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MONOPETALOTAXIS; SYNANTHEDON. By M. Gaede. 
X. macropus Durr. Palpi orange, antennae black. Thorax and abdomen bluish-black. Patagia and 
tegulae orange. Legs orange and black. Wings bluish-black, orange at the base. Hindwing hyaline in the 
cell and below it, also a little behind the cell between veins 5 and 7. £ 29 mm. Perak. The species copies 
a wasp of the genus I phiaulax. 
9. Genus: Moiiopetalotaxis Wllgr. 
This genus excepting a single species is Ethiopian and has therefore been dealt with in Vol. XIV, 
p. 520. 
sinensis. M. sinensis Hmps. Body black with a slight violet lustre. Yellow spots and streaks on the head. 
collar, and patagia. Abdomen with vellow segmental margins, 3 yellow lines at the anal tuft. Legs black 
and yellow, hind tarsi yellow. Wings hyaline, veins and margins coppery brown. A yellow streak below the 
costal margin of the forewing, a bright orange streak above the inner margin extends to beyond the middle. 
The spot at the cross-vein outside orange. Some yellow scales before the distal margin from the apex to 
vein 3. Marking beneath golden yellow. The $ shows yellow rings only on the 2nd, 4th and 6th segments. 
30- 32 mm. Shanghai. Thus it belongs yet to the palaearctic region, but it presumably proceeds beyond the 
Yang-tse to the south. 
10. Genus: Syiiantliedoii Hbn. 
This genus also contains numerous palaearctic and Ethiopian species. It has been dealt with in Vol. II, 
p. 381, and Vol. XIV, p. 521. The palaearctic tipuliformis Or. has been also imported to Australia and New 
Zealand. 
aurania. S. aurania Drc. The whole body black, only the 4th and 5th segments of the abdomen light red. 
Wings yellowish hyaline. Forewing brown at the costal margin and apex, veins yellowish-brown. Veins 
of hindwing brown. 32 mm. Perak. 
hypochal- S. hypochalcia Hmps. Thorax red-brown with a yellow ring on the collar. Abdomen darker with 
da. a grey reflection, a yellow band on the third segment. Palpi and legs yellow with black parts. Abdomen 
beneath with 4 yellow rings near the base. Wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. Black 
streaks also in the marginal area of the forewing. Marking beneath more coppery. Abdomen of $ above 
with 5 yellow" rings, the ring on the third segment being broader, beneath with broad yellow' bands on 
all the segments. 22 mm. Assam. 
pyrodisca. S. pyrodisca Hmps. (94 b). Body bluish-black, thorax with yellow margins. Abdomen with fine yel¬ 
low segmental margins. Beneath broader yellow margins. Anal tuft red-brown. Legs red-brown with yellow 
rings, according to the original figure yellow with brown rings. Wings hyaline. Forewing with brown veins 
and margins, and with a red basal spot. Cross-vein outside and a streak at the apex fiery red. Hindwing 
with black veins and margins. Abdomen of 9 more extensively yellow. 28 32 mm. Burma. 
pyrosema. S. pyrosema Hmps. Body blackish-brown, ring on the collar yellow. Abdomen with fiery red lines 
at the base, on the 5th and 7th segments. Tibiae with a few white hairs in the middle and at the ends. 
Abdomen beneath with a white line on the 5th segment. Wings hyaline, veins and margins finely blackish- 
brown. The streak at the cross-vein outside fiery red. 20 mm. Khasia Mts. 
cupreifas- S. cupreifascia Misk. Body black, thorax with yellow' lines in front and behind. Abdomen with 
eia. 2 yellow bands near the base, the posterior one broader, besides 3 narrow ones towards the anal end. 
Beneath alternately with black and creamy white bands. Legs orange. Wings hyaline. Costal and distal 
margins of forewing black. The black cross-vein outside coppery, the veins behind it also coppery. Hind¬ 
wing coppery at the costal margin, distal margin black. $ 27 nim. Queensland. 
xanthozo- S. xanthozonatum Hmps. Black. Palpi, collar and patagia edged with yellow. Abdomen also with 
natum. yellow margins on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th segments. Legs black and yellow with a few grey hairs. Wings 
hyaline with black veins and margins. Forewing with a black spot at the cross-vein. Abdomen of $ with 
yellow' rings on all the segments. Bases of both wings yellow' at the inner margin. Orange scales in the 
marginal area of the forewing. 24 30 mm. Tenasserim. 
catalina. S. Catalina Meyr. Head indigo-blue, collar yellow", palpi orange. Antennae red, black above. Thorax 
bluish-black with yellow scales. Abdomen bluish-black with yellow segmental margins. Legs red, tibiae 
partly black. Tarsi yellow. Wings yellowish hyaline. Forewing red at the costal margin, the other margins 
black. Veins black. Cross-vein and apical area somewhat red. Black and yellow scales in the marginal 
area between the veins. Hindwing with black veins, and yellow' near the base. Costal margin red as far 
as around the apex, distal margin black. 9 32 mm. Cumaon. 
duporti. S. duporti Le Gerf. Head blackish-blue, palpi and antennae yellow, both with a black line. Thorax 
black with yellow lines and a yellow end. Abdomen blackish-blue, all the segments margined with vel- 
