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31. Syntomis TRIGONOPHORA. 



HydriLsa trigonophora, Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 1898, 

 p.97. 



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

 with a posterior orange spot. Abdomen in g with seven, in $ 

 with six orange rings; tuft in g orange in centre, black laterally. 

 Anterior tibiae with posterior tuft black, sometimes partly och- 

 reous. Forewings with pale ochreous spots; supra-orbital spot 

 and an intermediate dot sometimes present. Hindwings with 

 discal spot triangular, confluent or nearly touching basal spot on 

 submedian vein. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q. : Brisbane, Stradbroke Island — N.S.W. : Sydney (Lyell). 



32. Syntomis aperta. 



Syntomis aperta^ Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxi. p. 72; Hmps., Cat. 



Lep. Phal. i. p.71. 

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

 p.783. 



Head orange. Antennae black to apices. Thorax with a pos- 

 terior orange-yellow spot. Abdomen in $ with seven, in 9 with 

 six orange-yellow rings; tuft in $ orange-yellow. Forewings 

 with spots rather large, ochreous-yellow; small supplementary 

 and supra-apical spots; a broadly crescentic intermediate spot 

 situated posteriorly. Hindwings with spots large and confluent. 



Type in British Museum. 



Sir Geo. Hampson's synonymy of this species needs revision. 



N.S.W. : Hay. 



33. Syntomis melitospila,"^ n.sp. 



(59. 32-44 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Antennae black to 

 apices; in $ serrate. Thorax with a posterior ochreous-yellow 

 spot. Abdomen in $ with seven, in 9 with six ochreous-yellow 

 rings; tuft in ^ ochreous-yellow. Anterior tibiae with posterior 



* /ieXtroo-TTiXof, honey-spotted. 



