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D. infima Holl. ( — infirma Swh.). Forewing indistinctly olive-green; at the cell-end a dark ring of 
erect scales filled up with light. Distally to it at the costal margin some indistinct darker spots, near the distal 
margin a small oval spot of erect dark brown scales. Hindwing pale greyish, at the distal margin somewhat 
darker. $ larger, forewing more monotonously olive-green, markings more indistinct. Expanse': 30 to 35 mm. 
Gabun. 
Note: D. variegata Holl. and D. remota Drc. (= D. trapezimaculata Strd.) are Noctuidae in spite of the presence 
of vein 5 in the hindwing, which is evident from the shape of the antennae and of the larvae. 
D. phaeosericea Mab. Forewing silky whitish-yellow mixed and reticulated with blackish lines and 
spots. In the centre of the costal margin a broad blackish band, expanded at the hind-margin. Bases of wings 
whitish. Hindwing purely yellow. Beneath all the wings are yellow. Madagascar. It may be a Lymantriid ? 
D. nigrosparsata Kenr. Forewing dark brown with black basal, median, and postmedian angular 
transverse lines, the former being on both sides bordered with white, the latter lines only at the costal margin 
white, the whole wing strewn with small black dots. Hindwing orange with an indistinct dark distal margin. 
Finder surface orange, with a dark spot on the cross-vein in both wings. In the $ the dark lines are indistinct, 
without the spot on the cross-vein. Expanse: 42 (J) to 70 ($) mm. Madagascar. 
D. proletaria Holl. (24 g) is a conspicuous species. Forewing at the base, hind-margin and distal 
margin profusely ferruginous brown. In the median area a broad lilac-grey spot, separated from the brown 
colouring by an irregular line extending from the costal margin distally from the base slantingly, almost to 
the centre of the hind-margin, then irregularly and broken to the apex. At the cross-vein a ring of erect 
brown scales. Basal, median, and subterminal transverse lines present, the latter narrow and dentate. Hind¬ 
wing greyish-brown as in D. delicata. Expanse: 30 mm. Ogove, Cameroon. 
D. cana Wichgr. V r ery similar to the palearctic pudibunda. Forewing drab with 5 transverse bands, 
of which only the 2nd and 4th are distinct. The 2nd begins at the costal margin at x / 3 , extending zigzag-shaped 
to the centre of the hind-margin, where it is expanded to a triangle. The fourth begins at the costal margin 
as far as %. Before the margin a submarginal row of crescents. Hindwing white. Expanse: 40 mm. German 
East Africa. 
D. collini Mab. Forewing brown, strewn with white scales; a brown band powdered with pink from 
the cell to the hind-margin. Hindwing yellow. Beneath all the wings are yellow with black internerval rays. 
Senega mb ia. 
D. saussurii Dew. (24 h). Forewing brown, in the $ more violettish-grey, in the olive-green; a 
subbasal transverse line, behind it two prominent blackish-brown dots. Antemedian and postmedian lines 
distinct, distally to the latter a discal line which, below the costal margin and below veins 4 to 2, is particularly 
spotlike expanded and bordered with whitish; a sub marginal row of sagittary spots. Hindwing brownish- 
grey. Chinchoxo, Cameroon (Lolodorf). 
D. herbida Wkr. Fore wing greenish, spotted black, some whitish spots along the costal margin. Hind¬ 
wing brownish-white with a broad brown distal margin. Abdomen without dorsal tufts. Expanse about 45 mm. 
South Africa. 
D. nolana Mab. Forewing yellowish-white, from the apex to the centre of the disc a brown streak. 
Fringe with a black basal line. Hindwing orange-yellow like the under surface, where only the forewing is 
brown before the margin. Expanse: 19 mm. Madagascar. 
D. procincta Saalm. (24 g). Forewing with almost straight margins in the <$, violettish-grey powdered 
with brown scales, the lightest at the base. Costal margin in the centre with a triangular brown spot the 
proximal margin of which is continued in a transverse line ending in a dark spot on the hind-margin. At 
the distal margin the dark crossvein spot is situate. Before the margin two lighter grey transverse lines. Hindwing 
yellowish-grey with 2 postmedian transverse lines. $ similar, wings more elongate, the costal-marginal spot 
of the forewing almost quadrangular. Expanse: 18 to 22 mm. Madagascar. 
D. ruficosta B.-Bak. ruficata Swh.). Body dark grey, abdomen whitish with a dark dorsal tuft. 
Forewing in the costal-marginal half red-brown, in the hindmarginal half grey. An antemedian line is pale, 
edged with dark brown and slanting; a fine dentate dark postmedian line; beyond it between veins 1 a and 2 a 
pale brown moonspot; a subterminal line of dark internerval spots, distally bordered with whitish. None of 
the transverse lines extends into the red-brown costal-marginal area. Hindwing purely yellowish white. Expanse: 
34 mm. North Angola. 
D. obsoletissinia B.-Bak. Body darker, abdomen paler brown. Forewing dark brown only with an 
indistinct darker oblique postmedian transverse line which is dotted dark grey. Hindwing dark grey. Expanse: 
29 mm. Northern Angola, at an altitude of 2700 ft. It is said to be allied to D. caeruleifascia. 
D. inconspicua B.-Bak. Forewing brown with a somewhat greyish tint; a dark dentate subterminal 
line receding a little at the tornus, is the only marking. Hindwing uni-coloured dark brown. Expanse: 35 mm. 
Gunnal, West Africa, 
infima. 
phaeoseri¬ 
cea. 
nigrospar- 
sata. 
proletaria. 
cana. 
collini. 
saussurii. 
herbida. 
nolana. 
procincta. 
ruficosta. 
obsoletissi- 
ma. 
inconspi¬ 
cua. 
