SYNIOMIS. 105 



Hob. Japan, Yezo {G. Lewis), Tokio (Fenton), type erebina, (Jonas, 

 W, Andrews). Kvj). 36-40 millim. 



177. Syntomis cyssea. 



Sphinx cf/sseus, Stoll. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 124, pi. 355. B (1782) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Lid. i. p. 213 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 90. 

 ZygcBna collaris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. i. p. 388 (1793). 

 Syntomis schmierrhi, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. p. 112, pi. 7. f. 1 (1829). 

 Syntomis cuprca, Prittw. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxviii. p. 277 (18G7). 

 Syntomis qeoryina, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 345 (187()) ; Hmpsn 



Moths Ind. i. p. 213, & iy. p. 465 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 91. 

 Syntomis cysseoides, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xii. p. 34(5 (1876) 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 35, pi. 95. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 90. 



Black -brown ; frons and neck orange; antennae white at tips; 



ihorax with lateral yellow spots; 1st joint of hind tarsi white; 



abdomen with orange bands on basal and 5th segments ; wings 

 very slightly shot with purple ; a rounded 

 hyaline white or yellowish spot below 

 base of cell ; a quadrate patch in end of 

 cell ; an oblique quadrate patch below 

 base of vein 2, often with a speck above 

 vein 2 ; a postmedial spot above vein () 

 Fig. 3iy.— Syntomis cys.<ea, .^^d ^wo spots between veins 3 and 5. 



/^ Ti/r fu t" 1 1 • ^ Hind wiug with hyaline patch below the 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. 1.) „ , *^ •>! n ^ i • 



cell, edged with yellow towards inner 



margin ; a postmedial spot between veins 2 and 3. 



Ab. 1. Frons black-brown, {a) cysseoules, the hyaline spots large. 

 (h) georgina, the spots small. 



ffab. Kangra (Hocking) ; Nepal ; Sikhim, Moore Coll. ; Calcutta 

 (Hearsay); Karachi, Bombay, Mhow (StumJioe) ; Nilgiris, type 

 cysseoides (Hampson); Ceylon, type georgina (Templeton, Yerbury). 

 Exp. 2G-34 millim. Type collaris in Mus. Copenhagen, examined 

 by Prof. Aurivillius. 



*178. Syntomis insueta. 



Syntomis insueta, Swiuli. Cat. Ilet. Mus. Oxon. p. 41, pi. ii. 1". 16 (1892). 



2 . Black shot with copper ; antennae white at tips ; frons and 

 neck orange ; abdomen witb orange bands on 1st and 5th segments. 

 Pore wing with small hyaline spots below the cell, in end of 

 cell, and between veins 3 and 5. Hind wing with small hyaline 

 patch below the cell, yellow towards inner margin. 



Hab. Calcutta, Barrackpore ; 1 5 type t in Mus. Oxon. Exj). 

 32 millim. 



170. Syntomis albapex. 



Syntomis ulhapcx, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 62, pi. 157. f. 1 (1893) ; id. 

 Moths Ind. i. p. 214 



S . Dark brown ; antennae white at tips ; vertex of head and a 

 ring round neck orange ; thorax with lateral orange patches ; 



