SYFANIA. 633 



Bcales round the leaden marks ; the postmedial line double, strongly 

 dentate inwards on vein 2 ; pairs of small orange wedge-shaped 

 subterminal marks on each side of the veins. Hind wing with 

 yellow spots in middle and below end of cell, and a bar just beyond 

 discocellulars ; an orange bar from submedian fold to tornus, the 

 inner margin fringed with orange ; cilia yellow from apex to vein 2 ; 

 underside with broad orange fascia on costa from near base to 

 beyond middle and streak on inner area ; the interspaces of ter- 

 minal area with yellow patches narrowing from costa to vein 2. 

 Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 c? . Eccj). 36 millim. 



176. Syfania giraudeaui. 



Syfania giraudeaui, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 19, pi. v. f. 74 (1893). 

 Syfania oherthuri, Alph. Iris, viii. p. 184 (1895) ; id. Eom. Mem. ix. 

 p. 126, pi. 9. f. 5. 



$ . Black ; palpi banded with yellowish white ; frons pale yellow 

 at sides ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax streaked with pale yellow ; 

 pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen with the hair pale 

 yellow, tibiae with orange hair ; abdomen with pale yellow dorsal 

 segmental lines. Fore wing with leaden streak on basal half of 

 vein 1, a spot in middle of cell, and discoidal bar ; orange spots below 

 base of costa in middle and in and below end of cell ; streaks below 

 the cell and on base of inner area ; a postmedial band from below 

 costa to vein 3 ; some yellow scales round the leaden marks : a 

 double postmedial line strongly angled inwards on vein 2 : pairs of 

 small orange wedge-shaped subterminal spots on each side of the 

 veins, and a more prominent spot above tornus. Hind wing with 

 pale yellow spot in middle of cell, a quadrate spot below its extremity, 

 and large patch beyond the cell ; a subterminal spot below vein 2, 

 and series of points between it and apex ; underside with broad 

 orange fascia on costa from base to beyond middle, a terminal 

 yellow band narrowing to a point at vein 1. 



Ab. 1. oherthuri. Hind wing with the spots in, below, and beyond 

 the cell conjoined. 



Hah. N.W. China, Kham Country ; W. China, How-kow, 1 $ , 

 Wa-ssu-kou, 1 $ , Oua-se, Yu-tong, Tchang-kou. Ex]). 40 millim. 



177. Syfania bieti. 



Agarista bieti, Oberth. Bull. See. Ent. Fr. (6) v. p. ccxxviii (1886) ; id. Et. 

 Ent. xi. p. 20, pi. ii. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 



Black ; palpi banded with yellow ; sides of frons yellow ; tegulas, 

 patagia, and thorax streaked with yellow ; the hair on legs and 

 ventral surface of abdomen orange. Fore wing with leaden-coloured 

 streak on basal half of vein 1, a spot in middle of cell, and discoidal 

 bar ; orange spots in middle and in and below end of cell, and a 

 postmedial band from below costa to vein 3 ; streaks formed of 

 orange scales below the cell and on inner margin, two spots below 



