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



fascia on inner area. 



Ab. 1. Tegulae and mesothorax with orange patches, 



Hnh. Amazons, Para {Bates), 1 6 type, Lake Agudao {Trail), 



1 6 . Exp. 36 millim. 



493. Josiodes abscissa. 



Hypocrita abscissa, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. i. ff. 1, 2 (1827), S (nee 



2 ) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 

 Josiafixa, Wlk. ii. 295 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 

 Josiodes inconstans, Butl. Trans. Eat. Soc. 1877, p. 332; Kirbj, Cat. Het. 



p. 294. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with blue ; abdomen 

 with lateral orange fascia and traces of subdorsal fascia towards 

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

 orange patch from base below the cell, extending along yein 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 fasciae 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. Amazoks, Para (Bates), 2 J , ty])e Jixa, 1 $ , type inconstans, 

 ( Austen) 1 c? . Exp>. 34 millim. 



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

 Josiodes clavata, Wlk. ii. 297 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 294. 



S . 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. 



Bab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 J type. Ewjo. 34 millim. 



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



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

 p. 294. 



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

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

 Pore 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 the 

 ceil to beyond its extremity ; the inner margin orange. 



