SYNTOMIS. 103 



171. Syntomis gelatina. 



Syntomis gclatina, Hmpsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 43, pi. 139. i". 1 (1890); id. 

 Moths Ind. i. p. 214 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 92. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bronze-brown ; antennae white at 

 tips ; neck with an orange ring ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with orange-red bands on basal and 5th segments and 

 lateral spots on the intermediate segments ; wings yellowish hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black shot with pnrple. Fore wing with the 

 terminal band broad at veins 2 and 3 and from vein 5 to apex : 

 the interspace between veins 5 and 6 black, witli small hyaline spot. 

 Hind wing with the terminal band broadest at apex and vein 2. 



Hah. S.India, Nilgiri plateau (//«;yn>.?o//), 1 c^ 2 $ , type. Exp., 

 6 24, $ 28 milhm. 



172. Syntomis extensa. 



Syntomis externa, Wlk. xxxv. 18l)3 (1866); ITmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 214 ; 

 id. 111. Het. Yiii. pi. 143. f. 14 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 98. 



Brown ; antenmc white at tips ; a ring beliind head orange : 

 tarsi with the 1st joint white ; abdomen with orange dorsal patch 

 on 1st segment, a band on oth, and lateral spots on intermediate 

 segments. Fore wing elongate ; a hyaline patch below basal part 

 of cell ; a truncate wedge-shaped patch in end of cell ; sometimes a 

 small spot above vein 2 ; a triangular spot above vein 5 and an 

 elliptical spot above 6. Hind wing with a small spot below the 

 cell, often with another between it and inner margin, or these may 

 be developed into a large patch. 



In the type the spots of the fore wing are all confluent. 



Hah. Bombay, Mahableshwar, Mathcran (SivinJioe) ; Nilgiris 

 (WaViouse). type, (Lindsay, Hampson). E,rp. 42-50 millim. 



173. Syntomis khasiana. (Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Syntomi,^I:hasia)i((, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii, p. 345 (1876) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 94. 



Black shot with purple ; frons yellow ; tegulse and patagia yellow ; 

 thorax with lateral yellow patches ; tarsi with the 1st joint white ; 

 abdomen with orange bands on 1st and 5th segments and with 

 lateral spots on intermediate segments, sometimes forming nearly 

 complete bands. Fore wing with rounded hyaline spot below base 

 of cell and quadrate spot in end of it ; an oblique patch below 

 vein 2 ; a spot above vein 6 and two spots betw^een veins 3 and 5 ; 

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

 cell, yellow at inner margin, and a spot between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. Assam, Khasi Hills, 1 d" 2 2 , Moore Coll., type. Exp, 

 30-36 millim. 



