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and an interrupted submarginal band of dots black, hindwing light yellow with a black discoidal spot and a 
submarginal row of 7 black spots, fringes white. Length of forewing: 26 mm. Singapore. 
procera. D. procera Swinh. q : antennae light brown, head and thorax brownish straw-coloured; abdomen 
dirty orange with black dots on the 4 middle segments. Forewing dirty cinnamon-coloured, an uninterrupted 
oblique line of small streaks from the apex to vein 1 and a similar submarginal line black. Hindwing light 
greyish maize-coloured, the discoidal spot and 2 submarginal spots smoky black. Length of forewing: 
21 mm. Java. 
aurapsa. D. aurapsa Swinh. (19 b). Head and thorax dark brown; antennae ochreous-yellow; abdomen dull 
carmine with black transverse spots. Forewing dark brown, with an indistinct discoidal spot and two oblique 
transverse lines. Hindwing of a lighter brown. Length of forewing: 21 mm. Island of Saparua. 
assamensis. D. assamensis Rothsch. <J: head and thorax yellowish clay-coloured greyish-brown; antennae black; 
abdomen red with rows of black dots. Forewing yellowish clay-coloured greyish-brown with 2 curved, oblique 
longitudinal bands of small black streaks, extending from the apex below the median to beyond the middle 
of the proximal margin. Hindwings yellowish greyish-brown, with a pink shade on it, and black discoidal and 
submarginal spots. The $ has a brownish maize-coloured forewing, head and thorax, and a creamy white hind¬ 
wing. Length of forewing: 20, $ 24 mm. Assam. 
subtestacea. D. subtestacea Rotlisch. (21 g). $■. antennae black; head and thorax greyish maize-coloured; abdomen 
orange-yellow with dorsal and lateral rows of black spots. Forewing greyish earth-coloured yellow, 3 spots 
near the apex between the veins 7 and 8, and 3 smaller ones between the veins 4 and 6 black. Hindwing lighter, 
a cell-spot, an anal spot, a spot at vein 6 and one at vein 2 smoke-coloured. Length of forewing: 22 to 24 mm. 
Formosa. 
hosei. D. hosei Rotlisch. (21 h). head and thorax creamy-grey; antennae brown; abdomen yellow with 
black median spots on the last segments. Forewing pale brownish-grey, a basal dot, 2 dots at the costa, a 
discocellular dot, two pair of dots at the veins 1 and 5, small, submarginal striae black. Hindwing pale greyish- 
yellow, a cell-spot, 2 larger spots at the anal angle and 2 spots on each side of vein 2 smoky-brown. Length 
of forewing: 20 mm. Mont Mulu (North Borneo). 
multiguttata. D. multiguttata Wkr. (= spilosomoides Wkr.) (22 a). Head and thorax white; antennae and sides 
of the head black; tegulae, shoulders and shoulder-covers dotted black; abdomen dark yellow with dorsal and 
lateral rows of black spots. Forewing white, a basal spot and two subbasal ones, 4 irregular, curved transverse 
rows of spots, a row of double streaks at the veins and a row of distal-marginal dots black. Hindwing yellow 
with black dots and similar discoidal spots. $ with larger and more numerous black spots on the hindwing. 
pardalina. Length of forewing: <$ 17, $ 21 mm. North West Himalaya. -— pardalina Wkr. differs by its lighter hindwings 
major, and denser spotting; from Cambodia. - major Rothsch. (22 a) is distinguished by its much larger size, bright 
orange h&id and tegulae, larger black spots on the forewing, bright orange hindwing and large black anal spot 
pallidior. of the abdomen. Length of forewing: 25, $ 30 mm. Khasia Hills and Silhet. -— pallidior Rothsch. (22 a) resem¬ 
bles major, but it has not the anal spot at the abdomen, the head and tegulae being white, the hindwings light 
yellow. Sikkim and Bhutan. 
bimaculata. D. bimaculata Moore. Antennae black, head and thorax orange; abdomen dark orange with dorsal 
quadrima- and lateral rows of black dots. Wings orange, forewing with an upper, black discoidal spot. -— ab. quadrimaculata 
disced i'- M°° re (19 b as quadrimacula) has another discoidal spot on the hindwing. — ab. discalis Moore exhibits on 
the forewing, beside the discoidal spot, another subdorsal spot below the costa, 3 spots in and below the cell 
and 4 oblique spots behind the dis’cocellulars, extending down to vein 2. Length of forewing: 13 to 16 mm. 
North West Himalaya. 
metaxanfha. D. metaxantha Hmps. (19 c). <J: antennae black; head and thorax whitish-yellow; abdomen orange 
with black spots on the 3 middle rings. Forewing ochreous-white, an upper discoidal dot, postmedian dots 
above the veins 4 and 6, and below vein 3, two discoidal dots as well as 2 middle distal-marginal dots black. 
Hindwing orange, a discoidal dot and a subcostal dot black. Length of forewing: 22 mm. Burma. 
costata. D. costata Bsd. (22 a). Antennae black, head and thorax dark yellow with dorsal and lateral rows 
of black dots, except on the basal and anal segments. Forewing dark yellow, the veins blackish-brown. Hind- 
• vivida. wing dark yellow. Length of forewing: 21, $ 27 mm. Bismarck Archipelago. -— vivida Rothsch. (22a) is 
of a much more intense and darker orange, the veins of the forewing are much more prominently blackish- 
brown, and it is also larger. Length of forewing: 25, $ 31 mm. South East New Guinea and d’Entrecasteaux 
Islands. 
