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dark dirty greyish-brown, an indistinct discoidal dot, an indistinctly bent, antemedian transverse line and 
a strongly bent, angled, postmedian transverse line dark. Hinclwing light greyish-brown, with a faint discoidal 
dot. Length of forewing: 21 mm. North West Himalaya. 
D. sikkimensis Moore (19 e). Antennae black, head and thorax greyish-brown, neck with large red ftikkimensis. 
spots; abdomen carmine, except the base and the anal segment, with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. 
Forewing greyish-brown, the veins lighter, and with a light transverse band from the base of vein 2 to the 
proximal margin. Hindwing dirty greyish-black. $ more grey, a carved, indistinct, dark postmedian trans¬ 
verse band and an indistinct, submarginal row of streaks in the spaces between the veins. Length of forewing: 
$ 15, $ 18 mm. Sikkim, Assam. 
D. fulvohirta Wkr. (Vol. II, t. 15 h). Antennae blackish-brown with white tips; head white, fulvohirta. 
the lower half of the forehead blackish-brown; thorax white, tegulae striped dark brown and margined with 
a bright yellow, shoulder-covers as well as mesothorax striped dark brown; abdomen clad with long, orange- 
yellow hairs, and with dorsal and lateral rows of black dots. Forewing dark brown, costa and disc of the wing 
with many small and large white spots, as well as a regular marginal band of white spots. Hindwing white, 
in the region of the proximal margin yellow, the discoidal crescent, some spots at the costa, streaks at the 
distal margin, and an interrupted postmedian band black. Length of forewing: 25 to 27 mm. Sikkim, West 
China. For further particulars see Vol. II, p. 88. 
D. impleta Wkr. (= abdominalis Moore) (23 d, e). <$: head creamy white; antennae black; thorax impleta. 
creamy yellow, with a black, median longitudinal band, tegulae creamy white, with a black median band, 
shoulder-covers creamy-white, with a black middle dot. Abdomen golden yellow, anal segment and rows of 
spots black. Forewing black, strewn with large, lactean spots. Hindwing yellow with several black spots. 
$ larger, the hindwing creamy white, a basal third covered with yellow. Length of forewing: $ 24, $ 34 mm. India. 
D. khasiana Rothsch. (23 e as phasiana). Head creamy yellow; antennae black; thorax black, margined khasiana. 
with a creamy yellow; abdomen bluish-black with golden yellow rings. Forewing black, strewn with large, 
creamy yellow spots. Hindwing dark creamy yellow, the distal margin, the abdominal margin, a submarginal 
transverse band and the veins black. Length of forewing: 26, $ 32 mm. Khasia Hills. 
D. metarhoda Wlcr. (19 e) resembles subcarnea (Vol. II, t. 15 d), but it is larger. forewing creamy metarhoda. 
yellow; hindwing red. $: wings all white. Philippines. 
D. contaminata Wilem. (19 e). head and thorax creamy yellow; abdomen scarlet with rows of black contamina- 
dots. Forewing creamy-yellow with brownish-grey streaks between the veins, except at the costal and proximal 
margins. Hind wing creamy white, suffused with scarlet and with a black discoidal dot. Length of forewing: 
22 to 24 mm. Formosa. 
D. wilemani nom. nov. (= vivida Wileman ) (19 f). Head and thorax brownish maize-coloured; ab- wilemani. 
domen scarlet with rows of black dots. Forewing brownish maize-coloured with a red hue, a black dot on vein 1, 
a blackish, nebulous streak from the proximal margin almost to the apex, at which there are black dots at 
each end; discoidal spots and some faint submarginal dots black, fringes light maize-coloured. Hindwing bright 
scarlet, fringes yellowish. $ larger with some more spots in the forewing; the discoidal spots and two anal- 
angular spots in the hindwing black. Length of forewing: 21, $ 29 mm. Formosa. 
D. postrubida Wileman (19 f). $: head light maize-coloured; thorax light maize-coloured, with a velvety postrubida. 
black median spot; abdomen yellow with rows of black dots. Forewing light maize-coloured, with a faint pink 
hue; a basal dot, two oblique dots on the proximal margin, a discoidal dot and a postmedian row of 5 spots 
black. Hindwing pink, base, abdominal margin, apices of wings and veins maize-coloured. Length of forewing: 
23 mm. Formosa. 
D. solitaria Wilem. (19 f). Head greyish-brown; the basal three quarters of the antennae black, the solitaria. 
rest greyish-brown; thorax greyish-brown with a black median line; tegulae and shoulder-covers margined 
with yellow; abdomen yellow, with black transverse bands and spots, except the first and last segments. Fore¬ 
wing light greyish-brown with a faint pink hue, a dot at the base, 2 on the costa, 2 below it, 4 towards the 
proximal margin black. Hindwing lighter, suffused with a blackish-brown, a dark diffuse spot in the cell, the 
discoidal spot and a row of submarginal spots black. Length of forewing: 24 mm. Formosa. 
D. fumida Wilem. (19 f). forehead black, hindhead brownish maize-coloured; thorax brownish fumida. 
maize-coloured. Abdomen red with an interrupted black median line and black lateral spots. Anal tuft maize- 
coloured. Forewing brownish maize-coloured, with a smoky-grey tint on it, discoidal spots and an oblique 
postmedian transverse line dark greyish-brown, somewhat faded, and near the apex and proximal margin 
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