DIRPHIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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D. regia sp. n. (117 b) is very similar, perhaps only a form of it. Ground-colour rosy-red, behind the regia. 
cell, below it between 2 and 3 and subterminally feebly covered with olive grey; transverse lines deep velvety 
black, proximad cut by snow-white not yellow, the smoke-brown veins only behind the line faintly tinted with 
rusty brown; anterior line quite straight, not extending to the inner margin, but below 1 curved upwards 
again, for a short distance parallel to the white border of the posterior line which is quite straight, cutting 4 
close behind the cell. Hindwing brownish pink with a feeble whitish arcuate line in the centre, fringe white. 
Abdomen almost quite orange, the black rings in the $ only very narrow. Types: 1 from Western Colombia, 
Bellavista, in the Coll. Niepelt, 1 much flown $ from the Chiriqui, Panama, in the Berlin Museum. 
D. imperialis sp. n. (117 b) is of a bright orange on the thorax and forewing, with brown veins; transverse imperial>s. 
lines as in regia deep black, proximally white, before it again some black scales, the white portion black, the 
black portion traversed orange on the veins; course of the anterior line as in agis, posterior line likewise almost 
straight, cutting 4 as far as % behind the base; subterminally darkened as in regia, between 2 and 4 not 
projecting farther towards the base than between 5 and 7. Hind wing bright crimson with a somewhat lighter 
arcuate stripe as in regia, fringe white. Abdomen orange with black rings. Type: 1 from Bellavista (Western 
Colombia) in the Coll. Niepelt. 
D. mexicana Bouv. (117 b) is similar to agis, more greyish-brown, mostly without a pink tint, all the mexicana. 
veins, also the submedian fold orange; cross-vein mostly feebly concave; transverse lines similar as in agis, but 
often contiguous at the inner margin as in regia ; basal area lighter than the ground; the posterior transverse line 
cuts vein 4 before or in its basal third; the subterminal darkening does not quite recede between 4 and 5 to 
the posterior transverse line. Hindwing scarcely darker than forewing. Mexico. 
D. eumedidoides Vuill. (117 e) is smaller, ground-colour darker, more chestnut or greyish brown, in the eumedidoi- 
type at hand the basal area is remarkably lighter, almost whitish, antemedian line very fine, blackish, proxi- ^ es 
mally not bordered with white, with yellow spots on the median vein and vein 1; veins hardly darker than the 
ground, the cross-vein forming a flat angle, the sides of which are equally long; posterior transverse line slightly 
curved, expanded into a white triangle at the costal margin, very fine black, inside scantily bordered with white 
hair-scales, cut by yellow; it cuts 4 behind the basal quarter; subterminal line irregular, whitish, undulated, 
the area before it darker grey, behind it light reddish-brown. Hindwing like the marginal area of the forewing 
with a broad extinct postmedian nebulous band. Amazons, Colombia. Peru. 
D. eumedide Stoll (117 c) is mostly darker than agis, without a pink tint, otherwise very similar, but eumedide. 
the posterior transverse line feebly bent and cutting vein 4 in or behind the basal third. Panama, Ecuador, 
Guiana. 
D. varia Wkr. (117 c) is likewise extremely similar; the cross-vein forms an angle the upper side of varia. 
which is shorter, the lower one longer; before the discal spot angularly covering it the cell is lighter whitish 
almost to the base; transverse lines as in eumedide, the posterior one cuts vein 4 in less than y 3 from the base. 
Bolivia, Peru. 
D. infuscata Bouv. (117 c) is dark smoke-brown, the transverse lines are broader white than black, the infuscata. 
yellow-crossing veins are not very prominent; the cross-vein and discal spot form a basally slightly convex bow; 
the anterior transverse line forms a straight very oblique line running far distally; the posterior line cuts vein 4 
in more than y 3 , often in y 2 of its length. The black abdominal rings are very broad. Colombia, Ecuador. 
D. peruvianus Bouv. (117 d) is very similar to infuscata-, ground-colour dark smoky brown, sometimes peruvianas. 
with a violettish-pink tint, veins fine black, generally not very prominent; anterior transverse line as in 
infuscata, often twice cut by yellow, but the yellow may also be absent; on the posterior transverse line there 
are mostly only white vein-dots, but at the costal margin it is expanded into a white triangle. Abdomen above 
almost quite orange, only laterally with broad black segments with white spots. Peru, Ecuador. 
D. pallida Wkr. (117 d) is creamy white on the wings, with yellow veins, the fine transverse lines pallida. 
blackish-brown, at the inner margin both are very near together; the cross-vein is an ochreous angular streak; 
the posterior transverse line cuts vein 4 within the proximal quarter. Thorax as forewing, abdomen above 
unicoloured orange, beneath creamy white, laterally with feeble traces of darker segmental margins. Antennae 
black. Colombia. 
D. alba Drc. (103 A a) I only know from the photograph of the type which was kindly sent by Mr. alba. 
Talbot of the Hill Museum and which we figure; it seems to be allied to pallida. Head yellow, antennae black, 
anterior body grey, abdomen white, 2nd segment and anus yellow. Fore wing white, with brown veins, with a 
curved brown line from the base of the costal margin to the centre of the inner margin, and a straight brown 
distal line; apex and 2 marginal thirds dusted with blackish-brown. Hindwing snow-white, costal and distal 
margins bordered with brown, fringe white. Under surface white, with black veins and apex of forewing. 
Eastern Ecuador, Alpayacu, Rio Pastazza, 3600 m. 
D. aurora Vuill. (117 d). Body orange, also the abdomen only in the proximal half laterally somewhat aurora. 
black with white spots therein. Wings light ochreous or brick-coloured reddish, with yellow veins on the fore wing, 
the oblique antemedian line rather inconspicuous; posterior line greyish-white, rather straight, inside very 
