152 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEW SPECIES OF SYNTOMIS FROM CHINA. 



By J. H. Leech B.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Syntomis xanthoma, sp. n. 

 Frons yellow ; tegulre spotted with yellow at the hase ; head and 

 thorax blackish, its posterior edge yellow ; abdomen bluish black, 

 with seven yellow bands. Antenna? black, white towards tip above. 

 Primaries black with a purplish reflection, and six yellowish hyaline 

 spots (one subbasal, one in the cell with a minute one below it; beyond 

 the middle one towards costa, one towards inner margin, and one 

 between them ; the latter is intersected by vein four). Secondaries 

 colour of primaries, with yellowish hyaline patch at base, and an 

 almost round spot just beyond the middle. Expanse, 40-44 niillim. 



Four male specimens from the province of Kwei-chow. Taken 

 in June or July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



In one example the hyaline spot towards costa is small, and 

 that below cell is absent. 



Syntomis persimilis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons and tegulae yellow ; 

 abdomen with six yellow bands. Wings black shot with purple. 

 Primaries have five large hyaline spots, each of the three outer ones 

 intersected by a nervule. Secondaries have two large hyaline spots, 

 the outer one intersected by a nervule. Expanse, 36 millim. 



Two female specimens from Ni-tou, and one from Omei-shan. 

 Taken in June and July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



Allied to S. perixanthia, Hamps., but distinguished by the 

 collar being black instead of yellow, and by the absence of yellow 

 band on the metathorax. It is also a much smaller species. 



Syntomis sivinlioei, sp. n. 

 Allied to S. actea, Swinh., but the frons and head are black; the 

 fronts of the teguke and the metathorax are marked with yellow. The 

 abdomen of male has seven yellow bands, and that of the female six. 

 On the primaries the black along fifth vein between the discal bar 

 and marginal border is narrower, as also is the marginal border of 

 secondaries. Expanse, $ 35 millim., ? 36 millim. 



A male specimen from Moupin, taken in June, and a female 

 from Chia-ting-fu, captured in July. 



Var. obsoleta, nov. 

 In this form the upper hyaline spot of the subapical trio is absent, 

 and also the spot between the interno-median bar and the two sub- 

 marginal spots; the border of secondaries is broader. Expanse, 

 34 millim. 



One female example from Ningpo, taken in July. 



Habitat. Western China (type), North-eastern China (var.). 



