132 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Black. Head with a luteous spot on the 

 front. Palpi slightly ascending in the male, ported in the female, 

 luteous towards the base; third joint elongate-conical, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae broadly pectinated in the 

 male, smooth in the female. Thorax and abdomen with a luteous 

 stripe along each side. Abdomen of the male with a white stripe 

 beneath. Wings with a luteous middle stripe, which extends nearly 

 to the exterior border. Hind wings luteous along the interior 

 border ; stripe broader than that of the fore wings, and with a slight 

 notch on each side. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 

 20—22 lines. 



It may be distinguished from J. ligula by its larger size, and 

 by the paler stripes of the wings. 



a, b. Bogota. New Grenada. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Josia PATULA. 



Mas et fcem. Atra; palpi vix ascendentes, articulo 3o conico ; 

 antenna maris subpectinata,J ami. setulosce ; ala antica? vitta 

 angusta discali lutea ; postica? vitta lata luiea. 



Male and female. Deep black. Palpi hardly ascending, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint clothed with 

 short hairs ; third conical, not more than one- fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated in the male, setuloseiu 

 the female. Fore wings with a narrow discal luteous stripe, extend- 

 ing to three-fourths of the length in the male, attenuated towards 

 the tip, and extending nearly to the exterior border in the female. 

 Hind wings with a broader luteous stripe, which occupies nearly 

 the whole of the interior border, and is rather shorter and less con- 

 tracted exteriorly in the male than in the female, where it extends 

 nearly to the exterior border. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; of 

 the wings 22 lines. 



a, b. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



JOSIA AURIFLUA. 



Fcem. Atra, gracilis; caput apud ocidos alhidum ; palpi svb- 



ascendentes, subtus albidi, arliculo So longi-conico ; antenna? 



subsetulosce ; thorax et abdomen luteo bivittata ; abdomen el 



pedes subtus albida ; ala antica vitta ochracea longi fusi- 



formi ; posticce dimidio posieriore ochraceo. 



