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forewing on a long stalk, 3 and 4 of hindwing on a short one. The species represents perhaps a separate genus 

 which would be best placed near Synnnthedon. Proboscis a very long spiral. Vitreous areas of fore^-ing very 

 large, outer vitreous patch consisting of 5 spots; median band of forewing very narrow, yellow on distal 

 side. Eyes with broad white anterior borders. Frons, vertex, inner edges of patagia, metathorax, hind mar- 

 gins of all the abdominal segments, anal tuft of ,^ and the legs yellow. Palpi also yellow, on outside thinly black. 

 Antennae black, beneath ochreous, in $ above before tip with a yellow spot. Anal tuft of (^ black, beneath 

 yellow at apex, and sides with thin yellow stripes. Tibiae ringed with black. The abdomen of the ^ is character- 

 istic, being ventricose beneath, strongly compressed laterally and very strongly pointed. — Japan. 



7. Genus: l>i]>.s4»spliccia Spul. (1910). 



Spuler was quite justified in erecting a new genus for the species allied to ichneumoniforrnis. He 

 bases it particularly on the strongly atrophied or soft proboscis, whose reduction, according to Pungeler, 

 doubtless indicates that the organs of digestion also are modified. A peculiarity of the species of this genus 

 is the colouring of the median band of the forewing, tliis band being mostly bordered or spotted with red on 

 the outer side, while the wing itself is sometimes orange-red, being entirely dark only in a few $$; and it is 

 further characteristic that tlie known larvae live in the roots of Papilionaceae, and that Central Asia is espe- 

 cially rich in bright-coloured species, so that many interesting discoveries may be expected from that region. 

 The bright belts of the abdomen are nearly all continued over the underside. Veins 10 and 1 1 of the forewing 

 approximate towards costal margin, but are not previously coincident. — Type: D. ichneumoniforrnis F. 



D. palariformis Led. (51 f). The sexes very different; the abdom_en of $ conspicuously narrowing pa7ari/or- 

 posteriorly ; veins 3 and 4 of hindwing not stalked. Forewing of ,^ with dark margins, very oblique dark median ""^■ 

 band and distinct vitreous i^atches, of which the longitudinal one does not quite reach to the median band. 

 Fringes of both wings glossy grey-white. Cross-vein of hindwing broadly covered with dark scaling for its en- 

 tire length. Antenna black, exceedingly strongly serrate and very strongly ciliate. Palpi with bushy hair, 

 pale yellow, black on outside, end-segment long and pointed, yellow. Eyes with white anterior borders. Body 

 black, thorax anteriorly and at the sides with rather long grey hair, posteriorly with some yellow hairs. Ab- 

 domen with a thin pale j'ellow belt on segment 2, broader ones on 4, 6 and 7 ; on underside 4 with thin yellow 

 border and 5 — 7 with yellow .spots laterally. Anal tuft black, beneath yellow in the centre. Breast without 

 coloured spot below the wing-base. Femora black, tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, the former with black rings. The $ 

 stouter, with the abdomen larger and very pointed. The forewing the colour of red lead, the costal and distal 

 borders broad and black-brown; median band with broad proximal border and tliin cUstal one of the colour of 

 red lead. No vitreous patches, or only the wedge-spot and the outer vitreous patch indicated by the scaling 

 being thinner, shining through. Hindwing as in ^, but the veins scaled red and the inner margin extended 

 red-yellow; cross-vein as in (J broadly covered with dark scaling, but with thin red border. Underside of wings 

 red lead colour with the exception of the dark outer borders, the cross-vein of the hindwing and a thin bar on 

 the cross-vein of the forewing. Palpi with very long reddish yellow hair, only the base being rather strongly 

 black-hairy. Antennae without cilia, relatively short and thick. Frons and collar whitish. A large yellow spot 

 on the patagia near the base of the forewing (only vestigial in (J). Thorax uniformly black. Abdomen with 

 broad yellow belts on segments 2, 4, 6. Breast uniformly black. Femora and tibiae orange. — Asia Minor 

 (Amasia, June), Anatolia (Konia), Taurus, Syria (Damascus), Malatia, Mesopotamia. — A larger and more 

 red form from Malatia has been separated as ab. rubrescens Stgr. rubrescens. 



D. diocttriiformis Eom. A doubtful pecies, only one specimen known, from Southern Transcaucasia, dwctirii- 

 Expanse 15 mm ($). The facies is that of pnlnriformis, of which it ispos.sibly only a variety. The forewing, 

 however, with little orange-red colouring, rather broad black margins and median band, the latter agreeing 

 with that of palariformis. Fringes of both wings dark brown. Underside of wings with little orange colouring. 

 Body blue-black; frons j^e'llowish wliite. Antennae short and rather stout. Second segment of palpi ochreous, 

 tliird also ochreous, with a little black on inside. Abdomen with 3 light yellow belts and black anal brush. Legs 

 black, tibiae dirty yellow in the centre. — Differs from palariformis, of which it is probably only an aberrant $ 

 or, according to PIjngelee, a mere synonym, in the very broad black distal area of the forewing, the very broad 

 distal border of the liindwing and the red base of this wing (the inner margin being dark), the much reduced 

 red lead colour on the forewing, and the dark legs. 



iormis. 



D. dispar Stgr. (52 a). The sexes of this pecular species are very different in colour and markings; it diapar. 

 represents probably another genus, the very late appearance of the moth pointing in that direction. In the S 

 the forewing is vitreous, partly covered with small dark scales, the costal margin being broadly black and 

 the veins blackish; liind margin pale yellowish; at the apex of the cell a narrow black band; costal margin 



