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DIACRISIA. By Dr. W. v. Rothschild. 
felderi. 
sangaica. 
irregularis. 
unifascia. 
subfascia. 
procedra. 
pun ct ala. 
uniformis. 
ummera. 
fuscitincta. 
D. felderi Rothsch. Antennae greyish-brown; head and thorax white; abdomen scarlet with a dorsal 
band of large, black spots, anal brush white. Fore wing white, a subbasal spot, an antemedian spot and a post- 
median one on the median, and a spot at the end of the proximal margin black. Hindwing white, the 
discoidal spot brown. Length of forewing: 19 mm. North India. 
D. lubricipeda sangaica Wkr. (20 g) differs from lubricipeda lubricipeda not occurring in the Indo- 
Australian region by the smaller and mostly less numerous black dots of the forewing and the submarginal 
spots of the hindwing, which are often very prominent in the $. China and Japan. — As to further particulars 
and the typical form, comp. Vol. II, t. 15 f, p. 87, under ,,menthastri ii . 
D. irregularis Rothsch. Palpi brownish-grey; head white; thorax white with pale brownish-grey longi¬ 
tudinal bands and spots; abdomen dull scarlet with black transverse bands. Forewing white with very broad, 
large, pale brownish-grey, irregular transverse bands and spots. Hindwing white, a discoidal spot and the broad, 
irregular submarginal band pale brownish-grey. Length of forewing: $ 24 mm, $ 32 mm. West China. 
D. unifascia Moore (= varia Wkr.) (20 h). Rather variable; forehead smoky-grey, hindhead white; 
antennae brown; thorax white; abdomen dirty yellow with 3 rows of black spots or sometimes transverse bands 
Forewing creamy-white or purely white with a very broad, median and 4 other ashy-grey transverse bands, 
broken up into dots and spots. Hindwing either ashy-grey, with darker discoidal and submarginal spots or 
white with a dark, interrupted submarginal band. Length of forewing: $ 15, $ 20 mm. India. 
D. subfascia Wkr. (20 h). palpi and antennae black; head and thorax creamy-white, shoulder- 
covers with black basal spots; abdomen yellow with a median and two lateral rows of black dots. Forewing 
creamy-white, 3 black spots within the basal three quarters of the costa, 2 similar ones in the cell, a broad, 
brown oblique band of confluent spots from the middle of the proximal margin towards the apex, a brown 
spot below the median and paired brown spots on the veins 1, 4 and 5. Hindwing creamy-white, in the anal 
third covered with yellow hair; a discoidal dot, a band from the anal angle to vein 3, and a number of spots 
near the apex smoky-brown. $ much larger, the wings almost purely white and the dark markings reduced 
to small dots. — Larva whitish with a black head, striped olive or ochreous, particularly on the dorsum. Tubercles 
blackish-blue, with light tufts of long black and white hairs. Length of forewing: $ 20, $ 26 mm. Ceylon. 
D. procedra Swinh. <$: head maize-coloured with black sides; antennae and palpi black; thorax maize- 
coloured; abdomen with rows of black dots. Forewing maize-coloured with a black discoidal spot, 2 black 
costal spots, 1 basal spot and a double spot on the proximal margin, two more on veins 2 and 3 likewise black. 
Hindwing maize-coloured with a large, black discoidal spot and a black median band. Length of forewings: 
19 mm. Sumatra. 
D. punctata Moore (20 i). antennae black; head whitish maize-coloured with black sides; thorax 
whitish maize-coloured; abdomen orange-yellow with a maize-coloured base and last segment, and with dorsal 
and lateral rows of black spots. Forewing whitish maize-coloured, a basal dot, a dot on the costa and one 
on each side of vein 1 before the middle, a discoidal dot and one above it at the costa, an oblique row of dots 
on both sides of the veins 1 to 3, an oblique row of black dots an both sides of the veins from the apex 
to vein 6 and another submarginal row on both sides of the veins from the apex to vein 6, and another sub¬ 
marginal row on both sides of the veins 3 to 5 black. Hindwing whitish maize-coloured, with a golden- 
yellow abdominal region, a discoidal spot and a submarginal spot below vein 2 black. 9 mostly without black 
spots on the forewing or with a submarginal row of 5 spots. Length of forewing: $ 14, $ 18 to 21 mm. Java. 
—- uniformis Moore has fewer spots and is more unicolorous; from North India. — ummera Swinh. (19 a) 
is darker, has more distinct markings and orange-yellow hind wings; from Burma. 
D. fuscitincta Hmps. (20 i). <$: head and thorax whitish maize-coloured, forehead with black sides; 
antennae black; abdomen orange-yellow, with dorsal and lateral lines of black spots. Forewing maize-coloured, 
the internerval spaces, except towards the apex, costa and base, hued dirty greyish-brown, spots on the costa 
and on each side of vein 1 before the middle, an upper discoidal spot, a bent and oblique row of spots, 
somewhat extinct behind the middle, between the subcostal and vein 3, and a submarginal row of faint streaks 
on both sides of the veins black. Hindwing maize-coloured, washed over somewhat brown, the abdominal 
region suffused with orange-yellow, a discoidal spot and a submarginal row of spots on each side of the veins 
1, 2 and 5 black. 9 : fore wing quite brown, except the veins; the ante- and postmedian rows of spots more 
complete and more distinct, the submarginal row faded. Hindwing orange-yellow. Length of forewing: 15, 
9 17 mm. Java. 
