28 amatidj:. 



114. Amata alicia, insert (syns.) : — 



Syntomis alicia, var. mogadorensis, Blachier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1903, 

 p. 219, pi. 4. f. 9. 



Morocco, Mogador. 



Syntomis alicia, var. apicalis, Strand, Ent. Rundschau, xxvi. p. 109 

 (1909). 



Germ. E. Africa, Tabora. 



Syntomis damarensis, Griinb. Denk. Med. Ges. Jena, xvi. p. 122, pi. iii. 

 f. 6 (1910). 



Germ. S.W. Africa. 



114 «. Amata endocrocis. (Plate II. fig. 16.) 



Syntomis endocrocis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 338 (1903). 



5 . Black suffused with brilliant blue ; antennae white at tips ; 

 pectus with lateral scarlet patches ; abdomen with scarlet dorsal 

 patch at base and dorsal and lateral bands on 3rd, 4th, and 5th 

 segments. Fore wing with the costal area metallic green ; a 

 hyaline patch below base of cell with its lower part orange ; a 

 wedge-shaped patch in end of cell and oblique patch below vein 2 ; 

 an elongate patch above vein 6 and patches above veins 3 and 4. 

 Hind wing with a patch below base of cell, its upper part hyaline, 

 its lower part orange ; a patch above vein 2 and point above 5. 



Hah. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave),2 2 ; Mashoxalaxd, 

 Salisbury (Marshall), 4 § type. Exjp. 40 millim. 



115. Amata tomasina, insert (syn.) :— 



Amata stictoptera, Boths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 432 (1910). 



A form with the spots rather small. 



Ivory Coast, Bondoukou (JBemherton), type f $ m Coll. 

 Rothschild. 



115 a. Amata phseobasis. (Plate II. fig. 17.) 



Syntomis irtxobasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 223 (1907). 



2 . Head and thorax black shot with metallic green ; antennae 

 white at tips ; fore cox*, 1st joint of fore and mid tarsi and 1st 

 three joints of hind tarsi white ; abdomen metallic green, the three 

 medial segments dorsally brilliant blue with scarlet bands. Fore 

 wing black shot with blue, the base, basal half of cell, and costal 

 area metallic green ; a small quadrate hyaline antemedial spot 

 below the cell, a larger spot in end of cell, an oblique narrow spot 

 below base of vein 2, and small elliptical postmedial spots above 

 veins 6, 4, 3. Hind wing black shot with blue ; a bar-shaped 



