110 syntomioj:. 



a postmedial spot above vein 6 and two spots between veins 3 and 4. 

 Hind wing with large white patch below the cell and vein 2, ex- 

 tending into the interspace between veins 2 and 3 and sometimes as 

 a small spot above vein 3, its outer edge indented below vein 2, 

 narrowing to inner margin. 



Ab. 1. palestincti, Stand. MS. Antennae black at tips ; wings 

 with the spots yellower. 5 with the wings aborted and very 

 much reduced. 



Hah. SvKiA, 3 J , Zeller Coll. Exp. 44-54 millim. 



193. Syntomis phegea. 



Sphinx plmjea, Linn. Syst. Xat. x. p. 49-1 (175S) ; Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. 



i. pi. 25. f. 2 ; Esp. Eur. Scbmett. ii. p. U4, pi. 17. ff. 1,2; Hiibn. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. IF. 99, 100 ; Staud. Cat. p. 50 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 90. 

 Sphinx ligata, III. Mel. Pbil.-math. Turin, 1702-65, p. 193 (1760). 

 Zygcsna quercus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. i. p. 388 (1793). 

 Sphinx iphimedia, Esp. Eur. Scbmett. ii. (2) p. 49, pi. 47. f. 4 (1801). 

 Sijhinx clcBlia, Esp. Eur. Scbmett. ii. (2) p. 46 (1801), id. ii. (1) p. 220, 



pi. 34. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett. ii. f. 30 ; Borkb. Eur. Scbmett. ii. 



pp. 7, 117 (1789). 

 Syntomis nigricornis, Alph. Eev. Mens. Ent. i. p. 18 (1883). 



Black shot with metallic green ; antennae Avhite at tips ; pectus 

 with yellow patches ; abdomen with an orange patch on basal 

 segment and band on 5th segment. Fore wing with small white 

 spot below base of cell ; a spot in end of cell which may be reduced 

 to a speck ; an oblique rather elongate spot below end of cell and 

 vein 2 ; and spots between veins 3 and 5 and above 6. Hind wing 

 with two spots below the cell, sometimes reduced to one speck, often 

 large, conjoined, and with a spot below vein 1 ; a spot above vein 2, 

 and usually a smaller spot above 3, the spots being often large and 

 almost confluent with the spots below cell. 



Fore wing with veins 4, 5 sometimes shortly stalked. 



Ab. 1. nigricornis : antenna} with the tips black. 



Ab. 2. cliMa : fore wing with the spots reduced to a small spot 

 below base of cell and oblique streak below vein 2, or absent ; hind 

 wing with one spot above vein 2. 



Ab. 3. ipliimedea : wings without spots. 



Larva thickly clothed with fasciculate tufts of long brown hair 

 on the tubercles. 



Rah. France ; Belgium ; Germany ; S.E. Eueope, Zeller and 

 Frey Colls. ; Caucasus. Ea.'j). 38-48 millim. 



*194. Syntomis ganssuensis. 



Syntonds ganssuensis, Grumm-Grscbm. Hor. See. Ent. Eoss. xxv. p. 461 

 (1891) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 901. 



Blue-black ; antennae black ; pectus with orange patches ; abdo- 

 men with one orange band. Fore wing with six hyaline spots 

 tinged with dingy white. Hind wing with two spots. 



Hah. Central Asia, Chuan-Che. E,rp. 16 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



