OCT A 490] 
THE ANNALS 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
[SEVENTH SERIES, ] 
No. 45. SEPTEMBER 1901. 
XXIV.—New Species of Syntomide and Arctiade, 
By Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., B.A. 
THE following species of Syntomide and Arctiade form a 
first supplement to the first three volumes of the ‘Catalogue 
of Lepidoptera Phaleenz of the British Museum,’ and the 
numbers before the species indicate the position of the species 
in the classification adopted in those volumes. 
Syntomide. 
28a. Ceryx pleurasticta, sp. n. 
é. Purple-black ; back of head orange; pectus with lateral 
orange spots ; tarsi with the first joint white; abdomen with 
dorsal orange patch on first segment and band on fifth, the 
intermediate segments with lateral spots. Fore wing with 
hyaline spot below the cell near base ; a wedge-shaped patch 
in end of cell and another below base of vein 2; a round 
spot above base of vein 2 and more elongate spots above veins 
3,4, and 6. Hind wing with hyaline patch below middle of 
cell and round spot above vein 2. 
Hab. Kanara, Siddapah (Davidson), 1 g type. Lap. 
24 millim. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. viii. 13 
