18 ZYG^NID^. 
Syntomis constricta, n. sp. (Plate VII. fig. 6.) 
Syntomis terminalis (pt.), Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 130. n. 29 (1854). 
Abdomen more slender and more constricted than that of the preceding species^ with a 
transverse white band at the base : wings paler * ; the transverse band of primaries broader ; 
the upper hyaline spotj left between the band and apex, simple instead of bifid ; lower bifid 
hyaline spot considerably smaller. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 
Congo {Richardson). 
Syntomis albimacula. (Plate VI. fig. 9.) 
Syntomis albimacula, Walher, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 128. n. 26 (1854). 
Nearly allied to S. terminalis ; wings shorter ; the discal hyaline spots very much 
smaller, the upper one simple ; secondaries smaller, apical half purplish brown. Body dark 
green ; a white dot on the crest ; abdomen with a transverse white band at the base and 
another just beyond the middle ; anus purplish above, tawny below ; coxae and two ventral 
bands white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 
Sierra Leone {Morgan). 
Syntomis fervida. (Plate VI. fig. 16.) 
Syntomis fervida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 131. n. 31 (1854). 
Wings yellowish hyaline, margins black-brown : primaries with the veins, apex, a spot 
on the margin at apex of first median interspace, and a spot on lower discocellular, black ; 
a costal streak and the submedian nervure ochreous. Body bright ochreous ; the crest, three 
longitudinal lines on the thorax, outer fringe of tegulse, sides of metathoracic glandular 
drums, five narrow abdominal bands, the anus, and the legs in part, blackish. Expanse of 
wings 1 inch 4 lines. 
Moulmein {Clerck). 
MELISA, Walker. 
MeHsa connexa. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 
Euchromia (Aclytia) connexa, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 246. n. 80 (1854). 
Primaries purplish brown ; a hyaline-white quadrate spot within the end of the cell ; 
secondaries hyaline white, the veins and borders dark brown. Body black ; head with a 
blue spot on the vertex ; collar, base of tegulse, and sides of abdomen orange ; metathorax 
with two blue spots ; pectus dark brown, spotted with blue ; trochanters orange ; venter 
orange, with an interrupted black lateral line. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 
West Africa. 
* This is very possibly due to fading. 
