254 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



(9 a) Syy^gmma aurantiaca, sp. n. 



$ . Head pale yellow ; palpi with the second joint banded 

 with black at base and extremity ; antennae blackish except 

 at base ; thorax black ; pectus and legs yellow ; abdomen 

 orange with black lateral streaks towards extremity^ the anal 

 tuft black, the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing deep 

 orange, the base and costal area to beyond middle black ; a 

 black anteraedial line ; a black discoidal lunule conjoined to 

 the black costal area; the terminal area black, expanding 

 at apex and running along inner margin to below end of: cell, 

 where it expands into a rounded lobe touching the discoidal 

 lunule ; cilia white with a black line near base, tinged with 

 luscous towards tornus. Hind wing deep orange; a black 

 discoidal bar with oblique line from it to inner margin ; a 

 black terminal band expanding at apex and below vein 2 ; 

 cilia yellowish white to vein 2, then black. 



Hub. Singapore [Ridley) y 1 ? type. Exp. 16 mm, 



(19 a) Syngamia albiceps, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax cupreous brown, the former with 

 white patch on vertex ; palpi white at base ; pectus and legs 

 ochrcous white, the fore tibiae banded with black at extremity; 

 abdomen pale yellow, the penultimate segment with white 

 dorsal band and subdorsal black points, the anal segment 

 with dorsal and lateral white streaks and subdorsal black 

 streaks. Fore wing cupreous brown, the inner half pale 

 yellow from before the antemedial line to the postmedial 

 line confluent with a patch beyond lower angle of cell; a 

 curved blackish antemedial line ; a slight black discoidal 

 lunule with small white spot before it ; postmedial line 

 blackish defined on outer side by white towards costa, where 

 it expands into a small spot with some white before and 

 beyond it, minutely waved, at vein 2 retracted to below end 

 of cell, then slightly angled outwards in submedian fold ; 

 cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing pale yellow, 

 the terminal area broadly tinged with cupreous brown; a 

 blackish discoidal striga ; postmedial line blackish, bent 

 inwards at vein 2 to below end of cell, then oblique to inuer 

 margin ; cilia white with a blackish line through them. 



Hub. Singapore {Ricl/cy), 1 ^ type. Ujj). 22 mm. 



(21 (?) Synyamia an(vmicalis , sp. n. 



cJ . Yellowish white ; head and thorax tinged with brown ; 

 palpi black, the base and third joint wiiite; sides of frons 



