850 revision of australian lepidoptera, ii., 



25. Syntomis attenuata. 



Syntomis attenuata, Hmps., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), viii. p. 167 

 (1901). 



Head orange-yellow. Antennae black to apices; in $ serrate 

 Thorax with orange-yellow spots on patagia and a posterior spot. 

 Abdomen in $ with seven orange rings; tuft in ^ with orange 

 centre, black laterally. Forewings with orange-yellow spots; 

 sometimes a narrow supra-apical spot. Hind wings with basal 

 spot large, confluent with discal. 



Type in British Museum. 



N.A. : Bathurst Island, Hey wood Island, Queen Island. 



26. Syntomis humeralis. 



Hydrusa humeralis^ Butl., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. xii. p.352. 

 Eressa olinda, Swin., Cat. Oxf. Mus. i. p. 5 3. 

 Syntomis humeralis, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p. 63. 



Head pale ochreous. Antenna3 black to apices; in $ shortly 

 pectinate. Thorax with pale ochreous spots on patagia and a 

 posterior spot. Abdomen in $ with seven, in 9 with six pale 

 ochreous rings; tuft in /J ochreous in centre, black laterally. 

 Anterior femora with a few ochreous scales anteriorly; anterior 

 tibiae with an ochreous tuft posteriorly. Forewings relatively 

 broad and very much rounded at apex; rather thinly scaled; 

 spots pale ochreous; a small supplementary spot usually present; 

 rarely a small intermediate or supra-apical spot. Hindwings 

 with basal spot rather large; discal triangular, partly confluent. 



Type in British Museum. 



N.A. : Port Darwin — N.Q. : Cairns, Geraldton, Towns ville — 

 Q. : Rockhampton, Duaringa. 



27. Syntomis prosomcea, n.sp. 



(J. 28-36 mm. 9. 26-28 mm. Head blackish mixed with 

 ochreous scales. Antennae black to apices; in $ shortly pectinate. 

 Thorax with ochreous spots on patagia and a posterior spot. 

 Abdomen in $ with seven, in 9 with six ochreous rings; tuft in 



