238 ARCTIADiB. 



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

 hind wing with some black suffusion in cell. 



Hah. Amazons, Para {Bates), 2 $ , type. Eocj). 38 millim. 



496. Josiodes sexmaculata. 



Josiodes sexmaculata, Bull. 111. Het. i. ^. 54, pi. 19. f. 4 (1877); Kirby, Oat. 

 Het. p. 294. 



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

 with blue ; abdomen with broad lateral orange fasciae except on 

 last 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- 

 apical band between veins 8 and 4. Hind wing black, with elliptical 

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

 underside and extending to subcostal nervure at middle of cell. 



Hub. Amazons, Para (Bates), 2 § , type. E.tj). 40 millim. 



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



Josia mutata, Wlk. ii. 296 (1854) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 294. 



(S . 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 tornus, 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. 



Hah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 cS type. E.vj>. 38 millim. 



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



Josia generaiis, Wlk. ii. 296 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 295. 

 Josiodes obscura, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 332 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 295. 



S . Black ; head and thorax slightly shot with blue ; abdomen 

 with lateral orange fasciae except on tcrm"inal segment. Fore wing 

 with broad oblique orange postmedial band from below costa to 

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



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

 and not reaching subcostal nervure. 



Hab. Amazons, Para (Bates), 3 d , type and type obscura. Exp. 

 32 millim. 



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



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



(5 . Black shot with purplish ; abdomen with lateral orange 

 fasciae 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 



