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is indistinctly double and dentate, sharply angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin 
almost to outer line; outer line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 5, thence incurved; a black brown 
fascia curved down from it to termen above vein 3; subterminal line pale, obscure, with dark dentate 
marks before it; slight terminal black lunules; fringe fuscous and white; claviform slightly defined ly 
black at its end; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with some 
white on outer edge; hindwing white, terminal area suffused with fuscous; fringe fuscous, white towards 
tornus. British New Guinea, Kiriwini, and Queensland; also from Hainan; a $ from this last local¬ 
ity in the Tring Museum cannot be separated. 
indica. D. indica Moore (= nocturna Hmps.) (15g). $ Forewing dull brown almost wholly suffused with 
blackish fuscous, except for a greyish white streak along inner margin extending to vein 2 beyond outer 
line and to vein 3 at termen; the edge of the dark area often marked with brown; in these dark 
suffused examples only the dentate lunulate black outer line and the lower angle of the inner line on 
inner margin are visible and the pale ring of the reniform stigma; in the much rarer brown forms of 
the $ the inner line is partly visible, and the pale subterminal line is preceded by the usual fine black 
streaks, of which that above vein 5 reaches the reniform; the whitish streak along inner margin is 
more or less obliterated, as sometimes in the darker forms, by a diffused black streak along basal half; 
the only $ I have seen agrees with the unsuffused brown £$, but is paler brown, with the lines and 
stigmata faintly marked; hindwing dark fuscous, slightly paler, more brownish, in the <$. Occurs in the 
Khasia Hills, Assam and Sikkim; Hampson’s nocturna from the Nilgiri Hills, Madras. 
vagivitta. D. vagivitta Walk. (15g). Forewing pale glossy reddish brown, with some fuscous suffusion 
except towards costa; a greyish streak along inner margin from near base, extending upwards to vein 2 
beyond outer line, and to vein 3 at termen; inner line black, dentate, angled outwards above and below 
vein 1; outer line black, denticulate; subterminal line pale, obscure, preceded by black streaks between 
the veins, that above vein 5 reaching reniform, and that above 3 running to termen; some black ter¬ 
minal lunules; stigmata indistinctly defined by black, their annuli represented by some pale scales; hindwing 
obscurior. fuscous brown, paler at base; the subsp. obscurior subsp. nov. (= subsp. 1 . Hmps.) from Christmas Is¬ 
land has the forewing blacker, and the grey patch beyond outer line suffused with brown; the specimens 
are both $$, while all the vagivitta known are ; vagivitta is a Bornean species. 
ultistriata. D. multistriata Warr. (15g). $ Forewing pale grey brown, suffused with fuscous in basal two- 
thirds, and in terminal third dusted with bright pale scales; inner line black, forming strong outward 
teeth in the intervals; the outer line lunulate dentate, excurved above middle; subterminal line pale 
brown, preceded and followed by black streaks in the intervals from apex to inner margin, the veins 
also showing finely black; the space beyond outer line from inner margin to 2 and to vein 3 at ter¬ 
men paler brown, streaked with fulvous; the upper stigmata pale brown defined by darker; in the $ the 
fuscous suffusion is darker, embracing almost the whole wing except the pale area round anal angle, 
and the markings are consequently much obscured; hindwing pale luteous, whiter towards costa, slightly 
suffused with brownish, which is deeper along the termen and inner margin; a dark cellspot, veins, 
and outer line; fringe paler. Sikkim. 
cristifera. D. cristifera Hmps. (log). Forewing greyish brown, generally suffused with leaden fuscous, ex¬ 
cept on costa towards apex and along a greyish brown streak from near base of inner margin, extending 
to vein 2 beyond outer line and to vein 3 on termen, and slightly speckled throughout with pale scales; 
a leaden grey streak along vein 1 from below base of cell; a black streak above inner margin before inner 
line, which is mostly obscure, but strongly angled outwards above inner margin; outer line black, ex- 
curved above and denticulate, straighter and more strongly marked below vein 2, where it is preceded 
by a dark diffuse shade and followed throughout by a pale space; subterminal line pale, waved, preceded 
throughout by a dark shade, and above vein 2 by a strong black streak to outer line, and by shorter 
streaks above it; dark terminal lunules tipped with pale; stigmata pale brown with their annuli mark- 
ochreata. ed by pale scales; hindwing dark brownish fuscous, the fringe pale; in the ab. ochreata ab. nov. 
the leaden grey suffusion is absent, the wing being ochreous washed with light brown; the stigmata 
pale ochreous, as well as the dorsal tufts, and all the lines and markings of the wing much clearer. 
Recorded from Ceylon only. 
nicea. D. nicea Sivinh. (15h). $ Forewing ochreous tinged with rufous; inner margin, except at base and 
anal angle, suffused with leaden fuscous, and the termen except at middle and apex; inner line mark¬ 
ed on costa by two redbrown striae, then very oblique and obscure, with two black striae below 
base of vein 2, then curved to inner margin, preceded on each side of vein 1 by ochreous scaling de¬ 
fined by redbrown striae; outer line on costa similarly marked, then strongly outcurved above and in¬ 
curved and minutely dentate below; subterminal line pale, minutely waved, preceded below middle by 
a dark band, and emitting a streak to termen at middle, the area beyond it leaden grey just above 
