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elongate patch above vein 6 and spot above vein 7. Hind wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with no spot above vein 2. — Andamans. 



Hah. MouLMEiN ( C/er^') , type; Tenasserim, Dawnat Hills (De 

 Niceville) ; Cambodia. {Mouhot). Type t hasWufa in Mus. Oxon. 

 Eccp. 26-32 millim. 



75. Syntomis thoracica. 



Pkacusa thoracica, Moore, A. M. N, H. (4) xx. p. 343 (1877) ; id. Lep. 

 Ceyl. ii. p. 38, pi. 95. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 224 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 105. 



Blue-black ; antennae white at tips ; thorax crimson below ; 



metathorax and first two segments 

 of abdomen crimson. Fore wing 

 with wedge-shaped milky hyaline 

 patch in cell ; an elongate patch 

 below the cell and vein 2 extend- 

 ing nearly to tornus ; a spot above 

 Y\^,?>2.— Syntomis thoracica, (S. \. vein 2; two spots in interspaces 



between veins 3 and 5 extending 

 nearly to tcrmen ; a large spot above vein 6 and small spot above 

 vein 7. Hind wing hyaline ; the veins black ; the margins rather 

 broadly black, terminal band with a projection running up vein 2. 



Hah. Ceylon, type Moore Coll. {E. E. Green). E.vp., cS 20, 

 2 28 millim. 



76. Syntomis phcenicozona. (Plate II. fig. 13.) 



Syntomis jphcanicozona, Hmpsn. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p, 284 

 (1897). 



(5 . Black ; antennae white at tips ; thorax with crimson patches 

 below ; metathorax and 1st segment of abdomen crimson ; wings 

 with the terminal area sufifused with dull blue. Fore wing with 

 short wedge-shaped hyaline patch in end of cell and irregular 

 quadrate patch below the end ; a small postmedial spot above vein 6 

 and two in interspaces between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with 

 two small hyaline postmedial spots in interspaces between veins 2 

 and 5. 



Hah. Andamans, type Moore Coll. Exp. 20 millim. 



77. Syntomis humeralis. (Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Hydrusa humera/is, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 352 (1876) ; Kirbv, 

 Oat. Het. p. 101. 



2 ' Black-brown ; head, tegula?, and patagia orange-yellow ; 

 antennae and a band between their bases black ; metathorax with 

 an orange patch ; abdomen with six bands and the extremity orange. 

 Fore wing with orange spot below base of cell ; an oblique wedge- 



