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SYNTOMIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
ochrei- 
jnmcta. 
hiibneri. 
marsdeni. 
friistulenta. 
stenozona. 
clilorocera. 
actea. 
obsoleta. 
diaphana. 
baiciea. 
alberti. 
marella. 
crantho- 
soma. 
phaeochyta. 
insularis. 
S. ochreipuncta Hmps. (lib) has, like catena, kinensis and the Palaearctic sintenisi, the wings spotted 
with yellow, and only two yellow abdominal rings on segments 1 and 5, but is much smaller in size than all 
other yellow-spotted Syntomidae and altogether one of the smallest. From Ganjam (India). 
S. hiibneri Bsd. ( = xanthomela and contermina Wkr., pyrrhodera Meyr., cingulata and sangaris Wallgr)' 
a small-sized, yellow-spotted and highly variable species which has in the Jndo-Australian Region an enormous 
range and is in some places exceedingly common. Head and thorax marked yellow, abdominal segments 
adorned with golden-yellow rings. On the forewing a small spot near the base, two larger ones in the median 
and two in the marginal area which latter are each intersected by a vein. Hindwings with two separate spots. 
India. Found throughout India as far as Malacca. The very small form marsdeni Moore (11c) from Java 
has the ground-colour not so deep black, the spots somewhat enlarged, especially in width. — frustulenta 
Swinh. (lie) from Australia is larger than the first-mentioned form, and has the double spot before the apex 
reduced to a single one, the abdominal rings golden-red instead of golden-yellow, and the ground-colour 
deeper black and spreading over a larger area. North Australia and Lizzard Island. 
S. stenozona Hmps. (11c). Thorax marked with golden-yellow, abdominal rings narrow and yellow. 
In the basal half of both wings the hyaline spots are confluent to such a degree that the entire inner half 
appears transparent. The spots at the apex of the cell and the outer margin broadly fuscous. Timor. 
S. chlorocera Hmps. (11c), a very small species having the head and abdominal rings broadly yellow. 
Forewings brown, with two larger hyaline spots in and under the cell and 3 beyond it; hindwings with 
translucent yellow basal area, giving the insect a superficial resemblance to Dyscmxes. From the Naga Hills 
in Assam. 
S. actea Swinh. and the form swinhoei Leech have been described in Vol. 2, p. 40. actea has forehead 
collar, spots on tegulae, and thorax as well as patagia orange, on the abdomen 7 (cd) or 6 (?) rings of the 
same colour. Forewings with yellow stripe along costal and inner margins, a wedge-shaped spot in the cell, 
a longitudinal one below it; moreover several spots between veins 2 and 8 of which the one below 6 is 
small. From the Khasia-Hills in Assam. Type in Swinhoe’s collection, swinhoei is found in Western China, 
likewise ab. obsoleta Leech which was based on a specimen with very indistinct colouring. 
S. diaphana Roll. (= vitreata IL. Schaff., oenone Btlr) (9g), a very large-sized species already 
described in Vol. 2, p. 40, is found, besides in the localities mentioned there, in Northern India as far as 
Assam and Burma. 
S. baiaea Swinh., (9f) smaller than the preceding form, has the head orange, the thorax the same banded 
with black, the abdomen black with 7 orange bands; anal segment blackish-blue, often with a yellow spot- 
Forewing with large intranerval hyaline spots; veins and margin black; along costal and inner margins more 
or less distinct stripes of yellow. Marginal area broad, projecting basad on veins 5, 3 and 2. Hindwings 
transparent, bordered with black, with yellow spot at base of costal area, a hyaline spot in the cell and 3 
large ones below it and vein 5. lvhasia Hills as far as Assam; Java, Borneo. 
S. alberti Rothsch. has irons, tegulae and a spot on the black thorax orange; abdomen the same 
delicately ringed with black. Forewing with golden ochreous spots near the base, in and below the cell, and 
3 further ones beyond it. Hindwings translucent, orange with broad, irregular dark border. 11 mm. Taken 
in August in British New-Guinea, at a low altitude. 
S. marella Btlr. (= ecliptis Meyr) (11c). Head and collar marked with red-orange, abdominal rings 
beautifully golden-red. On forewing a wedge-shaped spot in the cell, another elongate spot below it, and a 
large translucent postdiscal band of dull brown-yellow intersected by 3 veins. Hindwings similar, with black 
band Not scarce in Queensland, Brisbane, Cooktown, Cairns;, also in Geraldton, Townsville. 
S. xanthosoma Turn. ( — cremnotherma Low), a North-Australian species, described as follows: ’'Head 
ochreous orange, without any black spot between the antennae. The latter brown sprinkled with ochreous, 
those of cd slightly pectinate. Thorax, legs and abdomen orange-ochreous, the latter without any black rings; 
tarsi brown. Forewing with dull orange spots. Intermediate spot before the apex, and supernumerary spot 
(in the furcation of the medians) fully developed. Above the apical spot another small spot, and above the- 
cell to within 2 / 3 of its length an orange basal streak. On the hindwing the spots large and confluent. In 
a number of cases the intermediate spot in absent. North Western Australia (neighbourhood of Derby District). 
Irrapatana in South Australia. Type in Turner’s collection 41 . 
S. phaeochyta Turn. Spots yellow, but quite indistinct, so that they frequently disappear altogether; in 
such cases it is very easy to mistake it for bicolor (Ilk) or phepsalotis, from which it may be distinguished 
by the antennae being without the while tips. Kuranda, January, February, discovered by F. P. Dodd. 
S. insularis Btlr. (= stelotis Meyr) (lid). Head orange, thorax black, abdomen with 7 broad orange 
belts, cd with black anal tuft; forewing with highly variable angular orange spots, one of which is placed 
