SYNTOMTS. 99 



white ; teguliic, meso- and metathorax with orange patches ; thorax 

 below with orange patches ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with five orange bands. ^ore wing with white basal 

 patch and streak below vein 1 ; a hyaline streak below base of 

 costa ; a wedge-shaped patch in cell ; a patch below base of cell ; 

 an oblique patch below end of cell and vein 2 ; elongate patches 

 above veins 6 and 7 ; a patch above vein 2 and two between veins 

 3 and 5. Hind wing with a patch below the cell, becoming orange 

 at inner margin and often confluent with the patch between 

 veins 2 and 5. 



The hyaline patches vary much in extent ; in Sikhim specimens 

 they are smallest, one having the spot above vein 7 of fore wing 

 absent ; in examples from Sylhet they are larger ; largest in 

 Burmese specimens, this last being the form named disrupta. 



Hah. Sikhim, Moore Coll. ; Assaim, Sylhet, type, Khasis ; Buema, 

 Khyen Hills, Upper Tenassorim, type disrupta, Dawnat llange {L. 

 de Mceville). Erp. 36-40 millim. 



159. Syiitomis compta. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



Syntomis compta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 89 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 95. 



c^ . Head and thorax black ; frons, tegulae, patagia, and patches 

 on thorax, pectus, and legs orange ; abdomen greenish black with 

 five orange bands ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. 

 Fore wing with orange streaks below costa and above inner margin ; 

 the interspaces between veins 5 and 6 black ; the terminal band 

 <3xpanding towards apex and slightly above vein 2. Hind wing 

 with the costa and inner margin orange ; the terminal black band 

 expanding towards apex and dentate below vein 2. 



Hah. Assam, Khasi Hills, 1 (S {Godwin-Austen). Exjy. 38 

 millim. Typet in Mus. Exeter. 



160. Syntomis pentazonata, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 27.) 



Black with a slight purple gloss ; frons, tegulge, and large spots 

 on patagia orange ; thorax with lateral orange spots ; antenna) 

 white at tips ; tarsi with the 1st joint white; abdomen with five 

 orange bauds. Fore wing with quadrate yellowish hyaline spot 

 below base of cell ; a wedge-shaped patch in end of cell ; an oblique 

 patch below vein 2 extending nearly to termen ; a spot above vein 6 

 and small spot above 7 ; two large spots between veins 3 and 5 ; 

 cilia white below apex. Hind wing with hyaline spot below the 

 cell, becoming orange towards inner margin ; a postmedial spot 

 between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Burma, N. Khyen Hills {E. Y, Watson), 1^1$, types. 

 Exp. 30-3G millim. 



h2 



