lepidoptera heteuocera. 
1645 
Fam. MELAMERIDiE . 
In this family may be included Lycomorpha , Josia , Dioptis 
ana Uirysauge , with the group or genera which they contain ; also 
y ces > Scaptesyle, Corydalla , Isionda , A vela, Pitthea , Jbnrca, £co- 
tara /> and Brycea. ’ 
It has much affinity to the Zygamidce, and also to the Pyralites. 
.' rhe w[ }]P, are vei 7 generally more or less black, occasionally 
With a metal he hue, very frequently adorned with bright colours, or 
partly limpid. ? 
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Josta MITIS. 
Foem. Fusca, vittis duabus lateralibus luteis ; caput subtus lu- 
teum ; proboscis, palpi ct antennee nigra; abdomen alas pos- 
ticus perpaullo super ans ; pedes subcanesccntes, femoribus luteo 
stngatis ; alee antic ce vitta perangusta discali, posticce villa 
lata discali margineque interiore luteis. 
Intend w.' f v Br Tu' Prob ? scis > P al P* and antenna; black. Head 
earb Ai. aw Thorax al ! d af >d 0 'nen with a luteous stripe along 
each side Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wines. 
wimrVwilb 3, Sl ‘ g U ‘ 0a t V t! , nge; fem ora with luteous streaks. Fore 
in & s with a very slender discal luteous stripe. Hind wings black 
of tL\ b oXVr teOUS d f T 1 St - ripe; interior border luteous - ^Length 
ot the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 
Rio Grande. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Josia ? separata. 
Ftem. Atra ; antennee simplices, extrorsum vix crassiores ; pectus 
luteo varium ; abdomen luteum , vittis duabus ventralibus una 
aorsali apiceque nigris ; pedes validi ; tibice posticce calcari- 
bus duo bus api call bus sat longis ; alee long ce ; anticce maculis 
duabus disc alibus luteis , una subtrigona, altera transversa elon- 
gata extenore ; posticce luteee marginibus latis nigris. 
Female. Deep black. Antennae simple, very slightly increas 
mg in breadth till near the tips. Pectus mostly luteous. Abdomen 
