234 ARCTIADJ5. 



i'. Fore wing with the orange band reaching costft. 



rt'^. Fore win;j; willi obliquo subapic-al orange bar ba/esi. 



b'-. Fore wing without subiipical orange bar celeiia. 



484, Josiodes myrrha. 



Kocfua fit/ria, Clerck, Icones, pi. 55. f. 5 (1764), $, nee Linn.; Kirby, 



Cat. Ilet. p. 2'M. 

 Geometra mtp-rha, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 29. Q (1775). 



S . Bright orangre ; palpi, frons, antennae, and legs bluish black ; 

 abdomen with dorsal black fascia expanding towards extremity and 

 patch ou anal tuft bolow. Fore wing with black costal fascia : the 

 apical area black, narrowing to a point at tornus, with an orange 



Fig. 156. — Josiodes myrrha, c? . }. 



triangular subapical patch on it leaving a narrow curved black band 

 on its inner side. Hind wing with terminal black band with 

 sinuous inner edge excurved at median nervules. 



Eab. SuiuNAM, Onoribo (Ellacombe), 2 (S . Exp. 34 mUlim. 



485. Josiodes indecisa. (Plate XXIV. fig. 13.) 



Josiodes i7idecisa, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1877, p. 332 ; Kirbj-, Cat. Het. 

 p. 294. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen blaok ; frons shot with blue ; 

 tegula; with orange patches ; abdomen with lateral orange fasciae 

 except on last two segments. Fore wing orange, with black fascia 

 below basal third terminating in a point below costa ; a few black 

 scales in submedian fold ending in a prominent streak above middle 

 of vein 1 ; a black fascia on inner margin to beyond middle ; the 

 apical area black from costa beyond middle to near tornus, where 

 it is retracted to inner margin, and with a curved orange band on 

 it between veins 3 and 4. Hind wing orange, with diffused black 

 fascia in cell ; some black scales on the veins near and beyond end of 

 cell ; a broad black fascia bolow the cell leaving the inner margin 

 orange ; a broad terminal black band expanding widely on apical 

 area, 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with more distinct fascia below the cell and 

 no streak above middle of vein 1 ; the fascia on inner margin much 

 narrower. 



Jfah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 2 type, Serpa (Trail), 1 ? . 

 Exji. 40 millim. 



