LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 67 



Male. Luteous. Antennae short, stout, slightly pectinated. 

 Disk of the thorax black. Abdomen with two black stripes, which 

 are united at the base and are abbreviated at the tip; two black 

 bands, one subapical, the other apical ; a black tuft along each side 

 of the apical segment. Legs and wings black. Fore wings with 

 four large colourless vitreous spots, two before the middle and two 

 beyond the middle. Hind wings with a broad colourless vitreous 

 discal stripe, which does not extend to the tip. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Most allied to S. Ochsenheimerii, but differing much in the 

 markings of the abdomen and in the smaller size of the markings 

 of the wings. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Syntomfs macrospila. 



Fcem. Nigro-viridis, cyaneo suffusa ; antenna apice albce ; abdo- 

 men fasciis duabus angustis argenteis, apice rufo ; alee antica 

 longissimce, latiuscula>, maculis quatuor maximis vitreis ; pos- 

 ticce macula magna vitrea. 



Female. Blackish green, tinged with blue. Antennae white 

 towards the tips. Abdomen with two narrow silvery bands ; the 

 first basal, the other interrupted beyond the middle ; tip red ; under 

 side with two silvery bands between the first and second dorsal 

 bands. Fore wings very long, rather broad, with four very large 

 vitreous colourless spots; first and second spots very long ; fourth 

 larger than the third, intersected by the second inferior vein. Hind 

 wings short, with a large vitreous colourless spot, which extends 

 from the base to the middle. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



It resembles S. Irnaon and S. Atereus as regards the wings, 

 but is quite different in the colouring of the abdomen. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Syntomis velatipennis. 



Foem. Nigro-viridis ; antennce apice albec ; pectus maculis duabus 

 coccineis ; abdomen fasciis quatuor coccineis ; alee anticce 

 latiusculce; posticce parvce. 



