78 CATALOGUE OF 



spot, which is intersected by an ochraceous vein. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



This and the three preceding species belong to a distinct group 

 in the genus. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis contermina. 



Foem. Purpureo-nigra ; caput antice subtusque ochraceum; an- 

 tennce apice albce ; thorax margine antico, vittis duabus scu- 

 telloque ochraceis ; pectus pallide luteum ; abdomen macula 

 basali fasciisque ochraceis ; alee anticce maculis quinque vitreis ; 

 posticce maculis duabus vitreis. 



Female. Purplish black. Head ochraceous in front and beneath. 

 Antennae white towards the tips. Thorax with the fore border, a 

 stripe along the base of each fore wing and the scutelluin ochraceous. 

 Pectus pale luteous. Abdomen with an ochraceous rhomboidal spot 

 at the base, and with five ochraceous bands on the hind borders of 

 the segments. Fore wings with five limpid spots ; first spot small, 

 near the base ; the other four forming two incomplete bands; fourth 

 and fifth each intersected by a black vein. Hind wings with two 

 limpid spots; one near the base, tinged with luteous; the other at 

 two-thirds of the length. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



Singapore. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis libeea. 



Foem. Cupreo-nigra ; caput antice pallide flavum ; thorax mar- 

 gine antico lineolaque transversa postica luteis ; pectus Jlaves- 

 cens ; abdomen luteo bifasciatum ; tarsi posteriores basi albi ; 

 alee vitrece, cupreo-nigro marginatce ; anticce amplce^ apice stri- 

 gaque transversa cupreo-nigris ; posticce minimce. 



Female. Cupreous-black. Head pale yellow in front. Thorax 

 luteous in front, and with a luteous transverse line behind the scu- 

 tellura. Pectus yellowish. Abdomen with two luteous bands, one 

 at the base, the other at a little beyond the middle. First joint of 

 the posterior tarsi white. Wings limpid, bordered with cupreous- 

 black. Fore wings ample, cupreous-black at the tips, with a cupreous- 

 black streak, which is dilated across the end of the discal areolet 

 and extends to the border between the second subcostal nervule and 



