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BY N TOM I D^. 



tips ; tegulfc, patagia, and patches on meso- and metathorax orange ;■ 

 thorax below and 1st joint of tarsi whitish; abdomen with seven 

 orange bands ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore 

 wing with yellow patch at base and fine streak on vein 1 ; the 

 costal area black and the interspace between veins 5 and 6 ; the 

 terminal band wide at apex and between veins 2 and 3. 



JIab. Tibet, Moupin ; Upper Tenasseeim, 1 c? 1 $ , types. 

 Eccp., c? 42, 5 48 millim. 



150. Syntomis melsBiia. 



Syntomis mchis, Wlk. i. 133 (1854) ; But]. III. Het. i. p. 17, p]. 6. f. 10: 

 Hmpsn. Moths Ir.cl. i. p. 216 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 9-t. 



Syntoinis andcrsoni, Moore, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 244, pi. 18. f. 1 ; Anderson's 

 Eesearcbea in W. Yunnan, p. 920, pi. 81. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 96. 



Black shot with metallic blue and purple ; antennfB white at 

 lips ; frons white ; vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, patches on 

 meso- and metathorax above and thorax at sides orange-yellow ; 

 00X86 with white spots ; abdomen with seven orange bands in 

 male, six in female, the band on 1st segment white at sides, the 

 bands on ventral surface white, extremity metallic blue. Fore wing 

 with slight yellow streaks below costa, on median nervure, and on 

 and below vein 1 ; the interspaces hyaline, leaving the veins and 

 margins purple-black ; a broad discocellular band ; the terminal 

 band broad towards apex and sending a tooth inwards above vein 5, 

 and broad again between veins 2 and 3. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins purplish black, broadly so on outer half of costa 

 and on termen towards apes and at vein 2. 



Hah. Nepal, type mehena ; Sikhim (LidderdaJe) ; Assam, Khasis ; 

 Burma, Khyen Hills ; Ytjnnan, type andersoni. Exp., c? 38, $ 54 

 millim. 



*151. Syntomis hasigera. (Plate III. fig. 23.) 

 Syntomis haaigera, Wlk. xxxi. 77 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 101. 



5 . Black ; frons, back of head, tegulae, patagia, patches on 

 thorax, metathorax, pectus, and coxje orange ; abdomen with orange 

 bands on first six segments. Fore wing with slight orange streaks 

 below base of median nervure and vein 1 ; a wedge-shaped hyaline 

 patch in cell ; an elongate patch below the cell extending almost to 

 termen ; elongate spots between veins 3 and 5 and above vein 6, 

 and a small point above vein 7. Hind wing with the basal half 

 orange, with irregular outer edge embracing two small hyaline spots 

 between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Batchian {Wallace), 1 § type f in Mus. Oxon. Exy. 

 30 millim. 



*152. Sjmtomis coDsequa. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 

 Syntomis conseqiia, Leech, Entom. xxxi. p. 153 (^1898). 



5. Head, thorax, ar.d abdomen black; antennte white at tips 



