SYNTOMIS. Von Dr. A. Seitz. 
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within, 2 below and 2 beyond the cell. Hindwing with large golden-yellow basal, and a second, smaller, sub- 
basal spot. Queensland (Cooktown), Barnard-lsland. 
S. pactolina Wkr. ( = sphenophora Turn.) (lid), one of the largest of the generally good-sized Austra¬ 
lian species. Forewing with 3 very large yellow hyaline spots and a subapical band consisting of similar ones. 
North Australia. 
S. lampetis Turn, resembles marella of which it possibly is a subspecies. Head red-orange; thorax-black, 
abdomen with 6 orange-red rings. On the forewings the spots small, translucent red-yellow, on the hindwings 
two similar ones, a small one at the base, and, touching it, another minute triangular one in the discal area. 
Queensland. 
S. annulata F., a most variable species, limited almost entirely to Australia, being in the North the 
commonest Syntomis. Black with yellow face, collar and abdominal rings. Wings thinly scaled, blackish-green 
with dull yellowish transparent spots; on the forewing 5 spots the two outer of which are double, i. e. divi¬ 
ded by ribs into two. Hindwings with 2 spots. — ah. nigriceps Btlr. has the vertex black instead of yellow. 
— pyrocoma Meyr. has on the anal tuft a spot of brillant golden yellow. — ab. cingulata Btlr. has the last 
abdominal segment deep yellow as far as the dark base. The two last-named forms have on the forewing 
between the radials only a very minute spot, which in intensa Btlr. (= hesperidis Meyr) is entirely absent. 
— synedra Meyr. (9e) closely resembles cingulata Btlr ., also in size, but the spots are not so transparent, 
being more dull ochreous. Many of these closely related forms are justly considered to be good species. 
Moreover, these exist a number of unnamed aberrations; thus the spots may be reddish instead of yellow, 
especially those at the base (= var. b. Turn), or they may be partly united (= var. d. Turn) etc. 
S. chroma Swinh. (= elements! Limps) (9e) has on the hindwing both spots united, the markings a 
beautiful golden yellow, the spots not transparent. — Another form amoenaria Swinh. is very closely allied to 
chroma, but has in the place of the two large united lower spots of the median band a smaller spot, in con¬ 
sequence of which the band is not complete. Also the other spots are smaller and the hindwings less orange. 
From Roeburne, West Australia. 
S. lucta Luc., described from Queensland, but unknown to me in natura. Being not mentioned in 
Turner’s Monography of Australian Syntomidae either, I assume that it is only an aberration. 
S. orphnaea Turn., unknown to me in natura, has according to Turner the head black, antennae black 
without white tips, and in cf feebly pectinate. Thorax black, abdomen very hairy, with pale ochreous rings and 
anal tuft; in cf the 4 rings on the foremost abdominal segments are often indistinct. Forewings thinly squamate, 
without metallic lustre, spots pale ochreous; the intermediate spot occassionally found in other Australian 
species between the two marginal groups of spots is either absent or only faintly indicated behind. On the 
hindwing the spo'ts are large and confluent. Queensland, Toowoomba, Dalby, Warwick. Stanthorpe; mentioned 
also from Tenterfield (New South Wales). Type in Turner’s Collection. 
S. aperta Wkr. (= mochlotis Meyr) Head orang, thorax with an orange spot. Abdomen of cf with 
7, of ? with 6 orange rings; anal tuft of cf orange; on forewings the spots pretty large, ochreous; one below 
the base of the cell, one wedge-shaped spot below rib 2, occasionally united with the former; another similar 
one at the apex of the cell, one elongate above vein 6, generally with a short streak on vein 7; 2 spots 
between 3 and 5. On the hindwing the spots large and confluescent; in typical aperta the abdominal rings 
are ventrally obsolete which is not the case in the form nesothetis; in the smaller form recedens Luc. the 
spots are pale orange. Ranges from New Guinea over Northern and Eastern Australia as for as Melbourne 
(form recedens). Very common in the North. 
S. xanthura Turn., unknown to me, type in the Lyell Collection. Two specimens were found by 
S. P. Croom in Victoria in March. It is said to differ from prosomoea Turn, in having the antennae tipped 
with ochreous-whitish, from magistri Turn, in the golden-yellow thorax. Was later discovered also at 
Goudie on Sea-Lake. 
Of S. choneutospila Turn, two specimens were found by Id. Tryon at Brisbane in Queensland; type 
in Turner’s Collection; closely related to annulata', antennae with white tips; thorax black, abdomen with 7 
orange rings; anal tuft of cf orange in centre, black at the sides. The basal spot united with the next one; 
those on hindwing small. 
S. phepsalotis Meyr. Abdomen ringed with orange, wings deep black with very small, hardly dot-like, 
dull orange spots. Type in the Macleay - Museum in Sydney; from Queensland and New South Wales. 
— eschatias Meyr. has on each wing an obsolete spot and the abdomen tipped with yellow; — 
pactolina. 
lampetis. 
annulata. 
nigriceps. 
pyrocoma 
cingulata. 
intensa. 
synedra. 
chroma. 
amoenaria. 
lucta. 
orphnaea. 
aperta. 
nesothetis. 
recedens. 
ocanthura. 
choneuto¬ 
spila. 
phepsalotis. 
eschatias. 
