86 SYNXOMID^. 



cupreous red ; abdomen with cupreous red bands on first five seg- 

 ments and traces of a band on sixth segment. Fore wing with 

 hyaline spot below base of cell ; an oblique patch below origin of 

 vein 2 ; a rather wedge-shaped spot in end of cell ; an elongate 

 streak above vein 6 and two spots beti;veen veins 3 and 5. Hind 

 wing with hyaline patch below base of cell and a spot between 

 veins 2 and 5. 



Eah. N. GrTJiNEA {Wallace), 1 5 type f in Mus. Oxon. Exi>. 

 44 millim. 



122. Syntomis passalis. 



Zygmna cerbera, Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. pi. 20. f. 8 (1776), nee Linn. 



Zygana passalis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 1.59 (1781) ; Hmpsu. Moths Ind. 



i. p. 219 ; Kirby, Cat. llet. p. 92. 

 Sphinx creiisa, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 248. F (1788). 

 St/nfomis latreillii, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. p. 117, pi. 7. f. 5 (1829). 

 Syntomis montana, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 349 (1876) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 93. 



Black shot with metallic green and purple ; antennae whitish at 

 extremity ; thorax with two cupreous red streaks above patagia 

 and lateral patches ; 1st joint of tarsi and hind tibise yellowish 

 white ; abdomen with seven rather narrow cupreous red bands. 

 Fore wing with some cupreous red at base and on base of inner 

 margin ; rounded or quadrate hyaline spot below base and in end 

 of cell ; an oblique patch below vein 2 ; a spot above vein 6, some- 

 times absent ; a spot between veins 3 and 4 and a speck or spot 

 between 4 and 5. Hind wing with a spot between veins 2 and 3, 

 sometimes with a speck above it ; and often one or two specks 

 below end of cell, 



Ab. 1. montana : all the spots large ; hind wing with the two 

 spots below end of cell conjoined into a bar. 



Hah. ' India,' type montana (Eliott) ; Assam ; Calcutta, Moore 

 Coll.; bangalore (E. Y. Watson) ; Coimhatore {Walho^ise) ; Ceylon 

 {Temphton, G. Lewis). Exp. 30-44 millim. 



123. Syntomis egenaria. (Plate III. fig. 9.) 



Syntomis egenaria, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 88 (1862) ; Kirbj, 

 Cat. Het. p. 97. 



S . Black-brown ; antennee white at tips ; frons and tegulse 

 yellow ; patagia and metathorax spotted with j'cllow ; thorax 

 with lateral yellow patches ; abdomen with six yellow bands, 

 the bands on 2nd, 3rd, 5th, aud Gth segments narrow. Fore 

 wing with fine yellow streak below costa ; a basal spot and 

 quadrate patch below base of cell ; a quadrate spot in end 

 of cell and oblique wedge-shaped patch below vein 2 ; a streak 

 above middle of inner margin ; an elongate spot above vein 6, 

 usually with more or less developed spot above it ; two spots 

 between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with the anal area expanded 

 into a large lobe, which is folded and thickly scaled at margin ; 



