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STNTOMID^. 



Avingwith elongate wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell ; an elongate 

 patch below the cell, extending nearly to termen ; elongate spots 



between veins 3 and 5 and 

 above 6 and a small spot 

 above 7. Hind wing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black, 

 ^ the costa and apex rather 



broadly so. 



Fig. ^l.-Syntcmis leimacis, S- h ? * . ^'^^P^' ^^^'^' ^^gul®, and 



patagia orange -yellow ; an- 

 tennae and legs black ; abdomen with the lateral and ventral surfaces 

 of the slender portion orange and joined by a dorsal band at end of 

 slender portion. 



ffab. W. Africa, Ogove E., 1 c? (Good). Exj)., S 24, 

 $ 28 millim. Types t in Coll. Holland. 



b. Abdomen normal. 



a}. Abdomen with crimson basal band. 



a?. Hind wing byaline, with tbe veins and margins 

 black. 

 a?. Frons white; fore wing with the patch below 

 cell and spot above vein 2 hardly extending 



beyond angle of cell pectoralis. 



b^. Frons black ; fore wing with the patch below 

 cell and spot above vein 2 extending more 



towards termen thoracica. 



b^. Hind wing black, with two small spots between 



veins 2 and 5 phcmicozona. 



b^. Abdomen with orange bands. 



cfi. Wings with the markings orange ; abdomen with 



six band s humeralis. 



b^. Wings with the markings pale yellow ; abdomen 

 with two bands and lateral spots on interme- 

 diate segments ochreipuncta. 



c^. Wings with the markings hyaline. 



w'. Abdomen with seven bands in male, six in 



female ; frons black or oi-ange actea. 



b^. Abdomen of male with six bands ; frons with 



white spot pratti. 



c^. Abdomen with orange patch at base only ... wuka. 

 c\ Abdomen without bands goodi. 



74. Syntomis pectoralis. 



S//nfomis pectoralis, Wlk. i. 133 (1854) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 224 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 97; Butl. HI. Het. i. pi. 6. f. 15. 

 Hydnisa basirufa, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mas. Oxon. p. 51 (1892). 



2 . Black, shot with metallic blue-green ; frons, patagia, and 

 tips of antennae white ; thorax with crimson patches behind the 

 mid legs; metathorax and first two segments of abdomen crimson. 

 Fore wing with wedge-shaped milky hyaline patch in cell ; an 

 elongate patch below cell and vein 2 ; a spot above origin of vein 2 ; 

 patches between veins 3 and 5 extending almost to margin ; an 



