334 CATALOGUE OF 



fimbria apud angulum interiorem albido notata ; posticce 

 luteo-flavce, nigro late marginatce, apud marginem interiorem 

 subochracece* 



Syngamia pepitalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 187, 119. 



Cayenne. 



Africa. 

 3. Syngamia Mekionealis. 



Mas. Lutea ; thoracis latera antica fiava ; abdomen nigro con- 

 spersum, guttis duabus basalibus, lateribus, fasciis poslicis 

 apiceque nigris ; alee ex parte ochracece, purpureo late mar* 

 ginatce, fimbria alba; anticce costa basali fasciisque duabus 

 purpureis, fascia la tenui, 2a lata apud medium arctata. 



Male, Luteous, yellow beneath. Thorax black on each side 

 in front. Abdomen speckled with black, with a black dot on each 

 side near the base, black on each side and with black bands towards 

 the tip, which is also black. Wings partly bright orange, especially 

 towards the base, largely bordered with purple; fringe white. Fore 

 wings with two purple bands, purple along the costa as far as the 

 first band, which is slender and is continued to the fore part of the 

 hind wings ; second band much broader, narrowest in the middle, 

 joining the purple border, which there terminates. Hind wings 

 with the purple continued along the whole length of the exterior 

 border and there forming an angle. Length of the body 4j lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Asia. 

 4. Syngamia Octavialis. 



Mas. Lutea; thorax antice chalybeo-niger ; tibice antica apice 

 nigrce ; alee ex parte ochracece, purpureo late marginatce ; 

 anticce fasciis duabus costaque interiore purpureis, fascia 

 interiore tenui, fascia exteriore postice dilatata luteo notata, 

 gutta costali trigona lutea ; posticce fascia marginali purpurea 

 angulata. 



Male. Luteous, yellow beneath. Thorax chalybeous-black in 

 front. Fore tibiae with black tips. Wings partly orange, largely 

 bordered with purple; fringe white, black at the base. Fore wings 



