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1 <?, 3 ? 9 Sikkiin, 7000—10,000 ft., Jiiiie— September 1889 (J. G. Pilcher) ; S <J^, 

 4 ?? Darjeeling(2 <S3, J. G. Pilclier, June IS.si); 5 <J<?,4 ?? Dr. Liddcnlale) ; 

 3 (JcJ Khasis, Assam, June 1895 (native collectors); 1 J Clnirabi Valley, Thibet ; 



2 cJ (J Mount Arizau, Kagi District, Central Formosa, .Inly I'.tos; 4 o o Daijeeliiig-, 

 Jnly 1880 (H. J. Elwes); 2 o^cj, 2 ?? Sikkim, l.^s'.i (Otto Moller) {tt. J. Elwes 

 coll.). 



932. D. meridionalis spec. nov. 



<J. Pectus brownish grey; legs, tarsi black, tibiae and coxae crimson; palpi 

 crimson ; sides of head lilack, frons and vertex creamy white ; tegnlae creamy 

 white, patagia black with creamy white borders, thorax black; abdomen crimson 



with a dorsal row of black psitches. Forewing creamy white, covered with 



a number (25) of large brownish black (jnadrate patclies, which are quite 

 irregularly i)laced in basal third of wing, but form three irregular and ill-defined 



transverse bands in outer two-thirds. Hindwing j)ale bnff, a large brownish 



patch in cell, a nearly complete dark brownish submarginal band and a marginal 

 row of brownish dots. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Bab. Parkside, South Australia. 



1 <?. 



ii33. D. cymbalophoroides sjiec. nov. 



(J. In coloration this species is nearest to arctirliroa Druce, but ims strongly 

 pectinated antennae. 



Pectus sooty brown ; legs brown, coxae crimson; palpi blackish brown; head 

 creamy wliite; antennae brown; tegnlae and patagia black with broad cream 

 borders; thorax black, cream beneath patagia; abdomen crimson with yellowish 



tinge, a ce}itral dorsal black band. Forewing cream, four large black irregular 



patches run into wing from costa, the first to beyond median vein, the ont.er two 

 into cell and on to discocellnlars respectively ; five other large black irregular 



patches are on rest of wing. Hindwing pale yellowish salmon, suffused with rose 



on inner third, three brownish spots between cell and costa, and two or three 

 patches between vein 3 and termen. 



?. Differs in having the forewing almost entirely black, duly a band above 

 vein 1 from base to tornus, the outer margin joining the band at tornus, and four 



or five s]>ots on costa and between cell and termen are (tream-rolonr. Hindwing 



pale crimson, onter half almost covered with large sooty patches. 



Length of forewing : S 25 mm. ; ? 30 mm. 



Ilab. South Flores, dry season, November 180(1 (A. Fverett) : Sapif, Loiubok, 

 2000 ft., May-June isiir) (H. Frulistorfer). 



1 rj, 1 ¥. 



034. D. pseudolutea sjiec. uov. 



<J. Looks intermediate between hitm and jfarr/is. 



Pectns orange, grey in centre ; legs and antennae black ; palpi orange-buff, 

 last joint black ; iiead and thorax orange-buff; abdomen orange, a dorsal dot and 

 last two segments before anal segment, and a lateral row of black spots on each 



side. Forewing orange-buft', a convex transverse antemedian row of brownish 



spots from inner margin to subcostal vein, rather faint between vein 3 and subcostal, 



