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D. vandepolli Eothsch. (21 li). <$: Head dark maize-colonred; antennae whitish-brown; thorax dark vandepolli. 
maize-colonred with a black centre; abdomen golden yellow with rows of black dots. Forewing dark brown, 
veins and base maize-coloured, a basal dot, an antemedian curved transverse band of spots and a similar post¬ 
median one black. Hindwing golden yellow, a discoidal dot and one dot each on the veins 1, 2 and 6 black. 
The $ is larger and the forewings are yellowish greyish-brown. Length of forewing: ^21 mm, $28 mm. 
Sumatra, Java. 
D. mona Swinh. (20 i). Antennae black; head and thorax whitish maize-coloured, sides of forehead mona. 
black; abdomen orange-yellow with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Forewing whitish maize-coloured, 
a basal dot, a curved antemedian transverse row of spots, an upper discoidal dot, an oblique transverse row 
of dots strongly curved distally on both sides of the veins and a submarginal row of dots on both sides of 
the veins 3 to 7 black. Hindwing maize-coloured, the cell more or less black, a curved antemedian row of spots 
and a submarginal row of large black spots. Length of forewing: 23 mm. South India. 
D. obliquivittata Moore (— jucunda Btlr.) (20 i). Antennae black; head and thorax whitish maize- obliquivitta- 
coloured, sides of head black; abdomen orange-yellow, long-haired, base and anal segment maize-coloured, ta • 
dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Forewing maize-colourecl, thinly scaled, a feebly curved oblique band 
from vein 5 to the proximal margin, as well as dots on both sides of the veins between the apex and this band 
black. Hindwing purely white. Length of forewing: 15 to 18 mm. Sikkim. 
D. venosa Moore (= pseudomaenas Rothsch.) (20 g). Head and thorax golden yellow; antennae venosa. 
black; abdomen brown with golden yellow rings and long, golden yellow hairing. Forewing cream-coloured 
yellow with broad, brownish-grey bands between the veins. Hindwing creamy with 2 or 3 smoky-grey dots. 
Length of forewing: 16 mm, $ 18 mm. India. 
D. pilosa Rothsch. (19 d). <J: head, thorax and abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing pale orange-yellow, pilosa. 
hindwing maize-coloured. $ larger, light maize-coloured with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Length 
of forewing: 17, $ 22 mm. Khasia Hills. 
D. kannegieteri Rothsch. (19 b). Head and thorax pale maize-coloured; abdomen black with orange- kannegie- 
yellow bands. Forewing pale orange-yellow, a broad antemedian transverse band and a sinuous postmedian teri - 
transverse band brownish-grey with a similarly coloured spot between. Hindwing pale orange-yellow, the 
very small cell-spot and a short band between the veins 2 and 5 brown. Length of forewing: 20 mm. Island 
of Nias. 
D. punctilinea Wileman. head and thorax orange-red; abdomen light red, dotted black. Forewing pundilinea. 
reddish orange-yellow, at the base of the costa a black dot; three transverse bands of black spots: the first 
curved, the second proximallv oblique and the distal one sinuous. Hindwing lighter, with a black dot before 
the anal angle. Length of forewing: 15 mm. A specimen in the Tring Museum is of a much deeper red. Formosa. 
D. biseriata Moore (19b, 22b). Antennae black; head and thorax orange-red; abdomen orange-red biseriata. 
with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Forewing orange-red, some small subbasal spots, a median, angular 
transverse row of spots and a curved, postmedian transverse row of spots black. Hindwing orange-red with 
two spots at the proximal margin and a discoidal dot black. Length of fore wing. 14 to 16 mm. Assam; (type 
according to Moore from the Andamans!). 
D. flavens Moore (21a). Antennae blackish; head and thorax ochreous-yellow; abdomen orange- flavens. 
yellow with dorsal and lateral rows of black spots. Forewing ochreous-yellow, a basal spot, some subbasal 
spots, a middle, curved transverse row of spots, an incomplete, curved, postmedian transverse row of spots 
or a complete submarginal row of spots light dirty greyish-brown. Hindwing ochreous-yellow with a dark 
discoidal spot and submarginal spots and sometimes yet with an angled postmedian row of spots. Length of 
forewing: 18 mm. India and Assam. 
D. flavalis Moore (= lativitta Moore) (21 a). <$: head and thorax orange-yellow; antennae brown, flavalis. 
Abdomen dark creamy with rows of black dots. Forewing orange-yellow, a subbasal costal spot and a spot 
below it violettish-brown; a violettish-brown oblique band extends from the apex to the middle of the proximal 
margin; a similarly coloured spot at the costal margin above vein 6 and similar dots near the distal margin. 
Hindwing creamy-yellow with a short, smoky-grey anal-angular band and 2 similar dots. $: head, thorax and 
forewing purely yellow; antennae brown; abdomen whitish-brown; hindwing dirty white. Length of forewing: 
d 20, $ 25 mm. India. 
D. rubitincta Moore (21a). antennae black; head yellow; thorax orange-yellow with a reddish rubitinda. 
hue; abdomen carmine, with very long hair, base and anal segment yellow mixed with white, with dorsal and 
lateral lines of black dots. Forewing orange-yellow with a reddish hue; an oblique postmedian transverse band 
from vein 5 to the proximal margin yellowish-white with a series of greyish-brownish spots on it. Hindwing 
white with a greyish-brownish discoidal spot and sometimes 5 submarginal spots. — ab. punctilinea Moore pundilinea. 
(21 b) is much lighter. Forewing: 20 mm. Sikkim. 
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