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77 a. Amata prosomoea. (Plate I. fig. 20.) 



Syntomis prosomcea, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxix. p. 850 (1905). 



d . Black-brown ; head except palpi, tegulae, and patagia except 

 at base orange ; metathorax with orange spot ; pectus with lateral 

 spots, femora orange above; abdomen with dorsal spot at base 

 followed by six orange bands, the anal tuft black, orange at ex- 

 tremity. Fore wing with semihyaline orange-tinged streak below 

 base of eosta : quadrate spots below base and in end of cell ; an 

 oblique wedge-shaped spot below vein 2; streaks above veins (>, 7, 

 and spots above veins 3, 4. Hind wing with almost basal orange 

 band with irregular outer edge emitting a streak in cell to the 

 elongate spot above vein 2; a spot above vein 3 and slight spot 

 above vein 6. 



Jlab. Quee^slaxd, Brisbane {Turner), 2 S . Exp. 34 millim. 



*77fi. Amata dyschlaena. (Plate I. fig. 21.) 

 Syntomis dyschlsma, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxix. p. 855 (1905). 



6 ■ Black-brown, the markings dull reddish orange ; head reddish 

 orange, the palpi, antemue, and a band between their bases black ; 

 teguhe, patches on patagia, metathorax, and sides of pectus orange ; 

 abdomen with dorsal orange patch on 1st segment followed by six 

 bands and a small spot on anal tuft ; wings tinged with dull reddish. 

 Fore wing with small quadrate reddish orange semihyaline spots 

 below base and in end of cell ; a wedge-shaped spot below base of 

 vein 2, spots above veins 3, 4, an elongate spot above 6 and slight 

 reddish orange marks above 5 and 7. Hind wing with dull reddish 

 orange basal patch in and below cell not conjoined to the small spots 

 above veins 2 and 3. 



2 . Abdomen with five bands beyond the basal patch, the anal 

 tuft brownish; fore wing with dull reddish orange streak below 

 eosta. 



Hah. Queensland, Townsville, type f in Coll. Turner. Exp. 32 

 millim. 



80 b. Amata madurensis. (Plate I. fig. 23.) 



Syntomis madurensis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 166 (1901). 



d . Antenna? with long branches ; black-brown ; frons and 

 patagia with orange patches ; hind tibiae with orange streak ; tarsi 

 with the 1st joint orange ; abdomen with orange bands on 1st and 

 5th segments and small spots on terminal segment. Fore wing 

 with quadrate hyaline spots below base and in end of cell ; an oblique 

 spot below vein 2; spots above veins 3 and 4 and a smaller s] tot 

 above 6. Hind wing with orange medial hand from cell to inner 

 margin. 



J I ah. Madras, Madura, Ammanayanahramir (Campbell), 

 4 J type, Palnis, Kodaikanal {Campbell), 1 6 . Exp. 22 millim. 



