3S SYNTOMID^. 



elongate spot above 4, a spot above 6, and a small orange streak 

 above 7. Hind wing with large hyaline patch below cell and be- 

 tween veins 2 and 5, leaving the costal and terminal areas brown, 

 the latter expanding towards apex. 



J . Tore wing with smaller hyaline spot in cell and larger streak 

 above vein 7. 



Hah. Cape Colony. Exp. 24 millira. Type S anthraciformis, 

 examined by Dr. Aurivillius ; type t 5 fiiscicornis in Mas. Stockholm. 



0. Antennae of male minutely serrate or simple, and not 

 dilated at middle. 

 a. (^Agaphthora). Fore tibiae and tarsi of male thickly 

 clothed with rough hair. 



a^. Abdomen with six complete orange bands splienodes. 



b^. Abdomen with six orange bands incomplete dorsally; 



hind wing with orange patch ou inner area ampla. 



c^. Abdomen with lateral series of orange spots ; hind 

 wing without orange patch. 



ft'^. Tegulte and fore cosre orange formicina. 



b'^. Tegulte and fore coxa; black. 



a^. Frons with orange patch ; abdomen with sub- 

 dorsal series of orange spots guttulosa. 



b^. Frons with greyish patch. 



a*. Abdomen with subdorsal series of points puncta. 



b*. Abdomen without subdorsal series of points... evar. 



15. Ceryx sphenodes. (Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Agaphthora sphenodes, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 774 (1886) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 102. 



Black ; head orange, palpi and antennae black ; tegulae and patagia 

 mostly orange ; metathorax and fore legs with orange patches ; 

 abdomen with six orange bands. Fore wing with wedge-shaped 

 hyaline patch in cell, an elongate curved patch below the cell with 

 some orange at its base ; elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and 

 above veius 6 and 7. Hind wing with hyaline patch below the cell 

 and between veins 2 and 5, usually with more or less orange on its 

 inner edge. 



Hab. New Guinea, 1 cj' ; Queensland, 1 2 , typo in Mus. Sydney 

 Univ. Exp. 30 millim. 



*16. Ceryx ampla. (Plate I. fig. 7.) 

 Syntomis ampla, Wlk. xxxi. 76 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 102. 



Black ; frons, tegulae, patagia, and patches on metathorax, pectus, 

 and fore coxae orange ; abdomen with lateral and ventral orange 

 bands on first six segments not meeting on dorsum. Pore wing 

 with slight orange streaks below base of cell and vein 1 ; a large 

 wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell ; an elongate patch below the 

 cell and vein 2 extending nearly to termen, with a slight postmedial 

 streak below vein 1 ; elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and 

 above veins 6 and 7. Hind wing with orange patch ou basal inner 



