SYNTOMIS. 83 



113. Syntomis cerbera. 



Sphinx cerhera, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. Sfi.'i (1764) ; Drury, III. Ex. Ent. i. 



pi. 26. f. 2 ; Grain. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 83. F ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 93. 

 Syntomis fantasia, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 349 ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. '93. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen metallic blue-green ; antennae white 

 at tips ; thorax with lateral scarlet patches ; tarsi with the 1st 

 joint white ; abdomen with more or less developed scarlet patch on 

 basal segment and bands on 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments ; wings 

 metallic blue-green. Fore wing with hyaline quadrate spot below 

 base of cell ; an oblong spot in end of cell ; a large oblique patch 

 below vein 2 ; an elongate spot above vein 6 and two spots between 

 veins 3 and 5 ; cilia sometimes white near apex. Hind wing with 

 hyaline patcli below the cell and rounded spot between veins 2 

 and 3. 



Ab. 1. The hyaline spots very much reduced ; hind wing with 

 small spot at base only. 



Ab. 2. fantasia. Fore wing with an extra spot between veins 

 5 and 6. 



Ab. 3. Frons white. — Lake ^^yasa, Hills of Tcrta ; Natal, Est- 

 court. 



Ilah. Natal {J. Ilatchinson) ; Zululand ; Cape Colony, type 

 fantasia. Kvp., J 32, $ 38 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the spot in end of cell large and wedge- 

 shaped. — Kiliman'jaro {Ilannington) ; Ntasiland (Crawshay). 



Subsp. 2. francisca, Butl. Journ, Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 349; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 93. 



Syntomis curtiplaga, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) x. p. 35 (1890) ; Kirbv, 

 Cat. Het. pp. 93, 901. 



Fore wing with the spot in end of cell small and rounded. — 

 SiEERA Leone (Foxcroft), type ; Congo, type t curiiplaga in Coll. 

 Mabille; Delagoa Bay {Mrs. Monteiro). 



114. Syntomis alicia. (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Zygcena alicia, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 348 (1876); Kirby, 

 ■ Cat. Het. p. 93. 



5 . Metallic green ; thorax with lateral scarlet patches ; abdo- 

 men with scarlet patch on basal segment and bands on 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th segments ; wings shot with purple. Fore wing with 

 rounded spot below base of cell ; a truncate wedge-shaped patch in 

 end of cell ; an oblique patch below vein 2 ; an elongate spot above 

 vein 6 and two spots between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with 

 hyaline patch below the cell yellowish towards inner margin ; a 

 round spot between veins 2 and 3, sometimes with a speck above 

 vein 4. 



Hah. Abyssinia {W. C. Harris), 2 2 type. E.vj). 40 millim. 



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