BV A. J. TURNER. 845 



Forelegs of ^ with a small tuft of ochreous hairs on posterior 

 surface. Fore- and hinclwings uniformly black, without spots. 



Type in British Museum. 



Var. a. 9. Hindwing with a few orange scales representing 

 basal and diseal spots. 



N.Q. : Cairns, Kuranda — Q. : Brisbane. 



15. Syntomis phepsalotis. 



Hydrusa phepsalotis, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 188G, 



p.784. 

 Hydrusa eschatias, Meyr., op. cit., 1886, p. 785 (var.). 



Head black. Antennae white at apices; in ^ deeply serrate. 

 Abdomen in $ with seven, in 9 with six reddish-orange rings; 

 tuft in (J reddish-orange in centre, black laterally. Fore-tibiae 

 with a posterior ochreous tuft. Forewings with spots small or 

 dot-like or partly obsolete, ochreous sometimes slightly trans- 

 lucent. Hindwings with spots small or partly or wholly obsolete; 

 upper segments of basal and diseal spots obsolete. 



Type in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



Var. eschatias. Both wings uniformly black, without spots, or 

 with a single spot on fore- or hindwings. Probably every variety 

 between this and the type form will be found. 



Q. : Maryborough, Mount Tambourine — N.S.W. : Newcastle, 

 BuUi, Wollongong. 



16. Syntomis chromatic a, n.sp. 



5^9. 40-42 mm. Head black. Antennae white at apices; in 

 (J serrate. Thorax black. Abdomen in ^ with seven, in 9 with 

 six orange rings; tuft in $ orange in centre, black laterally. 

 Fore-femora suffused with ochreous anteriorly, fore-tibiae with a 

 tuft of ochreous hairs posteriorly. Forewings with purplish 

 reflections; spots small, opaque, deep orange; intracellular spot 

 nearly square; rarely a small supra-apical dot. Hindwings with 

 upper division of basal spot completely obsolete; diseal spot small, 

 upper division minute or obsolete. 

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