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Show 1878.] INSECTS FROM UPPER TENASSERIM. 845 SYNTOMIS ATKINSONI. Syntomis atkinsoni, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 245, pl. f. 2. Above Ahsown ; Naththoung to Paboga. SYNTOMIS LIBERA. Syntomis libera, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. Suppl. p. 78. Above Ahsown; Meetan, 3000 feet, April. SYNTOMIS MASONI, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 4.) Allied to <S. vitreata, H.-Sch. Lep. Spec. Nov. f. 247. Distinguished by having the hyaline spaces broader, by the space between the lower subcostal and upper median branch being black, and the front of the head white. Expanse, <$ lyV, $ lyV inch. Moolai, 3000-6000 feet^; Moolai to Moolat, 4500 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. SYNTOMIS DISRUPTA, II. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 5.) Similar to S. divisa, Walker. Differs in its more pointed fore wing, the hyaline spaces extending throughout to the exterior margins, the black borders being narrower. Expanse 1^- inch. Moolai, 3000-6000 feet; Moolai to Moolat, 4500 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. SYNTOMIS BERINDA, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 8.) Allied to S.fenestrata (H.-Sch. Lep. Spec. Nov. f. 270). Smaller, the hyaline spots on fore wing shorter, those on the hind wing narrower and pale orange-colour. Front of head, collar, a spot on tegulae, and a spot ou hind part of thorax orange-red; the orange bands on abdomen narrow ; anal segment black; tarsi with a white band. Expanse, S lyo- $ -*T3O" m c^* Ahsown, 2000 feet; above Ahsown. SYNTOMIS ALBIFRONS, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 6.) Allied to S. diaphana, Kollar, and S. melas, Walker. Dark purple-black : fore wing with the basal area of the cell, five large elongated discal spots, a small spot between the two lower median veins (obsolete in some specimens), and a narrow indented space from the base above the submedian vein hyaline : hind wing with three short hyaline spots, the outer small, and in some specimens obsolete : front of head, collar above, and four streaks down the thorax white; an orange band on hind part of thorax ; abdomen glossy greyish blue, with an orange band on the first and fifth segments, and a lateral band on third and fourth segments; legs slaty blue. Expanse 2 T % inches. Above Ahsown ; Moolai, 3600-6000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. |
