LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 299 



Black. Head beneath, thorax in front and on each side clothed 

 with luteous hairs. Fore wings pale red, with broad black borders 

 which occupy one-fourth of the length at the tips and behind and 

 extend in a narrow stripe along the inner border. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, — ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



17. Josia Abscissa. 



Atra ; abdomen aurantiaco bivittatum ; alee anticce bistriente ba- 

 sim versus, plus minusve truncates fasciaque brevi subarcuata 

 obliqua subapicali aurantiacis ; posticce macula discali varia- 

 bili nonnunquam supra obsoleta margineque interno aurantiacis. 



Hipocrita tineiformis Abscissa, Hubn. Samml. JExot. Schmett. i. 

 Lep. iii. Bomb. ii. Verce vi. Hipocritce A. Tineiformes, b. 

 f. 1—4. 



Black. Abdomen with an orange stripe on each side. Fore 

 wing with a triangular orange blotch, oblique at the tip and two- 

 thirds of the wing except the black border which is broadest in front 

 towards the base ; a short oblique slightly curved orange band near 

 the tip ; second inferior vein much nearer to the first than to the 

 third; fourth more than twice further from the third than the third 

 is from the second. Hind wings with an orange inner border and 

 in the disk with an orange stripe which widens from the base along 

 two-thirds of the length. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Var. /3. Abdomen orange beneath except at the tip and with a 

 broad orange stripe above. Subapical bands of the fore wings very 

 short. Stripes of the hind wings indented in front near the base. 



Var. y. Orange part of the fore wings extending almost to the 

 base and interrupting part of the black fore border ; a short black 

 streak along the black hind border. Stripes of the hind wings more 

 indented than in Var. $>. 



Var. 6\ The orange blotches shortened towards the base, and 

 occupying only one-third of each fore wing. Orange stripe in each 

 hind wing contracted to an oblong spot which is much larger beneath 

 than above. 



Var. €. Hind wings black above, with an orange spot in the 

 disk beneath. 



a — e. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 /. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



