BY A. J. TURNER. 851 



(J ochreous in centre, black laterally. Anterior tibiae with pos- 

 terior tuft wholly or partly ochreous. Forewings densely scaled; 

 spots pale ochreous, rather small; occasionally small supra-apical 

 and supplementary spots. Hindwings with discal spot roundish 

 or triangular, usually separate, sometimes touching first. 



Yar. a. Head orange-ochreous. 



Var. h. Posterior abdominal tuft of ^ wholly ochreous. 



Var. c. Discal spot of hindwing with upper segment obsolete. 



Yar. d. Spots on patagia obsolete. 



A variable species, yet always distinguishable from 8. humeralis. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. : Townsville, Ravenswood — Q. : Rockhampton, Brisbane, 

 Stradbroke Island, Toowoomba. 



28. Syntomis leucacma. 



Hydrusa leucacma, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1886, 



p.778. 

 Syntomis leucacma, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p. 74. 



Head orange. Antennae white at apices; in $ laminate. 

 Thorax with a posterior orange spot. Abdomen in both sexes 

 with five orange rings; terminal segments black, with bluish iri- 

 descence; tuft in (J black. Anterior tibiae with a posterior och- 

 reous tuft. Forewings with pale ochreous spots. Hindwings 

 with spots separate ; discal spot roundish, its upper division 

 sometimes small. 



Type in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



N.Q. : Cairns, Geraldton. 



29. Syntomis paraula. 



Hydrusa paraula^ Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.Wales, 1886, p.778. 



Hydrusa macroiylacA, Meyr., op. cit. p. 781. 



Syntomis macroplaca, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p.74, pl.iii. f. 1. 



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

 with a posterior orange spot. Abdomen in both sexes with five 

 dull reddish-orange rings; terminal segments black with greenish 



