48 SYNTOMIDJE. 



Genus MYOPSYCHE, nov. 



Type, 3f. ochsenheimeri. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, porrect, and hardly reaching beyond 

 the frons; antenna of male pectinated; mid and hind tibiae with the spurs 

 minute. Fore wing narrow ; veins 2 and 3 stalked or from a point ; 4, 5 from 

 a point; 6 from just above middle of discocellulars ; 7. 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 5 from angle ; 4 and 

 7 absent. 



Sect. T. Fore wing with veins 2, 3 stalked. 



A. Abdomen with the 2nd segment constricted, the 1st segment with 



lateral tufts of hair. 



*40. Myopsyche cytogaster. 



Syntomis cytogaster, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 393 (1893). 



S . Black ; frons and coxae white ; fore tibiae and 1st joint of 

 tarsi with some white ; abdomen with white patch on 1st segment, 



the first three segments white 

 below, the 4th segment with 

 a fine white ring. Fore wing 

 with wedge-shaped hj-aline 

 patch in cell ; an elongate 

 patch below the cell extending 

 almost to toruiis, and elongate 

 Fig. 19. — Myopsyche cytogaster, (^ . f . spots between veins 3 and 5 



and above 6 and 7, leaving a 

 triangular black patch on veins 2, 3, and a fascia between 5, (5, 

 which are approximated. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black, the apex more broadly so. 



Hah. W. Afkica, Taluguga (Good). Exp. 20 millim. Type f in 

 Coll. Holland. 



B. Abdomen with the 2nd segment not constricted. 



a. Hind wing hyaline. 



a'. Abdomen witli white markings. 



a-. Abdomen with white patch on Ist and band on 



5th segment miserabilis. 



h^. Abdomen with three white spots on 1st seg- 

 ment and lateral spots on 4th, 5th, and 6th 



segments puncticincta. 



b^. Abdomen with orange markings. 



a^. Abdomen with orange band on 1st segment, the 



lateral and ventral surfaces orange xanthopleura. 



b^. Abdomen orange with subdorsal black patches 

 on medial segments and the terminal segments 

 black notoplagia. 



c^. Abdomen orange, with the terminal segments 



^fick ochsenheimeri. 



b. Hind wing orange blandina. 



41. Myopsyclie miserabilis. 



Syntomis miserabilis, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 375 (1893). 

 S . Black ; frons, tips of antennae, and patches on patagia and 



