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Var. P Described from an injured specimen. Black. Head 

 yellow in front. Thorax covered with yellow hairs. Fore wings 

 blackish ? with a broad limpid band which contains the discal areo- 

 let, and with two large limpid spots ; fore spot narrow ; hind spot 

 broad. Hind wings limpid, with blackish ? borders. Abdomen 

 with yellow hairs. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 1 1 

 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



35. Syntomis pectoralis. 



Viridis ; caput antice album, proboscide palpis antennisque nigris, 

 his apice albis ; thorax antice albo bimaculatus, postice coc- 

 cineo fasciatus ; alee limpidce nigro marginatce, anticce nigro 

 fascia tee. 



Dark green. Head white in front. Proboscis, palpi and an- 

 tennae black, the latter with white tips above. Thorax with a white 

 spot on each side in front, and behind with a crimson band which 

 extends over the base of the abdomen. Pectus crimson on each side. 

 Wings limpid, with black borders. Fore wings with the tips black 

 for near one-fourth of the length of the wing ; a black band by the 

 tip of the discal areolet, much widened towards the hind border, 

 and connected by a stripe on the first inferior veinlet with the black 

 of the tips. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



36. Syntomis melas ? 



Purpureo-fusca,albido varia ; proboscide fulva, palpis antennisque 

 nigris, his apice albis; abdomen albido subinterrupte fascia- 

 turn ; alee hyalina, longce, sublurida, marginibus venisque in- 

 fuscatis. 



Purplish brown. Head whitish in front, on each side and be- 

 neath. Proboscis tawny. Palpi and antennae black, the latter white 

 above towards the tips. An interrupted band on the prothorax, four 

 broad stripes on the mesothorax and scutellum whitish. Wings 

 hyaline, long, with a very slight lurid tinge, bordered with brown 

 round the margin and along the veins, especially at the lips ;md 

 across the tip of the discal areolet and along an opposite space of 

 the hind border; a whitish streak along the hind border of the loie 



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