104 SYNT0MIDJ5. 



174. Syntomis lucina. (Plate IV. fig. 10.) 



Syntomis lucina, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 315 (1876); Hmpsn. 

 Moths lud. i. p. 214; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 91. 



Elack ; frons and a line behind the eyes pale yellow ; antennae 

 tipped with white; thorax with lateral spots; abdomen with 

 yellow bands on basal and 5th segments and with lateral spots on 

 the intermediate segments. Pore wing with rounded yellowish 

 hyaline spot below base of cell and another in end of cell ; an 

 oblique wedge-shaped spot below basal part of vein 2 ; a postmedial 

 spot above vein 6, and two spots between veins 3 and 5. Hind 

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

 veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Nepal, type ; Sikhim (Lidderdale) ; Calcutta, Moore Coll. 

 E.vp. 34 milHm. 



175. Syntomis edwardsi. (Plate IV. fig. 11.) 



Syntomis edwardsi, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 316 (1876) ; Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 92. 



J . Black shot with blue-green ; tegulae orange ; abdomen with 

 orange bands on basal and 5th segments and lateral spots on the 

 intermediate segments. Fore wing with quadrate hyaline spot 

 below base of cell and another in end of cell ; an oblique patch 

 below vein 2 ; an elongate spot above vein G and two spots between 

 veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with hyaline spot below the cell, 

 becoming orange towards inner margin and conjoined to a hyaline 

 spot between veins 2 and 3. 



Rah. Formosa, 1 J , Moore Coll., type. Exy. 30 millim. 



176. Syntomis fortunei. (Plate IV. fig. 12.) 



Syntomis fortunei, De I'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 38 (1869); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 92. 

 Syntomis crchina, Butl. Ti-ans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 5; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 90. 



Black slightly shot with metallic blue ; antennae whitish at tips ; 

 abdomen with orange bands on basal and 6th segments and a 

 lateral series of spots on the intermediate segments. Fore wing 

 with quadrate yellowish hyaline spot below the cell ; a quadrate 

 patch in end of cell, and another obliquely placed below base of 

 vein 2 ; a postmedial spot above vein G and two between veins 

 3 and 5. Hind wing with large yellowish hyaline patch below the 

 cell and vein 2 conjoined to spots above veins 2 and 3. 



Ab. 1. A specimen from Yezo has the two spots in submedian 

 interspace of fore wing conjoined as an elongate patch, with a slight 

 yellow streak below vein 1 and speck above vein 2 ; the spot above 

 vein 6 elongate. 



Ab. 2. erehina. The hyaline spots of fore wing obsolete, the 

 postmedial series replaced b}- small yellow spots ; hind wing with 

 the hyaline marks obsolescent and replaced by yellow patches. 



