some new Syntomidae. 507 



Underside of both wings cinnamon-rufous, with two trans- 

 verse irregular black bands on fore wings and three more 

 distinct ones on hind wing. 



Length of fore wing 74 mm. 



Female (in coll. Kenrick) much larger and paler. 



Hab. Ninay Valley, Central Arfak Mountains, Dutch New 

 Guinea, Nov. 1908 to January 1909 {A. E. Pratt Coll.). 



3 <?<?. 



II. SyntomidaB. 

 (1) Cosmosoma flavothorax , sp. n. 



<$ . Legs clay-brown ; pectus golden yellow ; palpi black ; 

 antennae fuscous; head metallic blue; collar black; tegular 

 and patagia sooty brown, a blue metallic spot at base of 

 patagia ; thorax golden yellow ; abdomen golden yellow, 

 last four segments black, with dorsal and lateral rows of 

 metallic-blue patches. Fore wing hyaline ; costa, nervures, 

 inner margin, and apical fourth of wing sooty brown ; disco- 

 cellular stigma black. Hind wing hyaline, margins and 

 nervures sooty black. 



Length of fore wing, J 2J mm. 



Hob. Doubtful. 



1 <?. 



(la) Cosmosoma intensa, sp. n. 



r£ ?. Similar to C. flavothorax, but darker; yellow areas 

 of body orange and daik areas of wings sooty black. 



Hab. Cananche, Cundinamarca, June 1903 (M. de Mathan) ; 

 Paramba, Ecuador. 



1 <?,1 ?• 



Probably a subspecies of the preceding. 



(2) Cosmosoma mathani, sp. n. 



<£ . Legs black-brown ; pectus golden and black ; palpi 

 black; antennas black, tips whitish; head metallic blue; 

 thorax black, two spots on tegula?, two at base of patagia, 

 and central band metallic blue ; abdomen golden-orange, last 

 four segments and basal segment above black ; a central and 

 lateral lines on whole abdomen metallic blue. Fore wing 

 hyaline ; costal, inner, and terminal margins, nervures, and 

 apical fifth of wing sooty black. Hind wing hyaline, ner- 

 vines and margins sooty black. 



