296 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



8. JOSIA MUTANS. 



Mas. Nigra ; abdominis latera aurantiaco latissime vittata ; alee 

 anticce vitta subtrigona apad medium dilatata et oblique 

 truncata aurantiaca ; posticce vitta abbreviata sublineari mar- 

 gineque intemo aurantiacis. 



Black. Abdomen with a very broad orange stripe on each 

 side ; appendages testaceous. Fore wings with a nearly triangular 

 stripe which begins near the base and is obliquely truncated beyond 

 the middle ; it is convex in front and at the tip, and slightly concave 

 beyond the middle ; first and second inferior veins connected at the 

 base ; fourth thrice further from the third than the third is from the 

 second. Hind wings with a forked orange stripe which occupies 

 the base, and extends to two thirds of the length in the disk and 

 along the inner border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



9. JOSIA MUTATA. 



Fcem. Nigra ; abdominis latera aurantiaco anguste vittata ; alee 

 anticce fascia latissima basim versus attenuata maculaque sub- 

 apicali aurantiacis ; posticce subtus semicirculo aurantiaco. 



Black. Abdomen with a slender orange stripe on each side. 

 Fore wings traversed about the middle with a very broad slightly 

 oblique orange band which is attenuated towards the base ; a small 

 orange spot near the tip ; third inferior vein a little further from the 

 second than the second is from the first; fourth about thrice further 

 from the third than the third from the second. Hind wings with a 

 small semicircular orange spot in the disk beneath. Length of the 

 body 4i lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



10. JOSIA GENERANS. 





Nigra ; aim anticce macula magna obliqua discali parvaque sub- 

 apicali aurantiacis. 



Black. Abdominal appendages of the male testaceous. Fore 

 wings with a short broad oblique orange band beyond the middle 



