. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 130 SYNTOMID^. vein 2 to just above inner margin ; a subterminal rounded patch between veins 3 and 5, and a smaller patch from just below vein 6 to above 8. Hind wing orange, with terminal black band ex- panding on apical area and below vein 2 ; an indistinct discoidal spot more prominent below. Hah. Madagascar. Exp. 30 millim. Type f in Mus. Frankfort. *244. Thyrosticta butleri. Syntomis butleri, Mab. Le Nat. ii. p. 134 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. Biisanxes distincta, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 144 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. V-
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 130 SYNTOMID^. vein 2 to just above inner margin ; a subterminal rounded patch between veins 3 and 5, and a smaller patch from just below vein 6 to above 8. Hind wing orange, with terminal black band ex- panding on apical area and below vein 2 ; an indistinct discoidal spot more prominent below. Hah. Madagascar. Exp. 30 millim. Type f in Mus. Frankfort. *244. Thyrosticta butleri. Syntomis butleri, Mab. Le Nat. ii. p. 134 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. Biisanxes distincta, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 144 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. V- 107. Dz/savxes expallescens, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 145 (1884); Kirby, Cat Het. p. 107. Dysauxes extensa, Saalm. Lep. Mad. i. p. 145(1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. cj. Head and thorax black ; first two joints of palpi, the lower part of frons, patches on patagia and mesothorax, and the greater part of legs orange ; abdomen orange, the last two segments black, with the anal tuft orange. Fore wing black, with rounded orange subbasal spot; a medial orange band from below costa to above vein 1 ; a rounded subter- minal spot between veins 3 •e\g. bl.—Thyrosticta butleri, $. \. an^ 5 and a spot above 6. Hind wing orange, with terminal black band expanding towards apex and at vein 2, and not reaching tornus ; the underside wholly orange. 2 . Mesothorax without the orange spot; fore wing with the medial band ending on vein 1, sometinwJs with acute, sometimes with rounded extremity, sometimes expanding below cell; hind wing with triangular black discoidal patch and terminal band on upper and under sides. Ab. 1. expallescens: hind wing without the discoidal black patch. Hah. Madagascae. Exp., S 26, $ 34-36 millim. Typef $ in Coll. Mabille; types f distincta J and extensa $ in Mus. Frankfort; type f expallescens in Mus. Liibeck. Sect. II. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; antennte of male with long plumose branches. A. Hind wing orange, with terminal band. a.
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