296 SYNTOMID^. 



653. Euchromia lethe. 



Zygana lethe, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 553 (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 117. 

 Sphinx eumolphus. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 197. D (1779). 

 Euchromia fulvida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 112, pi. 4. f. 5 ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 117. 



S . Black-brown ; antennae white at tips ; head and thorax 

 suiFused with metallic blue ; patagia with bilobed orange-red patch ; 

 coxae Avhite ; abdomen with the 1st segment orange, often becoming 

 white at sides, the next two segments varying from silvery blue to 

 white, the 3rd with orange-red lateral spots ; 4th segment orange- 

 red, 5th white, terminal segments banded with blue ; ventral surface 

 black, with white medial band. Pore wing with metallic blue at 

 base and on discocellulars ; a golden-yellow wedge-shaped patch in 

 cell and elongate patch below the cell ; four spots beyond the cell 

 between veins 3 and 7, the two lower placed nearer the margin. 

 Hind wing with hyaline yellow patches in and below base of cell 

 and on inner area ; a large patch beyond the cell between veins 2 

 and 7. 



$ with blue patches on coxae. 

 Ab. 1. Abdomen without the blue bands. — Congo. 

 Hah. Sierra Leone (Mitfonl) ; Old Calabar [Miss Kingsley) ; 

 Niger; Monbtjttu, Kangasi (Emin Pasha) ; Congo {Curror), type 

 Julvida ; Angola {Monteiro). Exp. 46-54 millim. 



654. Euchromia sperchia. 



Sphinx sperchia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 14i). C (1777); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 117. 

 Zygcsna guineensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. p. 551 (1775). 

 Eicckromia interstans, Wlk. i. 221 (1854). 

 Euchro7nia leonis, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 363 (1876) ; id. 111. 



Het. i. p. 22, pi. 10. f. 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 117. 

 Euchromia bellida, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) x. p. 36(1890); Kirbv, 



Cat. Het. p. 903. 



(S . Black ; head and thorax shot Avith brilliant metallic blue ; 

 thorax at sides and coxae with Avhite patches ; abdomen Avith the 

 1st segment fulvous orange, the 4th orange-red, the 2nd and 3rd 

 AA-ith three metallic blue spots, the terminal segments Avholly 

 metallic blue ; ventral surftice black, with white medial band with 

 two white points in front of it. Fore Aving Avith metallic blue at 

 base ; a Avedge-shaped golden-yellow patch in cell and elongate 

 patch beloAv the cell ; four spots, sometimes small, beyond the cell 

 between veins 3 and 7, the tAvo loAver placed nearer the margin. 

 Hind wing with golden-yellow patch iji cell ; a patch below the cell, 

 and a large patch beyond the cell betAveen veins 2 and 7. 



2 without Avhite on coxae. 



Hab. AsHANTi, (J 5, type interstans; Sierra Leone (Foxcroft), 

 2 c? 1 $ , type Uonis. Exp. 50-52 millim. Type t helMa in Coll. 

 Mabille. 



