74 CATALOGUE OF 



lateralibus transversis aurato-luteis ; alee vitrece, purpureo- 

 nigro marginatce ; antiece strigis duabus purpureo-nigris ; 

 posticce minima* 



Female. Purplish black. Head gilded luteous in front. Thorax 

 with a patch in each shoulder and the scutellum gilded luteous. 

 Abdomen with a row of transverse gilded luteous spots on each side; 

 under side with a row of gilded luteous dots on each side. Wings 

 limpid, with the exception of the borders ; veins black. Fore wings 

 with two purplish black streaks ; one between the second subcostal 

 nervule and the first median nervule ; the other between the third 

 and fourth median nervules, dilated towards the border. Hind wings 

 very small, not more than one-third of the length of the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 5J — 6 lines ; of the wings 15 — 16 lines. 



Of the two here described the New Guinea specimen is a little 

 smaller than the Aru one ; its head is wholly gilded, the thorax is 

 gilded in front, and the spots on the abdomen are broader. 



Aru. New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis adjuncta. 



Fcem. Cyaneo-nigra ; caput antice auratum ; thorax plagis 

 dvabus seutelloque auratis ; abdominis segmenia lo ad Sum 

 lateribus jlavo maculatis ; aim vitrece , cyaneo-nigro late mar- 

 ginatum ; antica? strigis duabus cyaneo-nigris. 



Female. Bluish black, closely allied to S. guttulosa. Head 

 gilded in front. Thorax with a patch on each shoulder and the 

 scutellum gilded. Abdomen with a gilded spot on each side of the 

 first, second and third segments ; the spots from the first to the 

 third segment successively decreasing in size and faintly indicated 

 on the fourth segment; under side with a row of gilded dots on each 

 side. Wings limpid, broadly bordered with bluish black; veins 

 black. Fore wings with two bluish black streaks, one between the 

 second subcostal nervule and the first median nervule, the other 

 between the third and fourth median nervules, much dilated towards 

 the border. Hind wings rather more than one-third of the length 

 of the fore wings. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14—16 lines. 



The specimen from Amboina is larger than the Ceram spe- 

 cimen. 



Ceram. Amboina. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



