( 13C ) 



centres : basal segment with a snow-white bar ; anal segment and abdomen 

 beneath anil legs jiiile oi'hreons, the legs dnsted with grey. 



Expanse of wings : S 42 — 44 mm. ; ? 44 — 48 mm. 



4 (?c?,4 ? ?. 



In the aberration fasciata the inner line is expanded into a broad red-hrowu 

 or grey-brown band, and the whole s])ace between onter and snbmargiiial line 

 tilled nj) with red-brown, forming a still broader band, extending to liindniargin 

 below apex and beyond cell, and on inner margin uniting with the inner baud ; 

 these bands show paler on the underside. 



3 (?(?, 5 ? ?. 



The coloration of'tiie sexes differs as in the type-form. 



175. Syntaracta fiilvata spec. nov. and ab. tephrospila nov. 



<?. ForcwiiKj : dull deep yellow, covered witli more or less confluent dull 

 fulvous granular dots, and towards hindmargin speckled with blackish ; costal 

 urea dull fulvous brown, dusted witii darker ; lines formed of hoary-grey scales ; 

 first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; second from three- 

 fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; both dentate-lnnulate, the teeth 

 finely blackish, pointing inwards in the first, outwards in the second ; a similar, 

 but less distinctly outlined snbmarginal line ; space between veins 3 and 4, and a 

 narrow streak along vein 0, darker ; small dark marginal sjxits at the ends of the 

 veins ; fringe dull yellow ; cell-sjiot black. 



Himlwiitg : similar ; fringe of inner margin and the margin itself narrowly 

 whitish. In the ¥ the grey scales of the lines are much less distinct, and on the 

 other ha!id the black dusting is much stronger, and the black teeth of all the lines 

 and the marginal spots larger and conspicuous. 



Underside dnll ochreous, with the lines and speckling grey. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark and light fulvous ; shoulders and base of 

 ])atagia grey-black ; metathorax and abdomen with pairs of grey or black spots, 

 which become confluent towards anus, with oblinue divergent markings grey or dark 

 fulvous ; abdomen laterally and beneath, pectus, and legs i)ale ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : c? 38 mm. ; ? 4U mm. 



2 c?c?,2 ??. 



The ? to which I give the name trj>/o-o.yj//a ab. has on each wing between 

 vein 4 and the inner margin a large grey blotch with cloudy blackish edges, across 

 which the black teeth of the second line are visible ; the blotch is etpially marked 

 on the underside. On the dorsum the spots on second segment are swollen into 

 a grey and black belt. 



1 ?. 



ITii. Syntaracta nigrellata sjicc. nov. and ab. scixtigera nov. and 

 ab. semifascia nov. 



Foicwing : yellowish straw-colour, covered with dull greyish fulvous spots; 

 costa brownish fulvous, the edge dotted pale and dark ; lines and markings exactly 

 the same as in S. fulmta ; but, owing to the paler ground-colour, the lines are more 

 distinct, and in all cases the black spots at the teeth and the marginal spots are 

 large and black. 



