NEW SPECIES OF SYNTOMIS FROM CHINA. 153 



Syntomis dichotoma, sp. n. 

 Frons white ; head and thorax black ; abdomen bluish black, with 

 four yellow bands, first and fourth broader than the others ; antennas 

 black, becoming white towards tip. Primaries black with a purplish 

 reflection ; there are eight hyaline spots (one subdorsal, one nearly 

 filling the discal cell, two subapical, and four below) ; in the male the 

 third of the series of four is double ; fringes marked with white below 

 apex. Secondaries hyaline, broadly bordered with black, the inner 

 edge of the border toothed. Expanse, $ 40-44 millim., ? , 43- 

 46 millim. 



A long series from Moupin, taken in June. 



Var. concurrens, nov. 



Differs from the type in having the subbasal spot of primaries 

 united with the fourth of outer series, as in S. davidi, which 

 species it greatly resembles in the character of markings. 



Four specimens from Kia-ting-fu, and one from the province 

 of Kwei-chow, June and July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



Syntomis aucta, sp. n. 

 Closely resembles S. davidi, but the space between the costa and 

 subcostal nervure is hyaline, and there is a small hyaline spot sepa- 

 rated from the interno-median bar by the first vein ; the black border 

 of secondaries is rather broader, and the tooth larger ; the tegulse are 

 marked with yellow ; the abdomen of the male has seven yellow bands, 

 and that of the female six, all of nearly uniform width. Expanse, 

 <? 34 millim., ? 36-38 millim. 



One male specimen and two females from the province of 

 Kwei-chow, taken in June or July. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



Syntomis consequa, sp. n. 

 Female. Wings almost exactly identical with those of 8. rubro- 

 zonata, but the frons is greyish, the collar is yellow, and there are six 

 yellow bands on abdomen, the first of which is broad. Expanse, 

 28 millim. 



One female specimen from Moupin, taken in June. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



Syntomis euryzona, sp. n. 

 Frons yellow ; head, thorax, and abdomen black, the latter with 

 seven yellow bands, and the prothorax and metathorax each have a 

 yellow patch. Antennre black, apical third white. Primaries black, 

 with the following yellowish markings: a bar in the interno-median 

 interspace, with a spot above and a diffuse streak below its outer por- 

 tion ; a cuneiform spot in the discal cell, and four other spots beyond 

 the cell ; the second of these spots is also cuneiform, and separated 

 from that in the cell by a black bar on the discoidals ; all the hyaline 

 markings are contiguous, and only separated one from the other by the 



