2;j8 ABCTIAD^. 



Ab. 1. Ventral surface of abdomen orange except at extremity; 

 liind wing with .some black suit'usiou in cell. 



JJuh. Amazons, I'an'i {Bates), 2 $ ,type. Exp. 38 millim. 



490. Josiodes sexmaculata. 



Jiwiodes sexmaculata, Bull. 111. Het. i. p. 54, pi. 19. f. 4 (1877); Kirby.Cat. 

 Het. p. 294. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the head and thorax shot 

 with blue ; abdomen with broad lateral orange fascia) except on 

 List two segments. Fore wing black, with large somewhat tri- 

 angular orange patch from below costa to near tornus, its apex on 

 median nervure and its base straight and oblique; a curved sub- 

 ai)ical band between veins 8 and 4. Hind wing black, with elliptical 

 orange patch in and beyond lower angle of cell, nuich larger on 

 underside and extending to subcostal nervure at middle of cell. 

 Hub. Amazons, Para (Bates), 2 $ , type. Exp. 40 millim. 



497. Josiodes mutata. (Plate XXV. fig. 7.) 

 Josia mtctata, Wlk. ii. 29(5 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 



<5 . Black ; head and thorax shot with blue ; abdomen with 

 lateral orange fascia except on terminal segment, expanding sub- 

 dorsally towards base. Fore wing with broad oblique transverse 

 orange band from below costa to near torniis, its inner edge running 

 back to a point on median nervure near base ; a slight oblique 

 wedge-shaped orange subapical spot. Hind wing with semicircular 

 orange spot on underside at lower angle of cell. 



IJah. Amazons, Parii (Bates), 1 J type. E.rp. 38 millim. 



498. Josiodes generans. (Plate XXV. fig. 8.) 



Josia generaiis, Wlk.ii. 29(> (1S.^>4); Kirby. Cat. Het. p. 205. 

 Jvsiodes obscura, Bath Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 332; Kirby, Cat. Hel. 

 p. 295. 



(J . Black ; head and thorax slightly shot with l)lpe ; abdomen 

 with lateral orange fascioe except on terminal segment. Fore wing 

 ^s■ith broad oblique orange postmcdial band from below costa to 

 above vein 1 ; a small oblique subapical mark between veins 8 and 5. 



Ab. 1. ohscura. Fore wing with the postmedial band narrower 

 and not reaching subcostal nervure. 



Bab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 3 <S ,type and tyT^e obscura. Eap. 

 32 millim. 



499. Josiodes erythroinelas. (Plate XXV. fig. 29.) 



Josia erylhromclas, Wlk. ii. 297 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 295. 



S . Black shot with purplish ; abdomen with lateral orange 

 fasciic except on terminal segment. Fore wing with oblique some- 

 what triangular orange postmedial patch from below subcostal 

 nervure to submedian fold above tornus ; faint traces of an orange 



