1910.] MOTHS FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA. 389 



SYNTOMIDiE. 



Ceryx albimacula Wlk. i. 128 (1854). 

 Congo, Katanga., Kambove. 



Trich^eta pterophorina Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1892, p. 139. 

 Congo, Lualaba R. ; N.E. Rhodesia, Luangwa R., Charnbezi R. 



Trich^eta fulvescens Wlk. i. 132 (1854). 



N.E. Rhodesia, Luangwa clistr., Chinsala distr., Bangweolo 

 distr., Charnbezi R., Kalungwisi clistr. 



Syntomis hemiphcenica, sp. n. (PI. XXXVI. fig. 1.) 



<$ . Head and thorax black with a faint metallic gloss ; antenna? 

 white at tips ; frons white ; tarsi whitish at base ; abdomen 

 crimson, the last three segments and the ventral surface black 

 with a faint metallic gloss. Fore wing black with a faint metallic 

 gloss ; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch in cell, an oblique patch 

 below vein 2 and elongate patches above veins 7, 6, 4, 3. Hind 

 wing black with a faint metallic gloss ; a large hyaline patch 

 below the cell from before middle to near tornus and a round 

 patch beyond the cell above vein 2. 



5 . Abdomen with dorsal maculate black fascia on segments 

 3 to 5. 



Hob. Congo, Kambove distr. (Reave), 1 6 , 2 $ type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



Syntomis miozona, sp. n. (PI. XXXVI. fig. 2.) 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen deep metallic green ; frons 

 pure white ; antenna? white at tips ; pectus with lateral crimson 

 patches ; basal joint of tarsi white ; abdomen with dorsal crimson 

 patch at base. Fore wing deep metallic green ; a hyaline patch 

 below base of cell, wedge-shaped patch in end of cell, oblique 

 patch below vein 2 and elongate patches above vein 6 and below 

 veins 4 and 3 ; cilia white below apex. Hind wing deep metallic 

 green with hyaline patches below the cell and beyond the cell 

 between veins 4 and 2. 



Sab. N.E. Rhodesia, Fort Jameson (Reave), 1 5 type. Exp. 

 40 mm. 



Subsp. i. Wings more purplish black except costal area of fore 

 wing ; cilia not white below apex. 



Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Magila, 3 5 • Exp. 30 mm. 



Differs from S. ceres in the frons being white. 



Syntomis croceizona, sp. n. (PL XXXVI. fig. 3.) 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with metallic green ; 

 tarsi with the basal joint white ; abdomen with orange-red dorsal 

 patch at base. Fore wing black shot with purple, the costal area 

 with a metallic green tinge ; a small hyaline spot below the cell 



