HG HVXrOMID.K. 



cupreous red : abdomen witli cupreous red bands on first five seg- 

 ments and truces ot a b;ind on sixth segment. Fore wing with 

 hyaline spot below base of cell ; an obli(juc patch b»Iow origin of 

 vein li ; a rather wedge->haj)ed s]M)t in end of cell: an elongate 

 streak above vein <> and two spots between veins IJ and .'). Hind 

 wing with hyaline paUh below liase of cell an«l a spot between 

 veins 'J and .'>. 



JJ(if>. N. (iriNnv ( \\'<i/!(irf), 1 9 typef in Mu-^. Oxon. /;.ry#. 

 II niillim. 



iL'i'. Syiitomis passalis. 



Zi/ffttna crrf>ria, 8iil/.cr, Ot"»<'li. Iiih. pi. 'JH. f. H ^ 177*J». uec Linn. 



Z'/(/<f>in jutsMi/is, Fnbr. Sjkh*. Ini*. ii. p. l.V.i (^17*^1;; lliiip»ii. Moths Ind. 



I. p. L'l'.* ; Kirl.y.t nt. llrt. p. i»J. 

 Sphinx irti(i>'i,Vnuu. Va]*. Kx.t. iii pi »!*». F(I7«'>^). 

 St/ntomi.s liitretllit. HoimI. -Muii. Zvj* p 117. |)1. 7. f. .'» (18'J*.>>. 

 St/nft>ini» mnndtiia, iJull. .Ii.urn. lami. .S.k\, Z..oI. xii, p. .'MU ( l'<7t») ; Kirby, 



'cnt lift. p. ••:;. 



Jilack sliot with metallic green ami purple; nnti-nme whiti.sh at 

 extremity: thorax with two eupreous red streaks above jiatagia 

 and lateral patches; Ut j"iiit of tarsi and hind tibia* yellowish 

 white; abdomen with seven rather narrow cupreous re<i bands. 

 Fore wing with .'•ome cuj)reouH re<l at base and t)n base of inner 

 margin ; rounded or (piadrate hyaline spot below base and in end 

 of cell ; an obli<jue patch below vein 2; a 8j)ot above vein tJ, some- 

 times a)»scnt : a spot between veins .'{ and 4 and a H|M'ck or spot 

 between A and '). Hind wing with a spot b( tween veins J and IJ, 

 sometimes with a s|Kck ai>«jve it ; and often one or two specks 

 below » nd of cell. 



Ab. 1. montaiut : all the sjkjIs large; hind wing with the two 

 spots below end of ctll foi.joine<l into a bar. 



H(tl>. ' India,' 1\pe juoutawi {h'Hoft) : .\'*sam ; Cabutta, Moore 

 Coll.: l{angaK»re ( /•/. J'. W'affiou) ; ('(»imbatore ( ira//»o».HV) ; Cktlon 

 ( 7tm^)/t/')», 0\ Leiris). Kijt. '^^lA i millim. 



li':*.. Syntomis egenaria. ( Plate III. tig. D.) 



Si/u^">/ii.s fqcnarin, Wlk. Jinirn. Linn. So.-.. Zool. vi. p. -S"* ( l'»02) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Hct. p. V»7. 



(S . ]Uack-brown ; antennie white at tips; frons and tegulse 

 yellow: patagia and mctathorax spotted witli yellow; thorax 

 with lateral yellow patches ; abdomen with six yellow bands, 

 the bands on 2nd, iird, 5th, and 'Uh segment.s narrow. Foro 

 wing with tine yellow streak below cost a ; a basal spot and 

 (quadrate patcli below base of cell ; a fjuadrate s])ot in end 

 of cell and oblique wedge-shaped patch below vein 2; a streak 

 above middle of inner margin ; an elongate spot above vein 0, 

 usually with more or less developed spot above it : two spots 

 between veins 3 and .'). Hind Ving with the anal area expanded 

 into a large lobe, which i> folded and thickly scaled at margin ; 



