onT A. 1901 THE A>rNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOEL [SEVENTH SERIES.] No. 45. SEPTEMBER 1901, XXIV. — New Species of Syntomidse and Arctiadaa, By Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., B.A. The following species of Sjntomidse and Arctiadae form a first supplement to the first three volumes of the ' Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaense of the British Museum,' and the numbers before the species indicate the position of the species in the classification adopted in those volumes. Syutomidae. 28 a. Ceryx pleurasticta^ sp. n. (J . Purple-black j back of head orange ; pectus with lateral orange spots ; tarsi with the first joint white ; abdomen with dorsal orange patch on first segment and band on fifth, the intermediate segments with lateral spots. Fore wing with hyaline spot below the cell near base ; a wedge-shaped patch in end of cell and another below base of vein 2 ; a round spot above base of vein 2 and more elongate spots above veins 3, 4, and 6. Hind wing with hyaline patch below middle of cell and round spot above vein 2. Hah. Kanara, Siddapah {Davidson), 1 ^ type. Exp. 24 millim. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. viii. 13
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