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beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; fore tibiae dentated beneath ; 

 hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings rather short, mode- 

 rately broad. 



34. Josia Evippe. 



Mas. Nigra, subtus alba ; caput subtus luteum ; thorax luteo bi- 

 vittatus ; abdomen e maculis luteis univittatum ; aim anticce 

 fusco-nigra venis pallidioribus maculaqne transversa oblonga 

 discali lutea ; postica vitta discali lutea. 



Black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Head luteous on 

 each side and beneath. Thorax with a short luteous stripe on each 

 side in front. Abdomen with a white stripe on each side and with 

 a dorsal stripe of luteous spots. Fore wings brownish black, with a 

 transverse oblong slightly oblique luteous spot in the disk ; veins 

 brown. Hind wings with a rather broad discal luteous stripe which 

 is interrupted near the inner border and does not reach the fore bor- 

 der. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Tapajos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Var. Fusco-nigra , subtus alba ; capitis latera subtus lutea ; pro- 

 thorax luteo marginatum ; thorax luteo bivittatus ; ala subtus 

 basi albo strigata, anticcB fascia obliqua, posticce vitta lata, 

 discalibus luteis. 



Brow T nish black. Body, palpi and legs white beneath. Head 

 luteous on each side beneath. Thorax with a slender luteous border 

 in front, and with a luteous stripe along each side. Wings streaked 

 with white towards the base beneath. Fore wings beyond the mid- 

 dle with a slightly oblique luteous band which is more or less short- 

 ened at each end ; tips fringed with white. Hind wings with a 

 luteous broad discal stripe which extends from the lore border to the 

 inner border, near which it is occasionally narrower. Length of the 

 body b\ — 6 lines; of the wings 17 — 18 lines. 



a, b. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 9. EPTDESMA. 



Corpus gracile,lineare, cylindricum, sat longum. Palpi validi, 

 arcuati, ascendentes, capite fere longiores; articulus 3us ccnicus, 

 minimus, 2i octava parte non longior. Antennae graciles, corporis 

 dimidio 4ongiores, maris subsetosae, fcemince simplices. Abdomen 



