20 AMATIDM. 



109. Amata trifenestrata, insert (syn.) : — 



Amata henrici, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 437 (1910), & xix. p. 376, pi. iv. 

 f. 4. 



Damma I. (KiiJui), type f 2 m Coll. Rothschild. 



110 a. Amata miozona. 



Syntomis miozona, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 389. pi. xxxvi. f. 2. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep metallic green ; frons pure 

 white ; antenna} white at tips ; pectus with lateral crimson patches ; 

 basal joint of tarsi white ; abdomen with dorsal crimson patch at 

 base. Fore wing deep metallic green ; a hyaline patch below base 

 of cell, wedged-sbaped patch in end of cell, oblique patch below 

 vein 2 and elongate patches above vein 6 and below veins 1 and 3 ; 

 cilia white below apex. Hind wing deep metallic t>Teen with 

 hyaline patches below the cell and beyond the cell between veins 1 

 and 2. 



Ilab. N.E. Rhodesia, Fort Jameson (Heave), 1 $ type; 

 Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 2 5 . Exp. 40 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Wings more purplish black except costal area of fore 

 wing ; cilia not white below apex. 



JLab. Germ. E. Africa, Magila, 3 $ . Exp. 30 millim. 



110 1. Amata croceizona. 



Syntomis croceizona, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 389, pi. xxxvi. f. 3. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with metallic green ; 

 tarsi with the basal joint white ; abdomen with orange-red dorsal 

 patch at base. Fore wing black shot with purple, the costal area 

 with a metallic green tinge ; a small hyaline spot below the cell 

 near base, a quadrate patch in end of cell, an oblique patch below 

 vein 2 and elongate spots above vein 6 and below veins 4 and 3 ; 

 cilia white towards apex. Hind wing black shot with purple, a 

 hyaline patch below the cell and small spot between veins 4, 3. 



Ah. 1. Wings shot with metallic green instead of purple. 



Rab. N.W. Rhodesia, Alala plateau (Weave), 4 $ ; N.E. 

 Rhodesia, Eangweolo Distr. (Weave), 1 2 > Kolungwisi Valley 

 (Weave), 2 $ type. Exp. 30 millim. 



\\\a. Amata consimilis. (Plate II. fig. 14.) 



Syntomis consimilis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 167 (1901). 



Black shot with metallic blue-green ; antennae white at tips ; 

 neck cupreous red at sides ; pectus with cupreous lateral patches ; 

 fore coxae white in front ; abdomen with cupreous dorsal patch at 

 base, conjoined lateral spots on 1st five segments and usually 

 obsolescent dorsal bands on 1th and 5th segments. Fore wing 



