304 LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 



25. JOSIA CONSUETA. 



Nigra, subtus alba aut cana ; alee antica fascia obliqua pallide 

 lutea. 



Black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Fore wings with 

 a broad oblique pale luteous band beyond the middle ; this band is 

 rather broader behind than in front and is somewhat indented on the 

 outer side. Length of the body 4 — 6 lines ; of the wings 10 — 16 

 lines. 



Var. j3. Band not broader behind than in front, almost straight 

 on the outer side. 



Var. y. Body hoary beneath. Band of the fore wings nar- 

 rower especially in front. 



a — d. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 e. Para. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 /, g. Brazil. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



26. JOSIA ABRUPTA. 



Nigra, subtus alba, ventre albo univittato ; alee anticce macula 

 obliqua oblonga discali luteo-Jlava ; posticce macula magna 

 oblonga fere basali alba. 



Hipocrita tineiformis abrupta. H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 



Lep. iii. Bomb. ii. Netrices, iii. Hipocritce A. Tineiformes, b. 



f. 1—4. 

 Ephialtias abrupta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1820. 



Black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Abdomen with 

 a black stripe beneath. Fore wings with an oblong oblique luteous 

 yellow band (in the male) or spot (in the female) in the disk beyond 

 the middle. Hind wings with a rather large oblong white spot in 

 the disk almost close to the base and not extendiug to the borders. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Var. Atra, subtus alba; alee antica? fascia obliqua discali lutea; 

 posticce vitta brevi basali variabili alba. 



Deep black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Fore wings 

 with a slightly oblique luteous band in the disk beyond the middle; 

 its hind end by the tips of the hind wings. Hind wings with a 



