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posterior margins black ; space between the submedian vein and 

 posterior margin pale yellow ; a broad transverse discocellular black 

 quadrate spot, which is recurved outwards : hind wing with the an- 

 terior border pale yellow, and having a small discoidal black spot ; 

 apex and exterior margin black ; posterior margin tinged with yellow. 

 Spot on front of head, coxae, legs above, and band on each segment 

 of abdomen beneath white. Collar round thorax, tegulae, spots on 

 thorax, and band on each segment of abdomen above orange-yellow ; 

 tip of abdomen in male purplish black, in female yellowish grey. 

 Proboscis, palpi, antennae, and legs beneath black, the antennae 

 tipped with white. 



Expanse, d 1 l T 4 jj, $ If inch. 



2. Syntomis sladeni, Moore, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 5.) 



Female. Wings hyaline, veins jet-black ; body black, with orange- 

 yellow bands : fore wing with a jet-black costal border of exterior 

 and posterior margins, a narrow longitudinal streak extending from 

 the discocellular vein halfway across the disk ; veins at the base of 

 wing tinged with orange-yellow : hind wing with a narrow jet-black 

 border extending all round, with a short curved streak extending 

 upward from middle of the exterior margin. Proboscis, palpi, an- 

 tennae, and eyes black. Legs black beneath, whitish above. Spot 

 on front of head, collar round thorax, streak on tegulae, spots on 

 thorax above and beneath, streak on coxae, and band on each seg- 

 ment of abdomen deep orange-yellow. 



Expanse lj^inch. 



3. Svntomis grotei, Moore, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 4.) 



Female. Wings hyaline, veins brownish black ; body black, with 

 orange-yellow bands : fore wing with the base of costal and posterior 

 margins orange-yellow; costa and posterior margins anteriorly and 

 exterior margin black ; a small space within base of discoidal cell, a 

 streak beneath extending to the submedian vein, a streak anteriorly 

 on median vein, space between the discoidal veinlets except a small 

 rounded hyaline exterior spot, and a short space upwards from ex- 

 terior margin between the second and third median veinlets brownish 

 black : hind wing with a brownish-black border tinged with orange- 

 yellow on anterior margin ; a short black streak extending upward 

 from exterior margin. Proboscis, palpi, and antennae black. Front 

 of head, collar, streak on tegulae, spots on thorax, coxae, and band 

 on each segment of abdomen orange-yellow. Legs yellowish white 

 above, brown beneath. 



Expanse lg inch. 



4. Syntomis atkinsoni, Moore, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 2.) 



Male and female. Bluish black, body with a slight purplish tinge : 

 fore wing with seven transparent spots, the first near the base, small, 

 rounded, the second occupying the anterior portion of the cell, the 

 third below the cell and extending obliquely to near the posterior 

 angle, the fourth and fifth divided by the first or upper median 



