LEPIDQPTERA HETEROCERA. 1291 



Fam. ASOPID^, 0. L. H. xvii. 33!. 



Genus SYNGAMIA, C. L. H. xvii. 333. 



Syngamia secutalis. 



Mas. Late aurato-oehracea ; caput et thorax cuprea; abdomen 

 apice cupreum ; alee linea antemedia fasciaque marginali 

 cupreis ; anticce vitta costali lata abbreviata fasciaque post- 

 media interrupta cupreis* 



Male, Bright gilded ocbraceous. Body beneath and legs 

 silvery whitish. Head and thorax cupreous. Antennae minutely 

 crenulate. Abdomen cupreous towards the tip extending for 

 nearly half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore tibiae with two 

 cupreous bands. Wings with an antemedial cupreous line and 

 with a cupreous marginal band, which is broadest towards the costa. 

 Fore wings with a broad irregular cupreous costal stripe, which ex- 

 tends from the base to a little beyond the middle, where it terminates 

 in an interrupted band. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



Siam. Am. New Guinea. Ceram. 



a. Mysol. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Genus SYNCHROMIA, C. L. H. xvii. 235. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi sat graciles, 

 dense squamosi, usque ad apices pilosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 non superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato 2i dimidio breviore. Antennae 

 validse, subpubescentes. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas di- 

 midio superans ; latera subfaseiculata; fasciculus apicalis longus, 

 subcompressus. Pedes glabri, graciles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. 

 Alae anticae sat angustae, apice subrotundata?, margine exteriore 

 convexo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi densely squa- 

 xnous-pilose to the tips, rather slender, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less than half 

 the length of the second. Antennae robust, minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen lanceolate, with small tufts along each side, extending for 

 half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate, slightly 

 compressed. Legs smooth, slender ; spurs long, slender. Wings 

 rather narrow. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique; tirst and second inferior veins 



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