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Hind-wings with two large limpid spots, 1st within the cell, sub- 

 basal, 2nd discal, each with a small dot above it. Underside as 

 above, thorax with some golden yellow marks, abdomen black with 

 three golden bands in its middle, legs black. 



Expanse of wings I T 6 Q inches. 

 a. New Guinea (type). (Wallace). 



178. Syntomis linearis. 



Syntomis linearis. Walker: xxxi. 77 (1864). 

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



179. Syntomis tetragonaria. 



Syntomis tetragonaria. Walker: Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., vi. 87 (1862). 

 xxxi. 65 (1864). 



a. Sarawak (type). (Wallace). b. Sarawak (Wallace). 



180. Syntomis midas. 



Syntomis midas. Butler : Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., 1876, p. 344. 

 Syntomis fenestrata. Walker: xxxi. 73 (1864). 



a. Cambodia, Siam (type of fenestrata). (Mouhot). 



Walker's type is a male, not a female, as stated by him. His name 

 must sink because it is pre-occupied in the genus by Drury : 111. 

 Nat. Hist., ii. p. 50, pi. 28, f. 5. 



181. Syntomis marsdeni. 



Syntomis marsdeni. Moore : P. Z. S., Lond., 1859, p. 197, pi. 60, f. 3. 



- Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 323 (1859). 



Syntomis xanthomela. Walker : Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., iii. p. 184 (1859). 

 Syntomis contermina. Walker : xxxi. 78 (1864). 



Type. Java, in B. M. 



a. Singapore (type of xanthomela). (Wallace). b. Singapore 



(type of contermina). (Wallace). 



182. Syntomis frustulenta. n. sp. 



$ Antennae, top of head, thorax and wings black, frons, space 

 behind the eyes, collar, sides of thorax, spot behind and abdomen 

 bright golden yellow, abdomen with black segmental bands and anal 

 tuft. 



Wings with small limpid spots, fore-wings with some golden hairs 

 at the base and with three bands of limpid spots, 1st consisting 

 of one squarish spot, sub-basal, 2nd of two medial, the lower one 

 squarish, the upper one elongate, 3rd of two discal, the lower one 

 of the usual kind divided by the third median branch, the upper 

 one elongate and thin ; hind-wing with a square sub-basal large spot 

 and a smaller round discal spot, base of wing tinged with golden. 

 Underside as above, pectus and thorax black, the latter with golden 



