BY R. J. TILLYARD. 46o 



2-3 mm. into siilx-ostal space, veiy little into median sj)ace, but 

 further again into submedian s|)ace and down into anal triangle 

 of liindwing. Sodtts with a l)lack patch. Usuall}^ a very small 

 spot of black on Sc in hindwing, about half-wa}^ between base 

 and nodus. Antrnodals 7-9 in forewing, usually 6 in hindwing, 

 all complete, but the corresponding parts in costal and subcostal 

 spaces not always coterminous. Po,sfuoda/s usually 7 in fore- 

 wing, 7-9 in hindwing, first three incomplete. Pfprosfufma 1*8 

 in forewing, 2 mm. in hindwing, black. 



Head: fii/f's just touching, dark brown, orbits pale yellow 

 beneath, Vfrft'.f black; occipital tubercle blackish above, yellow 

 posteriorly, hairy. Fro/ts black, with two large pale yellow spots 

 above, separated by the median depression; these spots extend 

 over on to the anterior part of the frons, the rest of which is 

 dark metallic purplish. Clyprus and lahrum blackish, touched 

 with brown in the middle; /ahium black. 



Thorax black, with very long greyish hairs dorsally; a pair 

 of conspicuous pale yellow antehumeral spots placed well forward. 

 On each side is a large crescentic marking, also a large oval spot 

 close to base of abdomen, both cream-coloured. Notmn black, 

 scuta yellowish. Leys black, excej^t trochanters, which are 

 brown basalh^ and cream-coloured apically; tibial keel narrow 

 but long, half as long as tibite on forelegs, longer still on the 

 others. 



Abdomen: 1-2 widened, 3 narrowed, rest narrowly corduli- 

 form, as in Synfhnnis. Co/ our black, marked with lemon-yellow 

 as follows: — 2, a pair of small dorsal spots and yellow on auricles; 

 3-7, a pair of rounded dorsal spots placed nearer to base than to 

 apex; 8, two very large confluent spots, occupying almost the 

 whole of the basal three-fifths of the segment; 9, two medium 

 basal spots, well-rounded, close together. On either side of 3-8, 

 a basal lateral spot. 



Appendages: s/tpn-ior 1 -8 nun., black, curved near bases, 

 tips well-pointed; each carries a sharp tooth oi' spine beneath; 

 inferior 1-2 mm., wide, upcurved, tip truncated: dark brown. 

 (Plate xxiii., figs. 7-8). 



