280 



wings and the medial area of fore wing suffused with purplish 

 fuscous. 



Hob. W. and E. tropical Africa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma. Exp. 20-22 millim. 



4825. Syngamia floridalis, Zell. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1852, p. 60. 

 Glyphodes calidalis, Guen. DeU. & Pyr. p. 294 ; C. $ S. no. 4180. 

 Syngamia octavialis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 334 ; C. # S. no. 4237. 

 Syngamia merionealis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 334. 



Syngamia tiphalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 335. 



Hyalea fulvidalis, Wallenyr. Wien. ent. Mon. 1860, p. 174. 



Botys witialis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 135, fig. 8. 



Fiery red and yellow ; palpi purplish black above ; collar, first 

 and last abdominal segments, and anal tuft purplish black. Fore 



wing with the base of costa pur- 

 plish black ; a straight antemedial 

 line ; the outer half of wing pur- 

 plish black, with a large postmedial 

 oval yellow patch extending from 

 costa to vein 2. Hind wing with 



the base fiery red ; a black disco- 



-p- 169 cellular speck ; the area beyond 



Syngamia floridalis, <$. }. the *& y ellow \ ^ e oute / area 



purplish black, its inner edge ex- 

 curved from costa to vein 2, then bent inwards ; cilia of both 

 wings white, slightly fuscous at middle. 



Hob. S. Africa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; the 

 Malayan subregion ; New Hebrides ; Duke of York Island ; Tahiti. 

 Exp. 18 millim. 



4826. Syngamia vibiusalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 634. 



. Pale yellow ; the palpi fuscous, white below ; head and 

 thorax suffused with fuscous ; abdomen with black line before the 

 anal tuft, which is tipped with black. Fore wing with slight 

 fuscous suffusion on basal costal area ; a curved antemedial line ; 

 a discocellular lunule ; the postmedial line excurved between veins 

 5 and 2, then retracted to origin of vein 2 and excurved again, the 

 area beyond it purplish fuscous. Hind wing: with oblique ante- 

 medial line ; a sinuous submarginal line with the area beyond it 

 purplish fuscous ; cilia whitish, fuscous at base. 



Hob. Congo ; Nilgiris ; Rangoon. Exp. 18 millim. 



4827. Syngamia falsidicalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 370 ; C. $8. no. 4343. 



Fuscous brown ; palpi white below ; frons with lateral white 

 lines ; abdomen slightly ringed with white, the anal tuft marked 

 with fulvous, black, and white. Fore wing with curved black 

 antemedial line ; a discocellular yellow lunule ; the postmedial line 

 nearly straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to origin of 

 vein 2 and excurved again, a large yellow patch on its inner side 



