JosioDEs. 239 



subapical spot, slightly more distinct on underside. Hind wing with 

 small orange spot on underside at lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Amazons, Para {Bates), 1 c5' type. Exj). 36 millim. 



500. Josiodes caerulesceas, n. sp. (Plate XXV. fig, 30.) 



Black, strongly suffused with blue. Fore wing with broad 

 oblique pale yellow band with rather irregular edges from just 

 below costa to just above tornus, where it contracts and is bent 

 inwards. 



Hah. Colombia, Eio San Juan, 1 S type, $ in Coll. Staiidinger. 

 Erp., 6 38, ? 46 millim. 



501. Josiodes batesi. 



Josiodes batesi,Ve\A.'Reis.l!iov. pi. 106. f. 28 (1874); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 295. 

 Josiodes entella, Driice, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 293 (1899). 



5 . Black, slightly shot with blue ; abdomen with lateral orange 

 fascias except on terminal segments. Fore wing with broad orange 

 baud from costa just beyond middle to inner margin just before 

 tornus, towards which it is slightly incurved ; an oblique subapical 

 bar not reaching costa or termen. Underside of hind wing with 

 rounded orange patch in and beyond lower angle of cell. 



Huh. Be. Guiana ( WJntely), type t $ entella in Coll. Druce ; 

 Brazil, Mafiaos, 1 $ . Exp. 40 millim. 



502. Josiodes celena. 



Josia celena, Wlk. ii. 297 (1854), c5"; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 295. 

 Scedrosa trajecta, Wlk. xxxi. 138 (1864), $; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 295. 

 Josiodes purpurata, Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 55, pi. 19. f. 5 (1877); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 295. 



<S . Black, slightly shot with purple ; abdomen with lateral orange 

 fasciae except on terminal segment. Fore wing with broad oblique 

 orange band from costa just beyond middle to just above inner 

 margin near tornus, its inner margin slightly angled below costa. 



2 . Abdomen with the orange fascia? not extending to last three 

 segments ; fore wing with the orange band not angled below costa 

 and reaching inner margin, towards which it is slightly bent inwards. 



Ab. 1. purpurata. Hind wing with small orange spot on under- 

 side at lower angle of cell. 



Hah. Surinam ; Amazons, Manaos {Austen), 1 J , Ega {Bates), 1 J 

 type trajecta, Eio Negro {Wallace), 1 cJ type, Bio Solimoes {Trail), 

 1 $ i\\ie purpurata ; Bolivia, Corvico ; Peru, Chancamayo. Exp., 

 6 30-34, ? 40 miUim. 



Genus PTYCHOGLENE. ^ 



Type. 



Ptychoglene, Feld. Eeis. Nov. p. 8 (1894), non descr eryth'rophora. 



Probosci.s fully developed ; palpi porrect, esleiidiug well beyond frons and 

 thickly scaled ; antennte sliort and rather thick, witii bristles and cilia; tibiae 

 with the spurs short. Fore wing moderately broad ; vein 2 from middle of 



