LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 63 



Genus SYNTOMIS. 



Syntomis Bogotata. 



Faem. Fusca ; caput anticeflavum ; antenna apice aibidce ; thoracis 

 margo anticus pectorisque plagce quatuor Jlava ; abdomen 

 fasciis duabus latisflavis ; ales vitrece, spatio apicali purpureo ; 

 anticce basi fascia margineque purpureis, fascia guttam vitream 

 includente strigam extus emittente ; posticce minimce, basi 

 flavce. 



Female. Dark brown. Head yellow in front. Antennae 

 whitish above towards the tips. Thorax yellow along the fore 

 border. Pectus with two yellow patches on each side. Abdomen 

 with two broad yellow bands ; first band basal ; second on the fourth 

 segment. Wings vitreous, colourless ; apical space purple. Fore 

 wings loni? ; base, border and an irregular band purple ; baud con- 

 tracted in the middle, much dilated hindward, containing a vitreous 

 dot behind the discal areolet, emitting a broad streak to the apical 

 space. Hind wings very small ; base and basal part of the interior 

 border pale yellow. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Syntomis am a zonula. 

 Thyretes amazonula, Bd. H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. pi. 50, f. 272. 

 Africa. 



Syntomis resecta. 

 resecta, H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. pi. 50, f. 269. 

 South Africa. 



Syntomis Marsdeni. 

 Marsdeni, Moore, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1859, pi. 60, f. 3. 

 a, b. Java. Presented by the E. I. Company. 



Syntomis Vigorsii. 

 Vigorsii, Moore, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1859, pi. 60, f. 4. 

 a — d. Java. Presented by the E. I. Company. 



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