134 CATALOGUE OF 



JOSIA PENETRATA. 



Foem. Atra ; caput lituris duabus transversis albidis, subtus 

 album; palpi porrecti, subtus lutein articulo So lineari ; an- 

 tenna serratce ; thorax et abdomen lut.eo bivittata ; pectus albo 

 bivittatum ; abdomen vitta ventrali alba ; pedes albo vittati, 

 tarsorum articulis apice albis ; alee antica ampla, vitta sub- 

 costali lanceolata lutea ; poslicce lutea, vitta lata atra. 



Female. Deep black. Head with a whitish transverse mark 

 on each side in front of the base of the antenna? ; under side white. 

 Palpi porrect, luteous beneath, foil as long as the breadth of the 

 head; third joint linear, obtuse, about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae serrated. Thorax and abdomen with a luteous stripe 

 along each side. Pectus with two white stripes. Abdomen 

 beneath with one white stripe. Legs striped with white beneath ; 

 joints of the tarsi with white tips. Wings ample. Fore wings with 

 a pale luteous lanceolate subcostal stripe, which joins the costa at 

 the base of the wing, and extends nearly to the exterior border. 

 Hind wings luteous, with a broad deep black stripe, which com- 

 mences near the base, and occupies a large part of the exterior 

 borderland is continued in a line round the tip of the wing. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a, b. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



JOSIA ALTERATA. 



Mas. Atra; caput apud oculos subtusque album ; palpi suberecti, 

 subtus albi, articulo So conico ; antenna? subpectinata ; thorax 

 et abdomen luteo bivittata; pectus, abdomen subtus pedesque 

 subtus alba ; ala? antica? vitta lata fasciaque exteriore obliqua 

 abbreviata luteis ; postica vitta, macula exteriore margineque 

 interior e luteis. 



Male. Deep black. Head white about the eyes and beneath. 

 Palpi almost erect, not rising higher than the vertex, white beneath ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Thorax and abdomen 

 with a luteous stripe along each side. Pectus, under side of 

 the abdomen and legs beneath white. Fore wings with a broad 

 bright luteous stripe, which widens from the 'base of the wing to 

 opposite the interior angle, where it ends obliquely, and has beyond 

 it an abbreviated oblique bright luteous band. Hind wings with a 



