1.F: PI 1)OP'I' k: If A 0 Y '1'11 E: I.'h 11 I1,Y e Y(i &?i 11) x. 3-45 8. m<strong>on</strong>edzda, Wallengren, is identical wibh S. rbostalis, Wallier. S. gemnana, %'elder, is <strong>the</strong> S. <strong>the</strong>lebus <strong>of</strong> Fabricius. 8. cupea, Prittwitz (Stett. eat. Zeit. 1867, p. 277), but not <strong>of</strong> Walker, is fortunately <strong>the</strong> X. eyssea <strong>of</strong> Cramer, so will not require renaming. T&uEodes ? apicalis, Wallrer, is scarcely specifically distinct froin XyntomisJlavipl~iga <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same author. The following species must be removed to WTalker'e genus I
34G MR. A. G. HUTLEE ON THE discal and o<strong>the</strong>r spots ra<strong>the</strong>r smaller than in S. lucina ; fringe at apex white, all <strong>the</strong> hyaline spots much whiter: expanse <strong>of</strong> wings 31 millims. Khasia hills (G.-Austerh). Type, coll. F. Moore. 4. S. CYSSEOIDES, n. sp. Nearly allied to S. cysaea, but <strong>the</strong> fr<strong>on</strong>s black, and <strong>the</strong> hyaline spots <strong>of</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>daries smaller and widely separated : expanse <strong>of</strong> wings 27 millims. Neilgherries. Type, coll. F. Moore. Larger form, ra<strong>the</strong>r darker. Mynpuri, N.W. provinces, and Bombay (Leith). Coll. Moore. 5. S. EDWARDSII, 11. sp. Nearly allied to S. lucina, but more bluish in tint, <strong>the</strong> fr<strong>on</strong>s black j collal, orange ; hands <strong>on</strong> addomen and lateral spots orange-yellow ; primaries <strong>with</strong> all <strong>the</strong> hyaline spots ra<strong>the</strong>r larger ; sec<strong>on</strong>daries <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> hyaline spots c<strong>on</strong>nected, nune <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> spots, excepting that <strong>on</strong> ahdominal margin <strong>of</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>daries, tinted <strong>with</strong> yellowish, as in S. Zueina : expanse <strong>of</strong> wings 29 millims. Formosa. Type, coll. F. Moore. 1 have named this species after <strong>the</strong> indefatigable collector and entomologist, €1. Edwards, <strong>of</strong> San Francisco. (i. S. FORMOSB, n. sp. Nearly allied to S. annetta from China, but <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> collar orange, <strong>the</strong> two bands <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> abdomen and <strong>the</strong> spots <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> pectus orange instead <strong>of</strong> yellow, all <strong>the</strong> spots <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> primaries smaller, a hyaline spot near apex <strong>of</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>daries uniting <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> hyaline basal area, thus rendering its margin zigzag : expanse <strong>of</strong> wings 25 millims. Formosa. Type, coll. F. Moorc. 7. S. HYIIATINA, n. sp. 6. Body greenish black, fr<strong>on</strong>s creamy yellow ; a spot <strong>on</strong> metathorax, a semicircular spot <strong>on</strong> basal segment <strong>of</strong> abdomen, <strong>the</strong> fourth segment above and below, and two large lateral spots <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> pectus golden- yellow : antennae greyish at <strong>the</strong> tips : wings greenish black; prima- ries <strong>with</strong> a small square spot near <strong>the</strong> base, two large divergent spots across <strong>the</strong> middle, a small oval spot just below base <strong>of</strong> subcostal fork, and a bifd spot (cut by <strong>the</strong> third median branch) up<strong>on</strong> disk, hyalinr white; sec<strong>on</strong>daries <strong>with</strong> a large spot (occupying <strong>the</strong> greater part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wing) <strong>on</strong> abdominal margin hyaline white : expanse <strong>of</strong> wings 23 millims. Calcutta (Dick.). Type, coll. F. Moore. Allied to 5'. niznetta. Thc frinale is browirer tliaii thc male, niitl linx <strong>the</strong> Iiynline qmta
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