132 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



33. Syntomis subcordata. 



Xigro-fusca ; caput luteum, vertice nigro ; proboscis lutea ; palpi 

 nigri ; antennce pectinaia ; thorax luteo varius ; abdomen 

 luteo subf as datum ; ala antica maculis tribus luteo-hyalinis, 

 postica macula una opaca lutea ; pedes graciles. 



Blackish brown. Head luteous ; vertex black. Proboscis 

 luteous. Palpi black, short ; third joint small, acuminated. An- 

 tennae moderately pectinated to the tips. Prothorax and scutellum 

 generally more or less luteous. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings with three luteous-hvaline spots ; two of them forming a short 

 interrupted band beyond the middle, the hind one heart-shaped, the 

 third smaller and near the tip. Hind wings with a brighter opake 

 luteous spot at the base. Abdomen before the middle with a broad 

 luteous band, which is interrupted beneath and sometimes partly so 

 above. Legs slender ; hind tibiae without median spurs. Length 

 of the body 4 — 4^- lines; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



a — g. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



34. Syxtomis fllvescens. 



Mas. Fusca, brevis, sub cylindrical luteo-hirta ; antennce nigra 

 subpectinata, apice alba ; abdomen apice albido-hirtum ; alee 

 cupreo-fusca, sat lata, antica maculis quatuor limpidis, pos- 

 tica disco margineque postico basalt limpida. 



Male. Body brown, short, nearly cylindrical, cohered with lu- 

 teous hairs. Antennae black, short, stout, deeply serrated or very 

 minutely pectinated beneath, attenuated towards the tips which are 

 white above. Wings rather broad, cupreous brown. Fore wings 

 with four large limpid spots in two oblique bands ; first and second 

 before the middle, nearly united and occupying nearly the whole 

 breadth ; third and fourth nearer the tips, more remote from each 

 other and from the border; discal fold not apparent. Hind wings 

 limpid in the disk and along the hind border towards the base. 

 Abdomen with whitish hairs at the tip. Legs rather short ; fore 

 tibiae dentated beneath ; spurs of the hind tibiae small. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



