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tip, and tlie middle one is very narrow. Dorsal opercula semiellip- 

 tical ; ventral opercula extending to three-fourths of the length of the 

 abdomen. Tibiae with a blackish band near the tip ; fore tarsi blackish. 



Female. Prothorax with a black point on each side in the disk. Meso- 

 thorax with the outer pair of stripes interrupted near the fore border. 

 Abdomen with a white subapical band. Length of the body 11-l.i 

 lines, of the wings ^8-40 lines. 



Var. y. Foam. Capite lincis duabus transversis, strigis lateralibus trans- 

 versis lineaque faciei nigris; prothoraee lincis duabus obliquis, vittis 

 duabus guttisque duabus nigris, guttis duabus piceis ; mesothoraee 

 vittis quinqne (una integra) guttisque duabus nigris ; abdomine ma- 

 culis dorsalibus trigonis nigris fasciisque interruptis piceis ; alis an- 

 ticis raaculis quatuor apud venas transversas guttisque submargina- 

 libus nigricantibus elongatis. 



Female. Head with a transverse undulating black line, which is di- 

 lated in the middle and includes the ocelli ; an irregular transverse 

 black line on the front ; face with a middle black line, which is ab- 

 breviated towards the front, and with black transverse streaks along 

 each side. Prothorax with two black lines, which diverge from each 

 other and are dilated towards the fore border and towards the huid 

 border ; a piceous dot on each side in the disk ; a black dot on each 

 side near the hind border ; a black stripe on each side, widening to- 

 wards the hind border. Mesothorax with five black stripes : middle 

 stripe entire, wider towards its bind end ; inner pair composed of a 

 line and a spot, the line bent inward at its bind end ; outer pair 

 nearly interrupted in front, slightly dilated towards the hind end, 

 which does not extend to the hind border ; a slender black dot on 

 the fore border between the inner pair and the outer. Abdomen 

 with a |)iccous band on the fore border of each segment, each band 

 Interrupted in the middle, where there is a triangular black spot; 

 underside with a piceous disk. Tarsi with a black band. Length of 

 the body 12 lines, of the wings 40 lines. 



Hah. Aru ; Batchian ; Ceram ; Gilolo ; Ternate. 



Much allied to D. hicaudata, from which it may be distin- 

 guished by the black spot on the base of the abdomen. 



16. DuNDUBiA JUNCTiviTTA. Mas. Testacca; capite linea trans- 

 versa lata, linea anteriore transversa angulata, strigis transveisis late- 

 ralibus lineaque faciei nigris; prothoraee lineis duabus obliquis ui- 

 gris, lunulis duabus vittisque duabus piceis; mesothoraee nigro, 

 vittis duabus testaceis nigro unimaculatis, postice testaceo nigro- 

 binotato ; abdomine vittis quinque macularibus piceis ; operculis ab- 

 dominis bis triente non brevioribus; alis anticis guttis duabus aiuid 

 venas transversas guttisque septem submarginalibus nigricantibus 

 clonijatis. 



