, 1899 (S. M. Klages). 



87. Josiode? suapurensis intensus subsp. nov. 



? . Differs from «. simp'trens/'s in the more intense reddish orange colour, in 

 the orange band on apex of forewing being much obscured with black, and in the 

 thorax being black. 



Ilab. Saramacca River, Surinam, May 1893 (VV. Ellacombe). 



88. Josiodes quadrifascia sp. nov. 



?. Antennae black, pectinated ; head and thorax black; abdomen black with 



dirty orange sublateral bands. Forewing black, a broad oblique discal and a 



smaller subapical one deep orange. Hindwing black. 



Length of forewing : 19 mm. 



Hab. Chiriqui, Panama. 



89. Josiodes nigrobasalis sp. nov. 



? . Antennae, head, and tliorax black ; abdomen orange ; a broad hourglass- 

 shaped dorsal band, and last two segments black. Forewing, basal and apical 



thirds black, median third dejp orange, which runs up in a narrow streak to the 



buse ; an orange band in apical third. Hindwing black ; basal three-fourths 



of abdominal margin broadly orange ; an orange spot somewhat obscured with 

 black scales at base of vein 3. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Hab. Potaro, British Guiana. 



90. Josiodes fasciata sp. nov. 



?. Antennae black; heal orange; thorax black; inner half of patagia 



orange ; abdomen black ; lateral bands orange. Forewing black ; a broad band 



from base between median vein and vein 1 to vein 2 orange ; a transverse oblique 



orange postdiscal band from subcostal vein almost to termen above vein 3. 



Hindwing black ; abJo;ninal area to beyond tornus broadly orange ; fringe orange. 



Length of forewing : 15 mm. 



Hab. fcjau Esteban, Venezuela, June 1909 (S. M. Klages). 



