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the first median nervule ; the dark border dilated about the the tips 

 of the third and fourth median nervules. Hind wings very small. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Malacca. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis approximata. 



Foem. Nigro -purpurea ; caput antice aurato-flavum ; thorax 

 antice aurato-flavus ; pectus plagis quatuor aurato-flavis ; ab- 

 domen basi fasciaque aurato-flavis; alee maculis vitreis ; 

 anticce elongates, quinque maculatce ; posticce minimce, macula 

 basali guttisque duabus. 



Female. Blackish purple. Head gilded yellow in front. 

 Thorax gilded yellow ia front. Pectus with two gilded yellow 

 patches on each side. Abdomen gilded yellow at the base and with 

 a gilded yellow band on the fourth segment. Fore wings with five 

 elongated limpid spots ; first, second and third spots towards the 

 base; first in front of the second and of the third ; second attenuated 

 towards the interior angle ; third much smaller than the others ; 

 fourth and fifth much larger than the first and second, each divided 

 by a black vein. Hind wings very small, with a large elongated 

 limpid spot extending from the base along the interior border, where 

 it is gilded yellow; two limpid dots divided by a vein from the spot, 

 one in front of the latter, the other beyond it. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Sumatra. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Syntomis basalts. 



Mas. Nigro-purpurea ; caput vitta antica alba ; thorax fascia 

 antica interrupta maculisque duabus lateralibus albis ; pectus 

 plagis duabus lateralibus albis ; abdomen fasciis duabus albis. 

 la basali interrupta, 2a postica ; tarsi basi albi; alee maculis 

 vitreis ; anticce quinque maculatce ; posticce bimaculatee. 



Male. Blackish purple. Head with a white stripe in front. 

 Thorax with an interrupted white band on the fore border, and with 

 a white spot at the base of each fore wing. Pectus with a white 

 patch on each side. Abdomen with two white bands ; first band 

 basal, interrupted ; second on the hind border of the fifth segment. 

 Fore coxae streaked with white ; tarsi white above towards the base. 

 Fore wings with five limpid spots ; first spot large, elongated, near 



