( -i* ) 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs Ijlac-k ; abdomen beneatli wliitisli ; the head 

 parts are damaged ; there appear to have been some white scales about tlie face 

 and vertex. 



Expanse of wings : 38 mm. 



1 (3 from Poznzci, Department Hnanuco, Pern (Hoffmanns). 



7. Josia radians spec. nov. 



Foreifiiitj : brown-black ; costal edge oclireous in basal half, orange at extreme 

 base; a central orange streak from near base, starting fmm sniimedian vein liehnv 

 median, but soon enclosing the median, both edges straiglit, very slightly narrowing 

 to near hindmargin. 



I liiidiriiiii : with the orange streak broader; its npper edge quite straight, its 

 lower convex from base to origin of veins 3 and 4, where the streak is constricted 

 and becomes narrower, with both edges paralhd ; inner margin and fringe orange. 



Underside with both streaks much broader, in the forewing including the cell; 

 costal edge of both wings orange. 



Palpi black, yellow beneath ; face, sides of vertex, l)a<e of shoulders, some 

 hairs at sides of raetathorax, and lateral stripes of abdomen orangi- ; centre of 

 vertex, thorax, abdomen, and antemiae Mack : abdomen ludnw with .-i wliitish 

 streak. 



Expanse of wings : 35 mm. 



1 (? from Onaca, Sta. Martha, 2','ii("j ft, wet season, September— October lOul 

 (Engelke). 



Nearest to ./. fii><tidii Warr., from ( 'himbo. 



,SiTni-.\Mii.Y GEOJIETRINAE. 

 N. Mixocera torsilinea spec. nov. 



Forewinc) : delicate pale green ; costal edge snow-white, edged beneath with 

 rufous ; the lines brown, very fine, and deeply contorted, so that they appear at 

 first sight double ; first close to base, darker dotted on veins and strongly incnrvi'<l 

 between them ; outer line from three-fourths of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 acutely dentate outwards on veins and inwards between them ; a large round brown 

 cell-spot; a brown spot close to base of costa ; a dark marginal line interrupted at 

 the veins ; fringe wjiite at base, rnfous-finged beyond. 



IIi)i(liriiiii : without first line ; cell-spot large; hindmargin lilnntly angled. 



Underside pale green, with cell-spots and marginal spots brown ; costa of fore- 

 wing yellowish ; fringes pale. 



Palpi externally fuscous, internally white ; f\xcc olive (perhaps faded) ; fillet 

 and antennae white ; ])atagia deej) green ; thorax and abdomen pale green : dorsum 

 with a large black spot on basal segment and smaller one on third ; foretibiae 

 fuscous, ringed with white; fore and middle knees fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 2i\ mm. 



1 S from Palino cnC', Paraguay, February (Montforts). 



The antennae of the S are armed with short j)ale fascicles ol cilia, not pi'cti- 

 nated ; the palpi are short and thick, with the terminal joint (juite siuall, very 

 different from the slender j>alpi, with long terminal segment, of llnchcoxpilo. 



