DINAWIDES; TETRAPHLEBA. By Dr. M. Bering. 
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black dorsal spots edged with light outside, with 4 protuberances each in front and behind, from which the 
irritated insect turns out spined appendages. Australia. 
D. quadriguttata Wkr. (= lewini Scott.). Antenna of pectinate not quite to the middle, forewing guadri- 
rusty brownish-red, more or less dusted with bluish-grey, transversely grooved, with an oblique row of 4—6 O ulf ata. 
black dots from the centre of the inner margin towards the costal margin before the apex, not reaching the 
two margins; these dots may be edged with yellow only in the S, never in the Hindwing reddish ochreous. 
Expanse of wings: 24—42 mm. — Larva green, with a red longitudinal and transverse marking above and 
green spines, only the anterior and posterior pairs being red; on Eucalyptus. Australia. 
D. casta Scott. (89 k). Extremely similar to the preceding species, generally smaller, antennae of S cant a. 
pectinated as far as %, dark dots on the forewing are edged with yellow in the $. Expanse of wings: 22—40 mm. 
-— Larva quite different, velvety black with yellowish-white dots and spines; also on Eucalyptus. 
D. rufa B.-Bak. (89 k). Quite similar to the following unicolora, more orange-red, with a longer, more rufa. 
curved line of the forewing. Hindwing pale whitish-pink. Expanse of wings: 25 mm. New Guinea. 
D. unicolora Swh. (= stenora Trnr.) (89 k). Body dark red-brown. Basal tuft of antenna and vertex unicolora. 
of $ white, abdomen with a more or less distinct orange-red dorsal line. Wings red-brown, with a whitish 
straight oblique line from the apex towards the centre of the inner margin, vanishing in the centre of the 
wing. Hindwing paler. Expanse of wings: 22—26 mm. Australia. 
D. corallina Trnr. (89 k). Body purple brown, with an orange-red dorsal line. Forewing purple, with coratlina. 
fine violettish-grey transverse grooves on being viewed in an oblique light, hindwing somewhat paler purple. 
Expanse of wings: 25—30 mm. Australia. 
D. oxlei Neivm. ( = circumdata Wlcr., confusa Wkr.) (89 1). S'- red-brown, anterior part of body and base oxlei. 
of abdomen orange-red, terminal tuft whitish. Wings diaphanous grey, margins narrowly darker. §: forewing 
red-brown, with a light grey broad marginal area narrowing down towards the tornus, transversely grooved. 
Hindwing brownish-grey. Expanse of wings: 23 (^) to 50 ($) mm. Australia. 
D. pinguis Wkr. Antennal pectinations of S extend to %, hindwing greyish, otherwise similar to the phujuis. 
following olorina. Expanse of wings: 30—34 mm. Australia. 
D. olorina -Trnr. Forewing whitish-grey with two curved postmedian transverse bands parted white olorina. 
by the veins. Hindwing whitish. Abdomen beneath of $ (which is often less distinctly marked) black. Expanse 
of wings: 26—42 mm. Australia. 
D. ochroptila Trnr. Forewing whitish-grey with a reddish-brown subterminal band which is traversed ochroptila. 
by the greyish-white veins, does not reach the margins, being narrow and expanded between veins 5 and 6. 
Hindwing whitish. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. Australia. 
D. nagodina sp. n. (90 d). Antenna of S long pectinate only in the basal third, then bare. Dark purple nagodina. 
brown, lighter brown beyond the cell in the forewing. Hindwing with a straight margin, smoky-hyaline, 
blackish at the costal and inner margins, 8 withdraws from the anterior edge of the cell before its centre. Ex¬ 
panse of wings: 21 mm. New Guinea, in April. S type from Biagi, Mambare (Tring Museum). 
40. Genus: l>inawi<Ies gen. nov. 
Antenna of S pectinate, decreasing towards the end, palpus short, porrect, somewhat upcurved, hind 
tibiae only with terminal spurs. 7—9 of forewing stalked, 10 together with this stalk from the same base, 
11 arises far basad (opposite 2), discocellular vein plain. Posterior angle of cell on hindwing scarcely projecting, 
6 -j- 7 stalked, 8 fused with the anterior edge of the cell at y 3 . 
Type of genus: D. nigricans B.-B. 
D. nigricans B.-Bak. Body and forewing purple brown, forewing with a black central dot and a blackish nigricans. 
straight oblique stripe bordered with light inside and extending parallel to the margin from which it is distant 
by its width. Hindwing blackish hyaline, veins and margins fine dark. — In opaca form. nov. (90 e) the hind- opaca. 
wing is densely scaled greyish-brown, the dark line of the forewing is distant from the margin by more than 
its width; it may be a distinct species. (S type from Mt. Etappenberg, 850 m, in the Berlin State Museum.) 
Expanse of wings: 22—26 mm. New Guinea, July till October. 
41. Genus: Tetraphlefoa Strd. (Tetraphleps Hmps.). 
Antenna of <$ long bipectinate, palpus straight, obliquely raised, middle joint very much widened 
by scales that are turned downward, posterior tibiae only with terminal spurs. 7—9 of forewing stalked, 
