J0SI0DE3. 237 



below cell to just be3ond its lower angle and conjoined at base to a 

 fascia on inner area. 



Ab. 1. Tegulte and mesothorax with orange patches. 



H(d>. Amazons, Para {Bates), 1 6 type, Lake Agudao (Trail), 

 1 d • Exj). 36 millim. 



493. Josiodes abscissa. 



Hypocrifa abscissa, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. i. ff. 1, 2 (1827), d" (nee 



' 2 ) ; Kirbv, Cat. Ilet. p. 294. 

 Josiafxa, Wlk. ii. 29.5 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Hct. p. 294. 

 Josiodes incoiisfans, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1877, p. 3^2 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 



p. 294. 



d" . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with blue ; abdomen 

 with lateral orange fascia and traces of subdorsal fascia towaids 

 base; wings black shot with blue. Fore wing with large triangular 

 orange patch from base below the cell, extending along vein 1 to 

 near tornus and with a black streak above middle of vein 1, its 

 upper angle below costa just beyond middle ; a subapical spot 

 between veins 8 and 4. Hind wing with slight orange streak at 

 lower angle of cell, becoming on underside a large spot extending to 

 middle of cell ; a slight orange streak on inner margin. 



2 . Abdomen with broad lateral orange fascire except on two 

 terminal segments ; fore wing with some black scales in basal half 

 of submedian fold ; hind wing without the orange streaks on upper- 

 side at lower angle of cell or on inner margin. 



Hab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 2 (S , iypejixa, 1 $ , type ineonstans, 

 (Austen) 1 (^ . Exp. 34 millim. 



494. Josiodes clavata. (Plate XXV. fig. 3.) 

 Josiodes clavata, Wlk. ii. 297 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 291 



c? . Black ; head and thorax shot with blue (abdomen wanting). 

 Fore wing with clavate orange patch from base below the cell, its 

 lower edge curved to vein 1 towards tornus, its upper extremity to 

 upper angle of cell ; traces of an orange subapical band between 

 veins 8 and 4. Hind wing with slight orange streak at lower angle 

 of cell on underside. 



//a6, Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 S type. Exp. 34 millim. 



495. Josiodes variana. (Plate XXV. fig. 25.) 



Josiodes variana, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1877, p. 331 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 294. 



2 . Black ; head and thorax slightly shot with blue ; abdo- 

 men with broad lateral orange fasciae except on last two segments. 

 Fore wing with large triangular orange patch from vein 1 before 

 middle to near tornus, its upper extremity below the costa above 

 angle of cell ; a curved subapical band between veins 8 and 4. 

 Hind wing black, with broad orange fascia from base through tho 

 ceil to beyond its extremity ; tho inner margin orange. 



