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SYNTOMin.T, 



vein 2 to just above in»icr ni;ir^Mii : a siil)trrtiiifi;il rouiuUd jtatdi 

 l)oturon vriiifl '^ .ukI '"^i »n*i "^ sinalirr ])atrh from just Im-Ionv vrin () 

 to above H. Hind wiii^' (>ranfrf\ willi terminal black baml ex- 

 imndinix on ft])iral ana and brlow viin 2; nn indintinct discoidiil 

 Hpot more prominent below. 



JIdh. Madacjascau. /•>/>. '^^^ niillim. Tvpe + in Mus. I'rankfort. 



•iMI. Thyrosticta butleri. 



SnnfnmU hutttri, Mal>. 1-e Nnt. ii V. \M ( 1 >^-l ' ; K-rhr. Oit. Hot p. 1(>7. 



/>.!'^i.a-« fTjHilUfcms, Siuilm. I>op. Mml. i. p. U'. (1884); Kirby, Cat 



7>"mJ!« rsUnMi. Saalm. Up. Mad. i. p. li:.(lSH4); Kirhy. Cat. llet. 



p. 107. 

 cf . Head and tborax black ; first two joints of pnlpi, ibe lower 

 ]iar1 of frons, jwitcbcs on patapa and mesotb(.rax, and the greater 

 part of lei;s orange ; abdomen orange, the last two srpnwnts black, 



with the anal ttift oranpe. 

 Fore wiu^ black, with 

 roniidcd orange siibbasal 

 Hjx»t ; a medial orange band 

 from below eosta to nl)Ove 

 vein 1 : a rounded subter- 

 minal spot betwe( n veins 3 

 and r> and a spot above (5. 

 Hind wing orange, with 

 terminal black band expanding towards aj.ex and at vein 2, and 

 not reaching tornus ; the underside wholly orange. 



9. Mcsothorax without the orange 8i)ot : fore wing with the 

 edinl band ending on vein 1, sometiims with acute, sometimes 

 with rounded extremity, sometimes expanding below cell; hind 

 wing with triangular black di.ncoidol patch and ternjinal band on 

 upper and undir sides. 



Ab. 1. f.rjiftlltsrrns : hind wing without the discoidal black 

 patch. 



J/ah. Mapaoascak. Kt'p.. cf 20, 'M-'.^G millim. Type+ $ 

 in Coll. Mabille; types "♦■ digliurfa c and rrttusa $ in Mus. 

 Frankfort ; t\pe t expalUscens in Mus. Liibcck. 



Fig. :A.— Th;/rofticta hu fieri, $ 



m 



Sect. IT. ITind winp with Tcin r> from near angle of cell ; antennae of male 

 with long plumoee branch w. 



A. Ilind winp on.nire, with torminal blackish band. 



n. Fore wine with ornncc spots ( ) oguthn. 



.'.. Fore wing with \ellowish-whito patch«^ (jnaflri macula. 



r. Fore wing wiili hyaline and one orange spot ( $). . ininuta. 



B. Hind wing black, with basal irregular orange patcli, 



and pntch beyond c>-ll ( $ ) ■■■ frimn'-itla. 



C. Hind wing black, with the markings hyaline {X ) ••• toilini. 



