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SYNTOMIDJE. 



*100. Syntomis antitheta. 



Hydnisa antitheta, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 779 (1886) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 101. 

 Hydrusa parauhi, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. (2) i. p. 779 (1886) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 101. 



S . Head orange, with black spot between antennae ; antennae 

 and thorax blackish ; abdomen blue-black, with six orange bands, 

 the two terminal segments black. Fore wing purplish black, with 

 whitish ochreous semihyaline spots tinged with orange ; subquadrate 

 spots below base and in end of cell ; a wedge-shaped spot below 

 base of vein 2, sometimes with a point above 2 ; elongate spots 

 between veins 3 and 5, and a very elongate spot above 6 and point 

 above 7. Hind wing blackish, with the spots pale dull orange ; an 

 irregular patch in and below base of cell and a rounded spot between 

 veins 2 and 3. 



5 . Metathorax with orange spot ; fore wing with the spots pale 

 dull orange, the spots below and in end of cell wedge-shaped ; hind 

 wing with the patches slightly confluent. 



Hah. Queensland, Gayndah, Cooktown. Exp., c? 30-35, 5 28 

 millim. 



This species is unknown to me. 



*101. Syntomis macroplaca. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Hydrusa macroplaca, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 781 (1886) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 101. 



$ . Black shot with green ; frons, vertex of head, and tegulge 

 and patches on pectus and metathorax orange ; abdomen with 

 orange bands on first five segments, the anal tuft greyish. Fore 

 wing with pale orange quadrate spots below base and in end of cell ; 

 an elongate curved spot below vein 2, a small spot above base of 

 vein 2, spots between veins 4 and 5, a streak above vein 6 with 

 small spot below its extremity, and short streak above vein 7. Hind 

 wing with diffused pale orange patch at base, a spot between veins 

 2 and 3, and traces of a spot above vein 3. 



Hab. N. S. Wales, 1 $ type t in Coll. Meyrick. Exp. 38 

 millim. 



*102. Syntomis leucacma. 



Hydrusa leucacma, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 778 (1886) ; Kirby 

 Cat. Het. p. 101. 



Head orange ; a fuscous line between bases of antennae, which are 

 black with the tips white ; thorax blue-black, metathorax with 

 orange spot ; abdomen blue-black, with iridescent orange bands on 

 first five segments, the terminal three segments blue-black ; wings 

 black, the spots pale semihyaline orange. Fore wing with sub- 

 quadrate spot below base of cell ; an irregular spot in cell ; an 

 oblique wedge-shaped spot below base of vein 2 ; elongate spots 



