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171. Syntomis gelatina. 



Syntomis gelatina, Hmpsu. 111. Het. viii. ]). 4;i, pi. l;j',). !'. I (1800); id. 

 Moths Ind. i. p. 214 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 92. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bronze-brown ; antennae white at 

 tips; neck with an orange ring; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with orange-red bands on basal and oth segments and 

 lateral spots on the intermediate segments ; wings yellowish hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black shot with purple. Fore wing with the 

 terminal baud broad at veins 2 and 3 and from vein 5 to apex : 

 the interspace between veins 5 and 6 black, with small hyaline spot. 

 Hind wing with the terminal band broadest' at apex and vein 2. 



Hah. S. India, ISI^ilgiri plateau {Hampson), 1 c? 2 $ , type. Exp., 

 6 2-1, $ 28 millim. 



172. Syntomis extensa. 



Syntomis extensa, Wlk. xxxv. 18G3 (1866); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 214 : 

 ■ id. 111. Het. Tiii. pi. 143. f. 14 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 98. 



Brown ; antennje white at tips ; a ring behind head orange ; 

 tarsi with the 1st joint white ; abdomen with orange dorsal patch 

 on 1st segment, a band on 5th, and lateral spots on intermediate 

 segments. Fore wing elongate ; a hyaline patch below basal part 

 of cell : a truncate wedge-shaped patch in end of cell ; sometimes a 

 small spot above vein 2 ; a triangular spot above vein 5 and an 

 elliptical spot above 6. Hind wing with a small spot below the 

 cell, often with another between it and inner margin, or these may 

 be developed into a large patch. 



In the type the spots of the fore wing are all confluent. 



Hah. Bombay, Mahableshwar, Matheran (Sivinhoe) ; Nilgibis 

 (WaJhouse), type, (Lindsai/, Hampson). Exp. 42-50 millim. 



173. Syntomis khasiana. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Syntomis Jchasiana,'Bwi\.3o\xv\\. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 345(1876); Kirby. 

 Cat. Het. p. 94. 



Black shot with purple ; frons yellow ; tegulae and patagia yellow ; 

 thorax with lateral yellow patches ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with orange bands on 1st and 5th segments and with 

 lateral spots on intermediate segments, sometimes forming nearly 

 complete bands. Foi'e wing with rounded hyaline spot below base 

 of cell and quadrate spot in end of it ; an oblique patch below 

 vein 2; a spot above vein G and two spots between veins 3 and 5 ; 

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

 cell, yellow at inner margin, and a spot between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Assam, Khasi Hills, 1 (J 2 2 » Moore Coll., type. Exp. 

 30-36 millim. 



