SYFANIA. 633 



scales round the leaden marks ; the postniedial line double, strongly 

 dentate inwards on vein 2 ; pairs of small orange wedge-shaped 

 subtermiiial marks on each side of the veins. Hind wing with 

 yellow spots iu middle and below end of cell, and a bar just beyond 

 discocellulars ; an orange bar from submedian fold to tornus, the 

 inner margin fringed with orange ; cilia yellow from apex to vein 2 ; 

 underside with broad orange fascia on costa from near base to 

 beyond middle and streak on inner area ; the interspaces of ter- 

 minal area with yellow patches narrowing from costa to vein 2. 

 Eah. \s. Cnt.vv, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 (S . Kxp. 30 millim. 



176. Syfania giraudeaui. 



Stjfania giraudeaui, Oberth. Et. Eut. xviii. p. 19, pi, v. 1'. 74 (1893). 

 Syfania oberthuri, Alph. Iris, viii. p. 184 (1895); id. Rom. Mem. ix. 

 p. 12C, pi. 9. f. 5. 



5 . Black ; palpi banded with yellowish white ; frons pale yellow 

 at sides ; tegulte, patagia, and thorax streaked with pale yellow : 

 pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen with the hair pale 

 yellow, tibice with orange hair ; abdomen with pale yellow dorsal 

 segmental lines. Fore wing with leaden streak on basal half of 

 vein 1, a spot iu middle of cell, and discoidal bar ; orange spots below 

 base of costa in middle and in and below end of cell ; streaks below 

 the cell and on base of inner area ; a postmedial band from below 

 costa to vein 3 ; some yellow scales round the leaden marks ; a 

 double postmedial line strongly angled inwards on vein 2 ; pairs of 

 small orange wedge-shaped subterminal spots on each side of the 

 veins, and a more prominent spot above tornus. Hind wing with 

 pale yellow spot iu middle of cell, a quadrate spot below its extremity, 

 and large patch beyond the cell ; a subterminal spot below vein 2, 

 and series of points between it and apex ; underside with broad 

 orange fascia on costa from base to bej'ond middle, a terminal 

 yeUow band narrowing to a point at vein 1. 



Ab. 1. oherthuri. Hind wing with the spots iu, below, and beyond 

 the cell conjoined. 



Hah. N.W. China, Kham Country; W. China, How-kow, 1 $, 

 Wa-ssu-kou, 1 5 , Oua-se, Yu-tong, Tchang-kou. Exp. 40 millim. 



1 77. Syfania bieti. 



Agarisfa bieti, Oberth. P.iill. Soo. ImiI. Fr. ((>) v. p. ccxxviii (1886) ; id. ^t. 

 Ent. xi. p. 20, pi. ii. f . 1 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 35. 



Black; pal[)i Ijanded with j'cllow ; sides of frons yellow ; tegula?, 

 patagia, and thorax streaked with yellow ; the hair on legs and 

 ventral surface of abdomen orange. Fore wing with leaden-coloured 

 streak on basal half of vein 1, a s])ot in middle of cell, and discoidal 

 bar; orange H[)ot3 in middle and in and below end of cell, and a 

 postmedial band from below costa to vein 3 ; streaks formed of 

 orange scales below the cell and on inner margin, two spots below 



