DIACRISIA. By Dr. W. v. Rothschild. 
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D. turbida Btlr. (22 g, 23 a). <$\ forehead black; hindhead creamy-white; antennae brown; thorax turbida. 
creamy-white with black spots and bands, tegulae with a red margin; abdomen rosy-red with black dotted 
lines. Forewing creamy-white, wings suffused with brown, and with 5 smaller and larger, band-shaped, dark 
brown spots; a similar band extends from the apex to vein 4, Hindwing rosy-red with a broad, creamy- 
yellow distal margin, as well as 3 blackish spots. The $ has a brown thorax and brown forewings with black 
markings. The liindwings are dark rosy-red with large, black spots. Both sexes exhibit a white, wedge-shaped 
spot in the cell of the forewing. Length of forewing: 22 mm, $ 27 mm. Bismarck Archipelago. -— meeki meeki. 
Druce (23 a), head light maize-coloured; antennae whitish-brown; tegulae brownish maize-coloured, margined 
with red and with a black median dot; thorax and shoulder-covers black, margined with a reddish maize-colour; 
abdomen brick-coloured red with rows of black dots. Forewing light maize-coloured, the whole middle of the 
wing intensely suffused with a brownish orange-yellow tint, and the whole wing covered with large, band-like, 
black spots. Hindwing brick-coloured red with blackish spots. In the $ all the colours are much more prominent. 
Trobriand Islands. — woodlarkiatia Rothsch. (23 c) differs from meeki by the brown wood-colour of the thorax woodlarki- 
and of the forewing, as well as the much more intense and larger black spots. Island of Woodlark. -— alpina . ana 
nom. nov. (= montana Rothsch.) (23 a, b) has a dark brown thorax and the forewing with almost extinct black " l,,ina ' 
spots. In the <$ the costal- and proximal margins are very broad and intensely white. Alpine district of South 
East New Guinea. — sordidior Rothsch. (23 b). Thorax and forewing dirty earth-coloured brown, the costa sordidior. 
and proximal margin broadly white. Spots dark blackish-brown. German New Guinea and northern coast 
of the English territory. 
D. ougarra B.-Bak. (23 d). Forehead and antennae black; hindhead and tegulae creamy yellow; ougarra. 
thorax and shoulder-covers black, margined with a creamy yellow; abdomen light scarlet with rows of black 
dots. Forewing creamy white, the spaces between the veins almost entirely filled up with a buff tint, the basal 
third and 3 large spots on the distal half of the costa black, 17 large and small, mostly square, black spots 
scattered over the wings. Hindwing scarlet with an intense pink hue, a large discoidal spot and a submarginal 
band as well as irregular, larger spots black. Length of forewing: 25 mm. South East New Guinea. — germanica germanica. 
Rothsch. (23 b, as germanin) differs from the type by the more greyish-brown, lighter colour of the forewing, 
smaller and less black spots, as well as by the light yellowish-pink liindwings. North East New Guinea. 
D. arctichroa Druce (23 cl). Forehead and antennae black; hindhead and tegulae creamy white arctichroa. 
thorax and shoulder-covers black, margined with a creamy-white; abdomen yellowish-carmine with rows 
of black dots. Forewing creamy-white, a basal dot and a subbasal spot black, an antemedian band composed 
of three large spots, an oblique band of 9 spots between the apex and proximal margin, a large discoidal-costal 
spot, a spot on each side of vein 7, as well as some submarginal dots black. Hindwing yellowish carmine, a 
row of submarginal spots as well as a discoidal spot smoky black; fringes yellow. Length of forewing: <§ 23. 
$ 28 to 31 mm. West New Guinea. 
D. sordidescens Hmps. (19 d). Antennae black; head and thorax light dull reddish-brown, sides of sordides- 
the head black, abdomen, except the base and anal segment, carmine with dorsal and lateral rows of black . cem 
dots. Forewing light dull reddish-brown, an almost extinct, dark, bent, antemedian transverse line, a com¬ 
plete, dark, postmedian transverse line, and traces of submarginal vein-streaks. Hindwing lighter, with a 
darker discoidal dot and 2 dark submarginal spots, one near the anal angle, the other above vein 5. Length 
of forewing: 15 mm. Sikkim. 
D. castanea Hmps. (19 c). Antennae brown, head and thorax dark reddish-brown; abdomen carmine castanea. 
with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Forewing dark reddish-brown with a sometimes black basal dot 
and similar ones on vein 1 and between this and the costa, on and behind the cell-angle. A bent, postmedian 
transverse row of black spots, and some scarlet tint towards the distal margin. Hindwing blackish-brown, 
with a black discoidal spot and some red at the distal margin. Length of forewing: $ 17, $ 21 mm. Ceylon. 
D. brunnea Heyl. (19 d). Head light brown; antennae and sides of forehead black; thorax dark brown; brunnea. 
abdomen carmine, with a broad, black median stripe not reaching to the last segment. Anal segment with 
a black transverse spot, on the sides rows of black dots. Forewing dark brown, spots on both sides of vein 1 
before the middle, a bent transverse row of dots behind the middle, an oblique low of dots from the apex to 
vein 4, small spots on both sides of vein 1 and below vein 2, as well as submarginal dots on both sides 
the veins 3, 4 and 5 black. Hindwing blackisli-brown, the veins lighter. Length of forewing: 19 mm. 
Sumatra. 
D. tigrina Moore (26 i). Antennae black; head reddish ochreous-yellow with black sides; thorax tigrina. 
brownish ochreous-yellow with a black median band; abdomen brownish ochreous-yellow with more or less 
prominent, broad, irregular, black dashes on the costa, median and the veins as far as the submarginal row 
