■HYAL^THEA. 



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!B. Hind wing very small, the tennen evenly curved. 



229. Eressa siamica. 



Syntomis siamica, Wlk. xxxi. 70 (18G4) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 97. 



S . Black ; antennae white at tips ; frons, tegulae, patagia, and 

 patches on thorax above and below orange ; tarsi with the 1st 



joint white; abdomen with seven 



orange bands. Eore wing with an 



orange patch below base of cell 



and streak on inner margin ; a 



large hyaline patch in end of cell ; 



another below end of cell and vein 



2 ; a spot above vein 2, a spot 



above vein 6, and two between 



veins 3 and 5 ; cilia white below apex. Hind wing with orange 



patch below the cell and two specks between veins 2 and 5. 



Hah. SiAM {Pfeiffer), 1 S type. Ex£, 24 millim. 



Fig. 43. — Eressa siamica, (^ . 



0. Hind wing normal. 



230. Eressa discinota. 



Syntomis discinota, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 13 (1879) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, 

 i. p. 21(5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 9G. 



Black suffused with metallic green ; antennae white at tips ; palpi 

 below, frons, gulae, tegulse, patagia, and lateral spots on meso- and 



metathorax orange; thorax 

 below mostly orange ; tarsi 

 with the 1st joint white; 

 abdomen with seven orange 

 bands in male, six in female, 

 more or less completely in- 

 terrupted on dorsum. Wings 

 hyaline, with the veins and 

 margins narrowly greenish 

 black. Eore wing with yel- 

 lowish hyaline streak below costa ; vein 5 widely separated from 

 4 and approximated to 6, with a small discocellular spot between 

 them. 



Hah. Assam, Xhasi Hills, Ind. Mus. & Moore Coll., type ; Tenas- 

 SERiM. Exp. 40 millim. 



Fig, 44. — Eressa discinota, (^ . 



Genus HYALiETHEA. 



Hyalathea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix, p. 216 (1887). 



Type. 

 woodfordi. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, porrect, thickly scaled, and hardly 

 reaching beyond the frons ; antennce somewhat laminate ; fore femora fringed 

 with scales on iniier side, a tuft of scales from joint of coxje and femora ; tibiis 

 with the spurs minute. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the inner area 



