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SYNEMON. By Dr. E. Strand. 
S. maja spec. nov. (9 a). ? 45 mm. Hindwing similarly marked to that of sopliia, , but the spots pale 
yellow, fore wing with two characteristically shaped light transverse bands. Australia. 
S. gerda "spec. nov. (9a). cY 40 mm Forewing with similar markings to the preceding species, except 
that the bands are not white but dark yellow and the yellow spots of the hindwing are smaller and more 
widely separated. Australia. 
S. heliopis Meyr. (9 a). Both sexes 27—38 mm. Distinguished among other things by the very broad 
orange-yellow band on the hindwing, the narrow discal transverse spot on the forewing and the unicolorous 
brown fringes. West Australia, in November. 
S. selene King (lb cY, sixth figure; ¥ first figure, incorrectly called “theresa”). ¥ up to 48, cY 46 mm. 
Recalls parthenoides and especially the form which 1 have named partita, and occurs at Adelaide; in the same 
locality occurs also adelaida Swinh. , in which the forewing bears only 2 white spots, a discocellular and a 
costal spot, and is more scaled with reddish-brown in the apical half; the median row on the hindwing 
consists of only 2 spots and the subterminal spots are very small. 
S. icaria Fldr., cY 30, ? 38—40 mm., is characterized among other things by the orange-coloured 
hindwing with black markings; occurs at Adelaide and on the York Peninsula and flies in November. — 
gratiosa Westw. (1 c), from “New Holland”, is probably only a form of icaria, 
S. laeta Wkr. (9 b), cY 42 mm., much resembles icaria, but is larger and somewhat differently marked. 
— Whether vagans Westw. (lc) is the ¥ of laeta or a variety of it is still doubtful. 
S. catocaloides Wkr. (9 a), cY 40 mm., is likewise similar to icaria, but the white discocellular spot 
of the forewing appears as a narrow transverse streak, the postmedian transverse band is also narrower, on 
the hindwing the black markings are more extended, etc. — Swan River. 
S. magnifica spec. nov. (9 b). cY¥ 46 mm. No other species of Synemon known to me has the forewing 
such a deep black and the markings on the hindwing such a fiery orange-red; most resembles S. laeta, - 
New South Wales. 
S. collecta Swinh. (lc). cY 34—36, ¥ 37—40 mm. Differing from S. theresa among other things in 
the long, narrow, very obliquely placed white discocellular spot of the forewing and the dark, lighter-margined, 
lancet-shaped longitudinal streaks in the marginal area of this wing, which are distinct to the hindmargin, 
whilst in theresa they are only present in the anterior half of the wing. North Australia, New South Wales 
(Sydney), Queensland. A form with the wings darkened is obscuripennis ab. nov., in which the hindwing above 
is black with extremely indistinct reddish brown markings, whilst beneath it is only indistinctly lighter round 
the black subterminal spots. — simpla ah. nov., from Queensland, shows indeed lighter longitudinal stripes in 
the marginal area of the forewing, but not the black lancet-shaped streaks characteristic of the type-form; the 
yellow in the marginal area of the hindwing is much reduced. — Josepha ah. nov. (9 c), from Cooktown in 
Queensland, is also without the black lancet-shaped streaks in the distal area of the forewing, but has instead 
a blue-grey marginal line and a reddish submarginal band, hindwing with whitish discocellular spot; for the 
under surface cf. fig. — ab. affinita ab. nov. (1 b, erroneously called obscurella), likewise from Cooktown, differs 
from ab. josepha in the markings of the hindwing and in the pure white, almost' longitudinally placed disco¬ 
cellular spot of the forewing. 
S. theresa Dbl. is smaller than collecta (27 — 37 mm.) and has the hindwing darker with five black 
spots in the marginal area, each surrounded by an orange-yellow ring; the forewing also differs (cf. S. collecta). 
— South Australia (Adelaide). 
S. phaeoptila Turn. (9 b). cY 32—36 mm. Above black-brown, on the forewing with large, obliquely 
placed, white discocellular spot and two indistinct greyish patches in the marginal area and a similar longitudinal 
stripe from the base; sometimes the discocellular spot is the sole marking recognizable. Hindwing with a 
slightly reddish marginal band. Under surface cf. fig. ¥ 34 to 36 mm. North Queensland (Cooktown). 
S. nais King (lb) is a smaller species (24—29 mm.) from Adelaide. 
S. discalis spec. nov. (9 b). cY 26 mm. The markings of the upper surface resemble those of S. sophia. 
Forewing beneath dark with two light orange-yellow, subparallel oblique transverse bands, which are the 
same distance apart at both ends, whilst in sophia they are twice as far apart anteriorly as. posteriorly. 
The spots on the underside of the hindwing about as above, but paler and angled. — Australia. 
hesperioides. S. hesperioides Fldr. (1 b) is above dark brown with lighter markings on the forewing, beneath 
likewise dark brown with a silver-grey band at the costal margin of the forewing, widening apically, and 
with silver-grey marginal spots, bordering of a transverse row of deep black spots and discocellular spot 
also silver-grey, basal and inner-marginal areas dusted with grey. South Australia, New South Wales (Sydney). 
maculata. — I propose the [name maculata form. nov. for a form in which the black, lighter-margined spots on the 
underside of the hindwing are also visible above. Victoria. 
rnaja. 
gerda. 
heliopis. 
selene. 
adelaida. 
icaria. 
gratiosa. 
laeta, 
vagans. 
catocaloides. 
magnifica. 
collecta, 
obscuri¬ 
pennis. 
simpla. 
josepha, 
affinita, 
theresa, 
phaeoptila. 
nais. 
discalis. 
