SYNTOMIS. 105 



Hah. Japan, Yezo (6r. Lewis), Tokio (Fenton), type erebina, (Jonas, 

 W. Andrews). Exp. 36-40 millim. 



177. Syntomis cyssea. 



Sphinx a/sscus, Stoll. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 124, pi. 35.3. B (1782); Hmpsn. 



Moths'lnd. i. p. 213 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 'JO. 

 Zygana collaris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. i. p. 3S8 (1793). 

 Syntomis gcha^ncrrJtL Boisd. Mon. Zyg. p. 112, pi. 7. f. 1 (1829). 

 Synto7nis cuprea, Prittw. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxviii. p. 277 (1867). 

 Syntomis qeorqina, Biitl. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 345 (187()) ; Hmpsn 



Moths ind.' i. p. 213, & iv. ^. 465 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 91. 

 Syntomis cysscoidcs, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 346 (1876) 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 35, pi. 95. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 90. 



Black-brown ; frous and neck orange ; antennae white at tips ; 



thorax with lateral yellow spots ; 1st joint of hind tarsi white ; 



abdomen with orange bands on basal and 5th se2,raents ; wings 



very slightly shot with purple ; a rounded 

 hyaline white or yellowish spot below 

 base of cell ; a quadrate patch in end of 

 cell ; an obli(|ue quadrate patch below 

 base of vein 2, often with a speck above 

 vein 2 ; a postmedial spot above vein 6 

 Fig. m.— Syntomis cyssea, ^nd two spots between veins 3 and 5. 



/T? ™ -Mf >.{ t' 1 1 • N Hind wing with hyaline patch below the 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. 1.) ,, , '^ .,, " n , i . 



cell, edged with yellow towards inner 



margin ; a postmedial spot between veins 2 and 3. 



Ab. 1. Frons black-brown, [a) c^^stowte, the hyaline spots large, 

 (/') georgina, the spots small. 



Hab. Kangka (ffocl-iag) ; Nepal ; Sikhim, Moore Coll. ; Calcutta 

 {Hearsay); Karachi, Bombay, Mhow (SivinJioe) \ Nilgikis, type 

 ■cysseoides (Hampson); Ceylon, type georgina (Templeton, Yerbury). 

 Exp. 26-34 millim. Type collar is in Mus, Copenhagen, examined 

 by Prof, Aurivillius. 



*178, Syntomis insueta, 

 Syntomis insueta, Swinh. Cat, Het. Mus. Oxou. p. 41, pi. ii. t'. 16 (1892). 



2 . Black shot with copper ; antennae white at tips ; frous and 

 neck orange ; abdomen with orange bands on 1st and 5th segments. 

 Pore wing with small hyaline spots below the cell, in end of 

 cell, and between veins 3 and 5, Hind wing with small hyaline 

 patch below the cell, yellow towards inner margin, 



Hab. Calcutta, Barrackpore ; 1 5 type t in Mus. Oxon, Ex2}. 

 32 millim, 



179. Syntomis albapex. 



Syntomis albapcw, Hmpsn. 111. llct. ix. p. 62, pi. 157. f. 1 (1893) ; id. 

 Moths Ind. i. p. 214. 



(S . Dark brown ; antenna) white at tips ; vertex of head and a 

 ring round neck orange ; thorax with lateral orange patches ; 



