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[November— December 1S90. 



D'URBANIA, Trim. 

 16. D. MONno, sp. iiov. 



Uppeiside of head, antennae, and body 

 dark brown. Ground color of both wings 

 orange red. The base and costa of the an- 

 terior wing is covered with minute blackish 

 striae and spots. The apex and outer mar- 

 gin are black. There are three black spots 

 in the cell of which the outermost is the 

 largest, and there are three connected and 

 somewhat irregulai spots which form a band 

 running from tiie middle of the costa toward 

 the outer margin with which they partly fuse. 

 The outer margin of the secondaries is 

 broadly dark brown, and the surface of the 

 wing is very densely mottled with the little 

 spots and striae described as appearing upon 

 the primaries. This maculation is least 

 dense upon the nervures, and the wing has 

 thus a rayed appearance imparted to it. The 

 underside of the anterior wing is lighter red 

 than the upper; the base, costa, apex, and 

 outer inargin are gray irrorrated with minute 

 black dots. The spots reappear as upon 

 the upper surface, and in addition a 

 large spot between the second and third 

 median nervules. The underside of the sec- 

 ondaries is of the same gray color as the base 

 of the primaries. There is a waved marginal 

 line, an interrupted submarginal series of 

 black spots arranged in two groups of three 

 spots each ; a transverse series of four spots 

 extending across the wing, the spot nearest 

 the inner margin being the smallest, and 

 three spots at the base. These spots are not 

 quite constant, and there are sometimes one 

 or two more minute ones upon the wing. The 

 female does not differ materially from the 

 male. Expanse of wings $ 35 mm., $ 32. 

 mm. 



Described from four males and two 

 females in author's collection. 



17. D. OSHEBA, sp. nov. 



Upperside of head ami body black. Wings 

 with their outer margins scalloped and the 

 fringes narrowly gray between the extremi- 

 ties of the nervules. The anterior wing is 

 broadly black, with a minute spot of crimson 

 near the base and a larger spot of the same 

 color on the posterior margin. The hind- 

 wing is crimson bordered evenlv with black. 

 In some specimens the border is narrower 

 on the inner margin. There are a number 

 of small black spots at the base. The under- 

 side of the wings is brown with a plumbeous 

 sheen. There are a few obscure dark marks 

 at the base of both wings. The crimson spot 

 at the posterior margin of the primaries re- 

 appears upon the lower side and is surmount- 

 ed by a small spot of the same color. There 

 are a few crimson spots at the base of the 

 secondaries, and a curved band of crimson 

 spots crosses the middle of the wing, which 

 is darker in the region of this band than else- 

 where. The female does not materially dif- 

 fer from the male except as that sex always 

 differs in the genus by having the apex of 

 the primaries less acute. Expanse of wings 

 27 mm. 



Described from two males and two 

 females in author's collection. 



iS. D. ASHiRA, sp. nov. 



Allied to D. libentina. Hew. Upper sur- 

 face of the wings uniformly black except at 

 the anal angle of the secondaries where there 

 is a large subovate crimson spot. The under- 

 side is marked very much as in D. ltbe>i/ina 

 but the ground color is darker and the crim- 

 son spots smaller and differently shaped. 

 Nothing but a good figure can convey the 

 idea of these differences, and such a figure I 

 hope soon to publish. 



Type in collection of the author. 



