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SYNTOMIS. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
egenaria. S. egenaria Wkr. (Ilf) almost exactly corresponds to the preceding form, but the hindwing is drawn 
out anally into a long pointed lobe and its border mostly very broad, as in dilatata. From Borneo. 
pfeifferae. S. pfeifferae Moore (Ilf) is smaller and more slender; <f spotted orange-red, abdomen regularly 
ringed with black and orange; it is easily recognized by the hindwings displaying 2 long arrow-shaped, 
acuminata, golden-yellow spots, one along the inner margin, the other traversing the cell. — In ab. acuminata Snell. 
these two yellow basal streaks are on the hindwings united to an irregular basal patch somewhat resembling 
kinensis. (lie). Java, Sumatra, in some places quite common. 
punctata. S. punctata Sernp. (9g). Body black, slightly marked with yellow. Collar, patagia and abdominal 
rings narrow, dull, yellow. Wings shaped as in geon (lie); forewings with 5 almost equidistant spots, hind¬ 
wings with 2 widely separated spots of deep yellow which are slightly transparent and appear but slightly 
iridescent in reflected light. Our figure was taken from a specimen in Semper’s Collection. Philippines. 
snelleni. S. snelleni Rothsch. (11 i) is closely related to pfeifferae, of which we also know some very dark cdcf 
(like that represented in our figure Ilf); differing on both wings in the greater extent of the spots below the 
cell. Described from a ? from Eastern Java. 
quadri - S. quadripunctata Rothsch. (Ilk) represents, in contradistinction to the preceding form, a pfeifferae 
punctata. w pp g re atly reduced orange spots, of which there are left on the forewing only some few dots, the apical 
third being completely black, and on the hindwing only a minute golden-yellow spot at the base. From 
Padang-Sidempuan, Western Sumatra; discovered by Ericsson. 
wimberleyi. S. wimberleyi Swinh. (Ilf) from the Andamans is only known to me from Swinhoe’s figure which we 
reproduce here, and from an imperfect specimen in the Tring Museum. Head and thorax marked with yellow, 
abdomen with 6 (?) or 7 (cd) yellow rings. On forewings all spots rounded, excepting that at apex of 
cell which is angular. Hindwings yellow with moderately broad dark border. Hampson describes the hind¬ 
wings as spotted with yellow. 
tennis. In S. tenuis If At. (= linearis Wkr.) (Ilf) the spots are brillant orange on deep black-brown ground, 
shorter and more pointed than in the preceding species. Below the cell a wedge-shaped spot pointing towards 
the anal angle. May be recognized by the position of the spots of the hindwings, the discal one being placed 
distally from the larger one. Abdomen very long and slender, regularly ringed with orange. From Celebes; 
figured and described from specimens taken at Samanga in the South of the island. 
deflocca. S. deflocca Swinh. (= philippensis Hmps.) ( 11 g) from the Philippines has all the spots more elongate, 
the outer ones nearly reaching the termen; moreover, the wings are somewhat broader and the black ground¬ 
colour is reduced. Philippines. 
melaproctis. S. melaproctis Hmps. is one ol those numerous Philippine forms which by previous authors had been 
united into a few single species, cd black; forehead, collar and spot on metatliorax orange. Abdomen with 
basal spot and 6 orange bands, anal segment black. Forewing with wedge-shaped orange spot below the 
base, and within the apex of the cell a triangular one below the base of vein 2, as well as some elongate 
spots above ribs 8, 4 and 6. Hindwing with orange spot at the base of the cell and at the inner margin, 
widely separated from a small spot in cell 2. 26 mm. Samboangan. 
tetragonaria. S. tetragonaria Wkr. (11 g), with broader wings and larger spots than the preceding species; of 
heavier build, abdomen with 2 broader and 3 narrow bands. The spot at the apex of the cell subquadrate, 
javanica. the one below it rectangular; inner margin of forewing brown. From Borneo. — javanica snbsp. nov. (11 g) 
from Java has all the spots wider, that below the apex of the cell crescent-shaped and nearly reaching the anal 
angle; the spot placed proximallv to it is united with the completely yellow inner margin and extends nearly 
to the anal angle. Between both a narrow connecting streak which may occasionally be absent = ab. 
junclima- junctimacula nom. nov. (= ab 1 Hmps.). Not so common as the other forms. 
cula. 
britlnjris. S. brithyris Bruce (11 g), a large species having thorax and abdomen dark earthy-brown, faintly 
marked with yellowish; wings faintly spotted, forewings with a large wedge-shaped spot below the cell, a 
square one at its end and 2 terminal spots the lower one of which is dissected by one of the radials. From Borneo. 
elongata. S. elongata Hmps. cf grey-brown, frons and vertex orange. 1 st Segment of tarsi and tips of antennae 
white. Abdomen at base and on segment 5 ringed with yellow. Forewing with hyaline spots, one square 
at the end of the cell, a smaller one below its base, one transverse spot below its middle, and some smaller 
ones above ribs 2, 3 and 6 (specimens from Travancore) or mere dots (specimen from Canara). 42 mm 
