SYNIOMIS. 99 



white ; teguUc, meso- aud metathorax with orange patches ; thorax 

 below with orange patches ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with five orange bands. Fore wing with white basal 

 patch and streak below vein 1 ; a hj-aline streak below base of 

 costa ; a wedge-shaped patch in cell ; a patch below base of cell ; 

 an oblique patch below end of cell and vein 2 ; elongate patches 

 above veins 6 and 7 ; a patch above vein 2 and two between veins 

 3 and 5. Hind wing with a patch below the cell, becoming orange 

 at inner margin and often confluent with the patch between 

 Teins 2 and 5. 



The hyaline patches vary much in extent; in Sikhim specimens 

 they are smallest, one having the spot above vein 7 of fore wing 

 absent ; in examples from Sylhet they are larger ; largest in 

 Burmese specimens, this last being the form named disruida. 



Hah. Sikhim, Moore Coll. ; Assaji, Sylhet, type, Khasis ; Burma, 

 Xliyen Hills, Upper Tenasserira, type disrupta, Dawnat Range {L. 

 <le Niceville). Exp. 36-40 millim. 



159. Syntomis compta. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



Syntomis compta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 89 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 ■ Het. p. 95. 



S ■ Head and thorax black ; frons, tegulse, patagia, and patches 

 on thorax, pectus, and legs orange ; abdomen greenish black with 

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

 Fore wing with orange streaks below costa and above inner margin ; 

 the interspaces between veins 5 and 6 black ; the terminal band 

 expanding towards apex and slightly above vein 2. Hind wing 

 with the costa and inner margin orange ; the terminal black band 

 expanding towards apex and dentate below vein 2. 



Bab. Assam, Khasi Hills, 1 <S {Godwin-Austen). Exjp. 38 

 millim. Typet in Mus. Exeter. 



160. Syntomis pentazonata, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 27.) 



Black with a slight purple gloss ; frons, tegulse, and large spots 

 on patagia orange; thorax with lateral orange spots; antennte 

 white at tips; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with five 

 orange bands. Fore wing with quadrate yellowish hyaline spot 

 below base of cell ; a wedge-shaped patch in end of cell ; an oblique 

 pf.tch below vein 2 extending nearly to termen ; a spot above vein 6 

 and small spot above 7 ; two large spots between veins 3 and 5 ; 

 cilia white below apex. Hind wing with hyaline spot below the 

 cell, becoming orange toTS'ards inner margin ; a postmedial spot 

 between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Burma, N. Khyen Hills {E. Y. Watson), IS 1 $ , types. 

 Exp. 30-30 millim. 



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