( HI ) 



9<j3. D. crossi spec. imv. 



o. Pectiis, k'ijs, ami jialpi sooty gi'cy ; auteuiiac brown ; head and thorax pale 



testaceous" Inift'-brown ; abdomen similar, but witii a dorsal line of sooty tul'ts. 



Fore- and hind wings pale testaceous buff-browu. 



Length of fore wing : 10 mm. 



llab. Assaba, Niger (Dr. Cross); 'Warri, July Is'.iT (Ur. Hoth) ; Agberri, Niger 

 River, December I'.MiI (Dr. Ansorgo) ; Bathnrst, West Africa. 



4 (JcJ. 



'."it. D. scita (Walk.). 



2 9? Natal (1 Felder coll.) ; r, 3S Natal (A. J. Spilier) ; 1 o ?; 1 J Durban, 

 Natal, December I'M)'. (G. F. Leigh). 



y05. D. leighi sjiec. nov. 



This si)ecimen was sent me by Mr. G. T. Leigh a.s a variety of D.jlava, but I 

 consider it is distinct. 



3. Pectus and legs greyish brown; antennae black; head and thora.x buffy 



orange ; abdomen orange, with dorsal row of black spots. Forewiug orange, 



nervures leaden blue-grey. Hindwing black, costal outer and inner margins 



and basal fifth orange. 



Length of forewing : 



IIiilj. Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh). 



1 <?. 



960. D. latiradiata Hmpsn. 



2 o (J Bashoe River, Caffraria (Felder coll. j ; 1 ? East rondoland. 



90 T. D. bretandiani (Uberth.). 



1 o Chumbi Valley, Thibet. 



90^. D. perornata (Moore). 



2 66 Kashmir Valley, 12,0UU ft., August 24 (Col. Ward). 



969. D. purpurata purpurata (Linn.). 



6 cJ <J, 2 ? 9 ? (Felder coll.) ; o J , T + + ? ; 1 o Rheingau ; 3 ? $ Wiesbaden ; 

 1 o North Germany, 3 <J(J, 2 ?$ Saxony, 1 o, 1 ? Zara, Dalniatia (Groum- 

 Grschmailo coll.); 1 ? Ziiricli, Switzerland (Buehecker coll.); 1 <?, 1 9 Bern, 

 Switzerland ; 2 9 ? Crimraitschau, June— July l.s90 (Th. 'Wagner); I 3 Kronstadt, 

 Transylvania; 1 <?, 1 9 Europe! (Meyer collection) ; 19 <?<?, 2 9 9 Digne, Basses 

 Alpes, June 17—311, 190S (Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan). The following 

 are aberrations : 1 9 Sarepta (Groum-Grsclunailo coll.), spots on forewing almost 

 all absent; 3 99 (ierraany (2 Groum-Grschmailo coll.), the forewings with broad 

 bands of dark brown patches; 19? forewings immaculate, huidwings, base, and 

 a broad interrupted submarginal band black; 1 o, 1 9 South Germany, hind wings 

 yellow; 1 6 Yokohama, Japan, July ItSS'.i (Dr. Fritze), very large, spots on 

 forewing partly obsolete and lavender-grey; 4 larvae. 



