EEESSA. 



-HTAL^THEA. 



123 



B. Hind wing very small, the termen evenly curved. 



229. Eressa siamica. 

 Syntomis siamica, Wlk. xxxi. 70 (1864) ; Xirby, Oat. Het. p. 97. 



S . Black ; antennae white at tips ; frous, tegula3, patagia, and 

 patches on thorax above and below orange ; tarsi with the 1st 



joint white ; abdomen with seven 



orange bands. Fore wing with an 



orange patch below base of cell 



and streak on inner margin ; a 



large hj-aline patch in end of cell ; 



another below end of cell and vein 



2 ; a spot above vein 2, a spot 



above vein 6, and two between 



veins 3 and 5 ; cilia white below apex. Hind wiog with orange 



patch below the cell and two specks between veins 2 and 5. 



Hub. SiAM (Pfeiffer), 1 d type. E,vp. 24 miUim. 



Fig. 43. — Eressa siamica, (^ . 



C. Hind wing normal. 



230. Eressa discinota. 



Syntomis disciiiota, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 13 (1879); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 

 i. p. 216 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 96. 



Black suffused with metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; palpi 

 below, frons, guloe, tegulae, patagia, and lateral spots on meso- and 



metathorax orange ; thorax 

 below mostly orange ; tarsi 

 with the 1st joint white; 

 abdomen with seven orange 

 bands in male, six in female, 

 more or less completely in- 

 terrupted on dorsum. Wings 

 hyaline, with the veins and 

 margins narroAvly greenish 

 black. Fore wing with yel- 

 lowish hyaline streak below costa ; vein 5 widely separated from 

 4 and approximated to 6, with a small discocellular spot between 

 them. 



Uab. Assam, Khasi Hills, Ind. Mus. & Moore Coll., type ; Tenas- 

 SEKiM. Exp. 40 raillim. 



Fig. 44. — Eressa discinota, <^ . 



Genus HYALiETHEA. 



Hyalmthea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. p. 216 (1887). 



Type. 



woodfordi. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, porrect, thickly scaled, and hardly 

 reaching beyond the frous ; anteniijE somewhat laTiiinate ; fore femora fringed 

 with scales on inner side, a tuft of scales from joint of coxre and femora ; tibite 

 with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein '6 from well before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the inner area 



