neurogra¬ 
ph a. 
accensa. 
dinava. 
keheae. 
alberti. 
persimilis. 
pratti. 
jraterna. 
biagi. 
elongaia. 
hypsoides. 
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middle of the wing; fringes white. Hindwing semi-hyaline white, the costal- and distal-marginal parts suffused 
with scarlet. The $ has the forewing densely scaled and the hindwing quite scarlet. Length of forewing: c? 18, 
$ 25 mm. Philippines. 
D. neurographa Hmps. (22 d). The abdomen is very much haired. forehead and antennae black; 
hindhead and thorax whitish-yellow; abdomen red. Forewing brownish maize-coloured, the basal third of 
the costa, 3 longitudinal streaks extending from the base, and 3 transverse bands of oblong spots in the distal 
half black. Hindwing brownish maize-coloured, with a pink tint, with a smoky-black discoidal spot and similar 
submarginal spots. Length of forewing: 24 mm. Formosa. 
D. accensa Sivinh. (23 f). $: head white; antennae dark brown with a white, subapical band. Thorax 
flesh-coloured; abdomen bright red with some black dots. Forewing flesh-coloured, the basal four fifths of 
the costal margin fiery red, the rest and the distal margin golden yellow; a basal dot, 2 larger spots between 
the costal and subcostal, a dot at the base of the cell, a larger one at the apex, 2 large antemedian ones on each 
side of vein 1, and an oblique band of spots from the proximal margin to vein 5 black. Hindwing bright 
red with yellow margins, a discoidal spot and two similar ones between the veins l and 2 black. The is much 
smaller and has almost transparent hind wings. Length of forewing: $ 27, $ 37 mm. 
D. dinava B.-Bak. (22 g). Forehead and antennae black; hindhead and thorax creamy-yellow, shoulder- 
covers with a black middle dot; abdomen yellowish-carmine with blackish transverse spots and a yellow anal 
segment. Forewing creamy-yellow, four long, black spots at the costa and four similar ones at the subcostal, 
the median, and the basal halves of veins 2 and 5 on both sides broadly black and then broadly buff, the spaces 
between the veins 1 to 7 suffused with a light brown, an oblique band of black spots from the apex to the 
proximal margin. Hindwing yellowish-red with 5 blackish spots, fringes light yellow. Length of forewing: 
27 to 30 mm. New Guinea. 
D. kebeae B.-Bak. (22 f) is a most variable animal. The B differs at once from dinava by the black 
bands on the thorax, the black, dorsal median line of the abdomen and the brown transverse bands of the fore¬ 
wings. The ground-colour varies between light ochreous, loam-colour and dark brown, and the transverse 
bands from a golden brown to blackish-brown. The $ has the ground-colour of the forewing, and the thorax 
is always dark brown. Length of forewing: B 28, $ 37 mm. New Guinea. 
D. alberti nom. 7iov. (= meeki Rothsch., nec Druce) (22 e) is allied to kebeae, but at once discernible 
by the narrow transverse lines of the forewings, which lines are mostly of a fiery orange reddish-yellow. New 
Guinea. 
D. persimilis spec. nov. (22 f, g) is very much like alberti, but smaller, and the transverse line broader. 
The forewing is mostly brownish-grey, and the hindwing dull brownish-pink, but there also occur specimens 
with yellowish forewings. The transverse bands are brownish-black, sometimes hued yellowish. The $ has 
the transverse bands on the forewings almost extinct. Length of forewing: $ 22, $, 28 mm. New Guinea. (It 
flies together with alberti). 
D. pratti B.-Bak. (22 d, f). Forehead and antennae black; hindhead, tegulae and shoulder-covers 
dirty loam-coloured; thorax black; abdomen scarlet with rows of black spots. Forewing dirty loam-coloured, 
with a half faded, dark yellow, middle transverse band and 9 very small and 2 larger black dots scattered on 
the wing. Hindwing dull golden yellow, the basal third covered with pink hairs, a larger discoidal spot and an 
interrupted submarginal band black. The $ has loam-coloured brown forewings with 3 irregularly interrupted 
transverse rows of black spots and rosy-red hind wings with a very broad submarginal band. South East New 
Guinea. 
D. fraterna Rothsch. (22 e) resembles pratti, but all the wings are of a pure loam-colour, the forewing 
darker and with 3 transverse rows of minute, black dots. East New Guinea. 
D. biagi B.-Bak. (23 b). Forehead and palpi black; antennae, hindhead, tegulae and shoulder-covers 
loam-coloured grey; thorax velvety-black. Abdomen golden yellow with a black median and lateral longitudinal 
band. Forewing darker loam-coloured grey, the costa and some discal spots orange-yellow, the veins light 
yellow, several transverse bands of velvety-black spots. Hindwing saffron-coloured with a black discoidal 
spot and black bands. Length of forewing: 23 mm. South East New Guinea. — elongata siibsp. nov. (23 b) 
differs by the longer, narrower wings, the very much extended black spots of the forewings, the maize-coloured 
thorax and the more golden yellow hindwings. Arfak. 
D. hypsoides spec. nov. (23 g). Head golden-yellow; antennae black; thorax black, margined with 
maize-colour, shoulder-covers maize-coloured, tegulae maize-coloured with a black median dot, margined 
with a golden yellow; abdomen golden yellow with rows of black dots. Forewing maize-coloured with light 
brownish longitudinal stripes between the veins, a band of 5 velvety-black spots from the proximal margin 
to vein 4, and 2 black dots on vein 6. Hindwing golden yellow, a discoidal dot and one dot each below the 
veins 1 and 2 black. Length of forewing: 28 mm. Arfak. 
