32 AMATIDJE. 



below the cell, spot In end of cell, oblique spot below vein 2, small 

 spot above vein 7, and spots above veins 6, 4, 3, Hind wing 

 black-brown witb semibyaline orange spot below tbe cell and 

 conjoined spots above veins 2 and 3. 



Ilab. Assam, Kbasis, type f $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 32 millim. 



132 a. Amata cholmlei. (Plate II. fig. 22.) 

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



Black suffused with brilliant metallic blue ; shoulders with orange 

 spots; fore femora and tibiae slightly streaked with orange; abdomen 

 with dorsal orange patch on basal segment, lateral orange patches on 

 2nd and 3rd segments and dorsal bands on 4th and 5th segments. 

 Fore wing with oblong semibyaline orange subbasal patch below the 

 cell, an oblong patch in end of cell, an oblique wedge-shaped patch 

 below base of vein 2, and postmedial patches above veins 6, 4, 3. 

 Hind wing with almost basal semihyaline orange patch in and below 

 the cell and on inner area and a rounded patch beyond the cell above 

 and below vein 4. 



Hob. Br. E. Africa, Mola (Cholmlei/), 3 J, 2 2 type. Exp. 

 28-30 millim. 



132 b. Amata flaviguttata. 



Syntomis flaviguttata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiii. p. 50, pi. 13. 

 f. 2 (1900). 



c? . Blue-black ; antennre white at tips ; pectus with orange 

 spots ; abdomen with orange dorsal spot on 1st segment and band on 

 5th segment. Fore wing with elliptical orange spot below base of 

 cell ; a quadrate spot in end of cell ; an oblique eliptical spot 

 below vein 2 and spots above veins 3, 4, and 6. Hind wing with 

 orange patch below and beyond the cell extending to near termen, 

 its outer edge angled above vein 2. 



Hab. Chttral, Jhela Drosh (Oapt. 8. W, Harris), 2 tf type. 

 Exp. 28 millim. 



132 c. Amata xantliograpta. (Plate III. fig. (».) 



Syntomis xanthograpta, Hmpsn. inei. 



d . Head and thorax black ; pectus with lateral yellow patches ; 

 abdomen black with yellow dorsal patch on 1st segment and band 

 on 5th segment. Fore wing black tinged with green ; a small 

 yellow subbasal spot below the cell, quadrate spot in end of cell 

 and spot below base of vein 2,. a small spot above vein 6 and spot 

 from vein 5 to just below 3 divided by black streaks on tbe veins. 

 Hind wing black with a greenish tinge ; minute yellow spots 

 below base and extremity of cell with a luimlate spot between 

 them on inner margin and rounded spot between veins 2 and 3. 



11(d). Kashmir, Gkind (Avinoff), 1 6 type. Exp. 28 millim. 



