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Syntomis VACUA. 



Mas. Nigro-purpurea; caput facie orbitisque aurato-Jiavis; an- 

 tenna vix denlatce, articulo lo antice aurato-flavo ; thorax 

 fasciis tribus aurato-Jiavis ; abdomen basi aurato-flavum ; 

 pedes aurato-Jiavis coxis tibiis apice tarsisque nigro-purpureis ; 

 alee anticce basi aurato-Jlavce, strigis tribus vitreis ; posticce 

 vitrece, sat magna, margine angusto nigro-purpureo, 



Male. Blackish purple. Head gilded yellow in front and 

 about the eyes. Antennae robust, hardly dentate ; first joint gilded 

 yellow in front. Thorax with three gilded yellow bands ; first band 

 on the fore border ; second extending across the tips of the tegulae, 

 which are also gilded yellow at the base; third behind the scutel- 

 lum. Pectus with two gilded yellow patches on each side. Abdo- 

 men mutilated, gilded yellow at the base. Legs gilded yellow; 

 coxae, tarsi and tips of tibiae blackish purple. Fore wings gilded 

 yellow at the base, with three long limpid streaks, which are only 

 divided from each other by veins ; first streak subcostal, very narrow, 

 extending from near the base of the wing to half the length ; second 

 and third large, widening outward ; second commencing at one- 

 third of the length of the first, and extending to beyond three-fourths 

 of the length of the wing ; third commencing opposite the base of 

 the first, and extending as far as the second. Hind wings limpid, 

 full three-fourths of the length of the fore wings, with a narrow 

 blackish purple border ; veins gilded yellow towards the base. 

 Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



The well-developed hind wings of this species are a very unusual 

 character in the genus. 



Makessar, Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis diversa. 



Mas. Nigro-purpurea ; caput facie orbitisque posticis aureo-fiavis ; 

 antenna pectinatce, apices versus aureo-flavo strigatce ; thorax 

 margine antico scutello pectoreque aurato-Jiavis ; abdomen 

 fasciis sex interruptis apiceque aurato-Jiavis ; alee anticce basi 

 aurato-Jlavce, strigis duabus maculisque duabus exterioribus 

 vitreis; posticce vitrece, nigro-purpureo marginatce. 



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