68 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Blackish green. Antennag white towards the tips on 

 the upper side. Pectus with a crimson spot on each side. Abdomen 

 with four crimson dorsal bands ; first band basal, the other three in 

 the middle part. Fore wings long, rather broad. Hind wings small. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



The colouring of the wings of this Syntomis quite distinguish 

 it from other species of the genus. It has some affinity to S. nos- 

 talis. 



a. Abyssinia. Presented by the Secretary for Indian Affairs. 



Syntomis apertens. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; antenna subserrata ; abdomen fascia basali 

 lutea, apice cano ; alee vitrea apice purpureo-cuprea ; antica 

 basi fasciaque lata interrupta purpureo-cupreis, fascia strigam 

 emittente. 



Male. Brownish black. Antennae very minutely serrated. 

 Abdomen with a luteous band at the base ; tip hoary. Wings 

 vitreous, colourless, broadly purplish cupreous at the tips. Fore 

 wings purplish cupreous at the base ; a broad interrupted band of 

 the same hue emitting a streak along the first inferior vein to the 

 opaque apical part. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



Most allied to S. Imaon and to S. Atereus, differing from the 

 former by the white tips of its antennae, from the latter by having 

 no band across the middle of the abdomen. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Syntomis incipiens. 



Mas. Nigro -purpurea, crassa pilosa ; caput antice fiavum ; an- 

 tenna serrata ; thorax plagis duabus flavis ; abdomen fascia 

 basali abbreviata apice que flavis ; al(B maculis vilreis aurato 

 tomentosis ; anticce quinque maculata, fimbria subapicali 

 aurata ; postica minima, macula parva basali. 



Male. Blackish purple, thick, pilose. Head yellow in front. 

 Antennae serrated. Thorax with a yellow patch on each shoulder. 

 Abdomen with an abbreviated yellow basal band ; tip pale yellow. 

 Wings with vitreous spots, which are covered with gilded yellow 

 tomentum. Fore wings long, with a small spot near the base, with 



