SYNTOMIS. 17 



Syntomis melas. (Plate VI. fig. 10.) 

 Syntomis melas, Walker, Cat. Lep. Ret. i. p. 133. n. 36 (1854). 



Wings transparent white ; margins and veins brown : primaries with the apical and 

 external angles with broad sinuated borders; a large spot of brown at the end of the cell. 

 Body purplish brown ; frons, two spots on the collar, tegula?, two longitudinal patches on the 

 mesothorax, two dots on the metathorax, six more or less interrupted bands on the abdomen, 

 the coxae, spots on the trochanters, and five broad ventral bands cream-colour. Expanse of 

 wings 2 inches 4 lines. 



Nepal (Hardwicke). 



Syntomis fulvescens. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Syntomis fulvescens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 132. n. 34 (1854). 

 Var. Jfaclia thyretiformis, Wattengren, Wien. ent. Hon. iv. p. 40. 

 Ceryx thyretiformis, Wallengren, I. c. vii. p. 140. 



Wings dark brown : primaries with a broad transverse band before the middle, cut by 

 the median vein, and two large bifid spots halfway between the band and the apex transparent 

 white : secondaries with a transparent submedian fascia. Body dark brown, hairy ; crest, 

 tegulae, two spots on metathorax, and three parallel longitudinal abdominal bands ochreous ; 

 anus clothed with whitish hairs. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Congo [Richardson) and South Africa. 



Syntomis pectoralis. (Plate VI. fig. 15.) 

 Syntomis pectoralis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 133. n. 35 (1854). 



Wings transparent white, the veins and margins dark brown : primaries with a band 

 from costa, across the discocellulars, to second median branch, where it unites with a large 

 subcorneal patch at external angle ; a broad apical patch and a bar through the discoidal 

 interspace dark brown. Head and thorax black ; frons and shoulders white ; metathorax 

 and base of abdomen carmine ; remainder of abdomen dark green, pectus dark brown ; coxa* 

 carmine; venter variable greenish brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



Moulmein (Clerck) and Cambodia. 



Syntomis terminalis. (Plate VII. fig. 1 .) 

 Syntomis terminalis (pt.), Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 130. n. 20 (1854). 



Wings transparent white, the veins and margins dark brown : primaries with the apical 

 area, discoidal interspace, and an irregular transverse band across the end of the cell, from 

 costa to external angle, black-brown : secondaries with the external third black-brown. 

 Head and thorax dark green ; abdomen bronzy brown ; anus tawny ; coxae and lateral series 

 of ventral spots white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4| lines. 



Africa ? 



D 



