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GENUS TYRICTACA. Walker : Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., 

 vi. p. 83 (1862). 



163. Tyrictaca apioalis. 



Tyrictaca apicalis. Walker: Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., vi. p. 84 (1862). 

 - xxxi. 23 (1864). 



a. Sarawak (type). (Wallace). 



GENUS TINTHIA. Walker: xxxi. 23 (1864). 



164. Tinthia varipes. 



Tinthia varipes. Walker: xxxi. 24 (1864). 

 Type. Celebes, in B. M. 

 a. Makessar, Celebes (2) (Wallace). 



FAMILY ZYGJENIDJE. 



SUB-FAMILY SYNTOMHOJ. 

 GENUS SYNTOMIS. Ochs. : Schm. von Eur., ii. p. 103 (1807). 



165. Syntomis cymatilis. n. sp. 



6 9 Above, of a uniform, very dark glossy black with blue green 

 reflections, caused by streaks of blue green scales on the fore-wings ; 

 the hind-wings, with the exception of the outer margins, entirely 

 suffused with that colour ; fore-wings with four small limpid spots, 

 ist sub-basal nearly round, 2nd medial nearly filling up the outer 

 third of the cell, with straight ends, 3rd discal divided by the veinlet, 

 4th small, round, above the inner end of the third and close to the 

 costa. 



Hind-wings with one sub-basal limpid dot. 



Below, the fore-wings below the median vein, and all but the base 

 of the hind-wings pale cupreous brown, the rest black suffused at 

 the base with blue green scales, especially so in the hind-wings, body 

 and legs black suffused with blue green, abdomen with a broad 

 ochreous band beyond the middle. 



The female differs in its duller colouration in having no spot on 

 the hind-wing, a small spot near the hinder angle of fore-wing, the 

 4th spot longer and more sub-apical, and in having the abdomen en- 

 circled by the ochreous band, whereas in the male the band is only 

 beneath, and not above. 



Expanse of wings <$ l^ 9 x^ inches. 

 a. Philippines (<* 9 types). 



