SYNTOMIS. 
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Syntomis melas. (Plate VI. fig. 10.) 
Syntomis melas, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 133. n. 36 (1854). 
Wings transparent white ; margins and veins brown : primaries with the apical and 
external angles with broad sinuated borders ; a large spot of brown at the end of the cell. 
Body purplish brown ; frons, two spots on the collar, tegulse, two longitudinal patches on the 
mesothorax, two dots on the metathorax^ six more or less interrupted bands on the abdomen, 
the coxae, spots on the trochanters, and five broad ventral bands cream-colour. Expanse of 
wings 2 inches 4 lines. 
Nepal {Hardwicke). 
Syntomis fulvescens. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 
Syntomis fulvescens, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 132. n. 3-1 (185-1). 
Var. Naclia thyretiformis, Wallengren, Wien. enf. Mon. iv. p. 40. 
Cerys thyretiformis, Wallengren, I. c. vii. p. 140. 
Wings dark brown : primaries with a broad transverse band before the middle, cut by 
the median vein, and two large bifid spots halfway between the band and the apex transparent 
white : secondaries with a transparent submedian fascia. Body darli brown, hairy ; crest, 
tegulse, two spots on metathorax, and three parallel longitudinal abdominal bands ochreous ; 
anus clothed with whitish hairs. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 
Congo {Richardson) and South Africa. 
Syntomis pectoralis. (Plate VI. fig. 15.) 
Syntomis pectoralis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 133. n. 35 (1854). 
Wings transparent white, the veins and margins dark brown : primaries with a band 
from costa, across the discocellulars, to second median branch, where it unites with a large 
subconical patch at external angle ; a broad apical patch and a bar through the discoidal 
interspace dark brown. Head and thorax black ; frons and shoulders white ; metathorax 
and base of abdomen carmine ; remainder of abdomen dark green, pectus dark brown ; coxae 
carmine ; vciiter variable greenish brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 
Moulmein {Clerck) and Cambodia. 
Syntomis terminalis. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 
Syntomis terminalis (pt.), Waller, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 130. n. 29 (1854). 
Wings transparent white, the veins and margins dark brown : primaries with the apical 
area, discoidal interspace, and an irregular transverse band across the end of the cell, from 
costa to external angle, black-brown : secondaries with the external third black-brown. 
Head and thorax dark green ; abdomen bronzy brown ; anus tawny ; coxse and lateral series 
of ventral spots white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4^ lines. 
Africa ? 
