by a. j. turner. 849 



23. Syntomis huebneri. 



Syntomis huebneri^ Bdv., Mon. Zyg. p.l27, pl.viii. f.4; Hmps., 



Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p.69. 

 Syntomis ma?'sdeni,^loore, Lep. E.I.C. p.323; P.Z.S. 1859, p.l97, 



pl.60, f.3. 

 Syntomis xanthomela^ Wlk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. iii. p. 184. 

 Naclia singulata, Wlgrn., Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 39. 

 Buthisia sanyaris, Wlgrn., op. cit. vii. p. 139. 

 Syntomis contermina, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxi., p. 78. 

 Hydrusa lyyrrhodera^ Meyr., Proc. Linn. !Soc. N. S. Wales, 1886, 



p.777. 

 Syntomis frustuleiita, Swin., Cat. Oxf. Mus. i. p. 44. 



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

 with orange spots on patagia and a posterior spot. Abdomen in 

 (J with seven, in ^ with six orange rings; tuft in $ black. 

 Fore wings with spots colourless, translucent; sometimes a supra- 

 apical dot. Hindwings with spots separate; upper segment of 

 discal spot sometimes very small. 



N.A. : Adelaide River, Roebuck Bay — N.Q. : Cape York, 

 Lizard Island, Cooktown, Port Douglas, Cairns. Also from 

 Java, Malay Peninsula, and India. 



24. Syntomis chroma. 

 Hydrusa chroma, Swin., Cat. Oxf. Mus. i. p. 50. 



Syntomis clementsi, Hmps., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) viii. p. 165 

 (1901). 



Head orange. Antennae black to apices; in $ serrate. Thorax 

 with patagia and a posterior spot orange. Abdomen in ^ with 

 seven, in 9 with six broad orange rings; tuft in ^ with orange 

 centre, black laterally. Legs partly suffused with orange. Fore- 

 wings with spots deep orange, opaque; usually a narrow supra- 

 apical spot. Hindwings with basal spot large, sometimes con- 

 fluent with discal. 



Type in Oxford Museum. 



N.W.A. : Roeburne, Sherlock River. 



