SYNTOMIS. 1 1 1 



195. Syntomis lateralis. 



Syntomis lateralis, Boisd. Spec. G(Sn. L6p. i. pi. 12. f. 5 (1836) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 98. 

 Syntomis marginalis, Wlk. i. p. 130 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Ilet. i. p. Ifi, pi. ti. 

 ■ f. 13 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 94. 



2 . Black shot vpith metallic groen and blue : frojis and spots on 

 tegulse and patagia orange ; coxie, femora, and tibiie marked with 

 orange ; abdomen with six lateral orange bauds and a ventral series 

 of spots. Fore wing with small hyaline speck below base of cell ; 

 a quadrate spot in end of it ; a round spot below vein 2 ; an elongate 

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

 wing with hyaline speck below the cell and spot in end of it ; two 

 small submarginal spots between veins 3 and 5. 



Eah. AsHANTi, 1 2 , type marginalis ; Senegal. Exp. 44 

 millim. 



196. Syntomis adjuncta. (Plate IV. fig. 18.) 

 Syntomis adjuncta, Wlk. xxxi. 74 (1804) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 102. 



5 . Black ; frons yeUow ; patagia and sides of thorax with golden 

 yellow spots ; abdomen with two paired series of lateral yellow 

 ■ spots. Fore wing with hyaline patch occupying the cell ; a tri- 

 angular patch in submedian interspace extending nearly from base 

 to termen ; an elongate spot above vein 6 and more or less developed 

 spot above vein 7 ; two elongate spots between veins 3 and 5. 

 Hind wing with hyaline spot below eud of cell and vein 2, confluent 

 with a spot above vein 2. 



Hah. Amboina ; Ceeam ; Ke I. {Wallace). Exp. 32 millim. 

 Typet in Mus. Oxon, 



197. Syntomis simplex. 



Syntomis simplex, WW. \. ^. 129 (18.54); Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 1.3, pi. G. 



f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 93. 

 Syntomis nostalis, Wlk. i. p. 129 (1854). 

 Syntomis corvus, Waliengr. Wieu. Eat. Mon. iv. p. 39 (1860) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 94. 

 Syntomis monedula, Waliengr. Wien. Ent. Mon. W. p. 39 (1860). 



Metallic blue ; antennae white at tips ; thorax with lateral orange 

 patches ; abdomen with an orange patch on basal segment and a 

 lateral series of orange spots ; small white spots below base and in 

 end of cell ; a speck or spot below end of cell ; a speck or spot above 

 vein 6, often absent ; another spot between veins 3 and 4 ; cilia 

 white at apex. Hind wing with a spot below base of cell. 



Ab. 1. The spots vary greatly in size, being sometimes well- 

 developed (simplex), sometimes reduced to specks (nostalis). 



Ab. 2. corvus : fore wing with the spot in cell only ; hind wing 

 without spot. 



Hab. Natal (J. V. Gooch, Gueinzius) ; types simplex and nos- 

 talis. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



