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side. Forewing white, tliven Mark doU on costa, numerous minute lilack twin 



dots on veins. Hiudwing wliite, a gveyisli blaelv stigma and a grey dot near 



tornus. 



9. Similar, but fore-coxae orange; antennae blacic. Forewing with five 



bliu k spots on costa ; no twin dots, but one black dot on median vein, one on each 

 side of vein G, and two above and one below vein 1 ; a marginal row of black duts. 



Hindwing with large black stigma and five or six snbmarginal spots. Abdomen 



has basal segment white and anal segment half black half white, rest orange with 

 broad transverse black bands. 



Length of forewing : c?, 24 mm. ; ? , 3(1 mm. 



Ilab. ? (labelled Asia ! ex Meyer coll.). 



87 1. D. purum (Leech). 

 IS (J-J, 3 9? West China. 



ST2a. D. robustum haiuana subspec. nov. 



These Hainan specimens appear considerably smaller than typical West Chinese 

 examples, and have crimson, not orange, abdomens. 



Hab. 3 cJ;J, 3 ? ? Chengmai, Hainan, July 1902 ; 1 <S Hainan. 



872b. D. robustum tsingtauana subspec. nov. 



rtiffers from /■. rohiistum in being much smaller and almost pure white, with 

 a very brilliant crimson abdomen. 

 Ihib. Tsingtau, N.E. China. 



872c. D. robustum subsji. 

 1 ? Amur (H. J. Elwes coll.). 



873. D. virginica (Fabr.). 



3 cJ<?, 2 ?? Canada; 8 cJ<J Denver, Colorado (E. J. Oslar) ; 2 J cj Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia; 5 <?o, 1 ? Texas ; 7 (J cj Larima, Colorado, 5000 ft., July LSOl ; 

 3(JcJ, 2???;2c?o Kaslo, British Columbia ; 4 (?<?, G ? ? Iowa, August 1898 ; 

 1 <J,2 ?9 North America; 1 S Wisconsin, North America; 1 (J, 2 9? Montreal 

 to Quebec (Orapes) ; 4 9 9 Rhode Ishiml (Felder coll.) ; 1 <S Florida ; 1 S North 

 America, 1 9 New York, 1 9 New Hampshire (Meyer coll.) ; 1 9 Monacknock, 

 New Hampshire (F. Birch) ; 1 <?, bred from a cocoon collected in Vancouver, 

 liritish Columbia; 1 3,2 9 9, West Point, banks of the Hudson River, North 

 America (Lant coll.) ; 1 <J, 1 9 Keith Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia, 

 May Hiu2 (N. Charles Rothschild); 1 cJ Long Island; 1 o New Westminster, 

 British Columbia (A. D. Jones) ; 2 larvae. 



874. D. punctaria (Stoll). 



1 cJ Tokio, Japan, 189n, 1 6 Ishikishiri, Yezo, June IS'.ti) (Dr. Fritze) ; 

 3 J (J, 1 9 Hakodate, Japan, June and July 1887 (native collectors) ; 17 cJcJ, 2 9 9 

 Japan ; A <S 3 (Jensan, Corea, July 1887 (J. H. Leech coll.) ; 2 9 ? Japan (H. Pryor 

 coll.); 1 9 Tsurnga, July 18S7 (J. H. Leech coll.); Nagasaki, Japan, June 18SG 



