COLLECTED AT 31EAWAK. 



89 



26. Syntom is decorata, n. s. Fcem. Purpureo-nigra, capite antico 

 luteo, autennis apice albis, thoracis marginibus vittis duabus hunieris 

 abdominisque fasciis septem luteis, pedibus luteo fasciatis, tarsis basi 

 albis, alis limpido areolatis basi luteis, anticis apice purpureo-nigris 

 macula subapicali lutea, posticis minimis. 



Female. Purplish black. Head luteous ; vertex and palpi black. An- 

 tennae black, pure white towards the tips. Thorax luteous-bordered 

 in front and behind, with two luteous humeral spots and with two 

 luteous stripes. Abdomen with seven luteous bands ; 5th and 6th 

 bands almost connected. Femora and tibiae with luteous bands ; tarsi 

 pure white towards the base. Wings with the disks of the areolets 

 limpid, luteous at the base. Fore wings with a luteous subapical spot 

 and with purplish -black tips. Hind wings very small. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Allied to S.fenestrata. 



2J . Syntomis deriyata, n. s. Fcem. Purpurea, antennis apice tho- 

 racis margine antico pectore abdominis macula basali fasciaque albis, 

 alis anticis limpido quinquemaculatis, posticis limpido bimaculatis. 



Female. Deep purple. Antennae black, with white tips. Thorax pure 

 white in front. Pectus mostly white. Abdomen with a truncate 

 conical pure white basal spot, and with a band at two-thirds of the 

 length of the same hue. Fore wings with five large limpid spots; 1st 

 spot near the base ; 3rd slightly oblique, behind the 2nd ; 5th behind 

 the 4th, which it much exceeds in size. Hind wings with two limpid 

 spots ; the interior spot much larger than the exterior one. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species comes between S. Minceus and S. divisa. 



28. Syntomis transitiya, n. s. Mas. Purpurea, capitis gutta an- 

 tennis apice thoracis fascia antica interrupta humeris maculisque qua- 

 tuor pectoralibus albis, abdomine fasciis duabus interruptis guttisque 

 quatuor lateralibus albis, tarsis basi albis, alis anticis limpido quinque- 

 maculatis, posticis minimis limpido trimaculatis. 



Male. Deep purple. Head with a white dot in front. Antennae silvery 

 white towards the tips. Thorax with an interrupted white band on 

 the fore border, and with two humeral white spots. Pectus with two 

 white spots on each side. Abdomen with two interrupted white bands, 

 one at the base, the other at two-thirds of the length, entire beneath, 

 where there are two white dots on each side in front of it. Fore coxae 

 white beneath ; tarsi white towards the base. Wings cupreous-tinged. 

 Fore wings with five limpid spots; 1st spot subelhptical, less than half 

 the length of the 2nd, which is hindward and oblique, and has parallel 

 sides ; 3rd, 4th, and 5th spots elliptical, smaller than the 1st ; 3rd 

 much in front of the 4th and 5th, which are only divided by a black 

 vein. Hind wings very small, with three limpid spots, which occupv 



