SYNTOMIS. 101 



164. Syntomis flavifrons. (Plate IV. fig. :3.) 



Syntomis flavifrons, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 215 (1892). 



Black; antennae white at tijDS ; frons, a line behind the eyes, 

 and i}atchcs on tcgulas, patagia, sides of thorax, and fore coxa3 

 orange ; 1st joint of tarsi white ; abdomen with four orange bands, 

 tfche two middle ones narrow. Fore wing with subquadrate hyaline 

 spots below base and in end of cell, below origin of vein 2, between 

 veins 3 and 5, and above vein 6 ; cilia white below apex. Hind 

 wing with hyaline spot below cell, becoming yellow towards inner 

 margin, and a spot betw^een veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis ; Burma, Momeit, 2000 feet. Kvp. 31- 

 38 millim. Type t in Coll. Elwes. 



1G5. Syntomis tetrazonata, n. sp. (Plate IV. tig. 4.) 



Black ; tegulae orange ; hind tarsi with the 1st segment white ; 

 abdomen with four orange bands. Pore wing with small rounded 

 hyaline spot below base of cell ; a quadrate patch in end of cell ; 

 an oblique wedge-shaped patch below vein 2 ; an elongate spot 

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

 with hyaline patch below base of cell confluent with a patch 

 .between veins 2 and 5, 



Hah. Formosa ( W, Cawphell), 1 (S type. E.cp. 28 millim. 



*1(3(). Syntomis creobota. (Plate 111. lig. '2S.) 



Syntonm creohofa, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 393 (1893). 



c? . Black suffused with bluish purple ; pectus with orange 

 patches ; tarsi white ; abdomen with orange bands on first four seg- 

 ments not extending to ventral surface. Fore wing with small 

 round hyaline spot Ijclow base of cell ; a quadrate spot in end of 

 cell; an oblique wedge-shaped spot below vein 2, and elongate spots 

 between veins 3 and 5 and above 0. Hind wing with hyaline spot 

 below the cell and small rounded spot between veins 2 and 3. 



Hah. W. Africa, Ogove K. Ex^^. 34 millim. Tvpc t in Coll. 

 Holland. 



*167. Syntomis persica. (Plate IV. fig. 5.) 



Syntomis pei\4ca, Koll. Denksclir. Akad. Wiss. Wieii, Math.-nat. Classe, i. 

 p. 53, n. 13 (1850) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 95. 



J . Black shot with purple and greenish ; abdomen with dorsal 

 orange patch on 1st segment, dorsal and lateral bands on 3rd and 

 4th segments, and a complete band on 5th segment. Fore wing 

 with quadrate pale yellow patches below base of cell, vein 2, and in 

 end of cell ; postmcdial elongate spots above vein 6 and between 

 veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with large pale yellow patch in and below 

 .cell confluent with a patch beyond the cell. 



Hah. S. Persia. Exp. 38 millim. Type"!^ in Mus. Vienna. 



