

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 335 



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 broader, dilated, and marked with luteous 

 hindward and joining the purple border, which there terminates; a 

 luteous triangular dot on the costa very near the luteous part. Hind 

 wings with the purple continued along the whole length of the ex- 

 terior border, and there forming a variable angle. Length of the 

 body 4 — 4|- lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



b. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Baffles' collection. 

 e. ? 



(Australasia. 

 5. Syngamia Tiphalis. 

 Mas. Lutea ; abdomen nigro. conspersum, apicem versus nigricans ; 

 alee basi ex parte ockracea, purpurea late marginatum ; anticcB 

 striga basali costali brevi, macula subcostali fasciaque ex- 

 terior e pur pure is, fascia postice dilatata ; posticus margine in- 

 teriore ex parte purpureo. 



Male. Luteous, yellow beneath. Abdomen speckled with 

 black, blackish towards the tip. Wings partly orange towards the 

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

 Fore wings with a short basal costal purple streak, which approaches 

 a subcostal purple spot ; an exterior purple band, dilated hindward 

 and joining the purple border, which there terminates. Hind wings 

 with the purple continued along part of the interior border. This 

 species is especially distinguished from the preceding one by having 

 no costal dot. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 2. SYNCHKOMIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis distincta. Palpi trigoni, 

 squamosi, articulis indistinctis. Palpi maxillares erecti, tenues, 

 acuti. Antennae dense pubescentes. Abdomen conicum, apice 

 truncatum, alas posticas superans. Alae integrae, sericeae, con- 

 colores, non longae ; anticas subacutae. 



Synchromia, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 188. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi triangular, 

 squamous, with indistinct joints. Maxillary palpi erect, slender, 



