38 AMATlD.i:. 



168(7. Amata symphona. (Plate II. fig. 27.) 

 Syntomis symphona, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) xis. p. 201 (1907). 



2 • Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi yellow at base ; 

 frons yellow with a black patch ; antennae white at tips ; tegulse 

 yellow edged with black ; paired yellow patches on patagia, pro- 

 ancl metathorax ; pectus and coxae with yellow patches ; abdomen 

 with yellow patch at base, bands on 5th and 6th segments and 

 slight dorsal bars at base of 3rd and 4th segments, the anal tuft 

 with some yellow hairs. Fore wing black ; a slight yellow streak 

 below base of costa and a fascia above middle of inner margin ; a 

 hyaline patch below base of cell with some } r ellow on its inner edge ; 

 a large hyaline patch in cell, elongate patches above veins 7, 6, 4, 

 3, and above and below 2, and a small spot above vein 5 near 

 termen. Hind wing yellow with black terminal band extending on 

 costa to middle and expanding as a large patch below vein 2 to 

 middle of wing. 



Hab. N. Borneo, Tenom, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



*169rt. Amata entebi. (Plate II. fig. 28.) 

 Syntomis n'tebi, Beth.-Baker, A.M.N.H. (8) vii. p. 531 (1911). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown suffused with 

 metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; abdomen with dorsal 

 orange bands on 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments. Fore wing black- 

 brown, the costa and base of cell suffused with metallic green ; a 

 small round hyaline antemedial spot below the cell, a spot in end 

 of cell, oblique spot below vein 2, and elongate postmedial spots 

 above veins 6, 4, 3. Hind wing black-brown ; a round hyaline 

 spot below middle of cell, and postmedial spot between veins 3 

 and 2. 



Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (Jackson), type f $ in Coll. Bethune- 

 Baker. Exp. 34 millim. 



172 a. Amata elongata. (Plate II. fig. 29.) 



Syntomis elongata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiii. p. 50 (1900). 



d 1 . Grey-brown, frons and back of head orange ; antenna 1 white 

 at tips ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; abdomen with orange dorsal 

 patch on 1st segment and band on 5th. Fore wing with quadrate 

 hyaline spot in end of cell ; a small spot below base of cell and liar- 

 shaped spot below middle of it ; points above bases of veins 2, 3, 

 and 6 ; an orange spot on termen below apex. Hind wing with 

 small hyaline spot below the cell. 



Ab. 1. Much browner; the hyaline spots larger, especially those 

 below the cell and above veins 2, 3, and 6 ; hind wing with small 

 spot above base of vein 3. — Kanara. 



Hab. Bombav, Kanara (S.JY. H'aril), 1 $ ; Madras. Bd^ium 

 (Baddek), 1 6 ; Travancore, Pirmad, 3500 It. (H. G. Place, 

 Jt. S. Lara//), 3 J , 2 $ type. Exp. 34-42 millim. 



