( 586 ; 



c?. The upperside of the forewing is entirely black, with a slight white 

 suffusion in the basal half, the greater part of the median vein and the bases 

 of its two branches are white; beyond the apex of the cell there is a rounded 

 sjiot at the costal margin, followed by a short streak upon R-, the row being 

 continued by three larger snbmarginal spots ; between this row and the apex there 

 is a nearly straight series of four white spots, all these spots being more or less 



diffuse at their edges. The outer margin bears three minute white dots. The 



hindwing is white with a faint yellowish tone, and has a small, diffuse, blackish 

 central patch at the base. The black outer border bears a row of four white 

 spots, of which the second is the most ])roraiiient one, the others being more or 

 less shaded with black ; the black band reaches to M-, almost gradually narrowing 

 posteriorly, and being widest along \{\ where it measures 9 — 10 mm. in breadth ; 

 its inner edge is rounded-elbowed between 11' and II'-' owing to the elongate shape 

 of the wing. The outer margin of the wing is distinctly incurved between the 

 veins, where the fringes are white. 



On the uiidetsicle the basal half of the forewing is white shaded with black, 

 the white scaling being densest at the hiudmargiu and distally in and below the 

 cell ; the area does not reach the apex of the cell, stopping about 1 mm. short 

 of it, and its outer edge crossing M' about 4 mm. from the cell, the area being 

 obtusely angulate at this vein. From the first subcostal to the inner angle there 

 is a curved row of six spots, the first being small and yellowish, the second and 

 third large, white, and confluent, and the other three also white, large, round, and 

 isolated, the last being the largest of all. Between this row and the apex the 

 wing bears a slightly curved row of four small spots of eijual size, of which the 



first is orange, the others being white. The markings of the hindwing agree 



with those of />. e/(;M<5;7«' Roths., Nov. Zool. xi. p. 310. tab. 'Z. figs. 15, 16, 17 

 (1904), but the spots are a deeper orange, and the snbmarginal ones stand 

 farther away from the edge. 



?. Similar to the cJ, slightly smaller, forewing, on the iippergiife, with the 

 white area of the underside reproduced, but much shaded with black, the white 

 scaling being most distinct between M' and M- ; the second and third spots of the 

 inner row, placed in front of and behind R-, are distinct and confluent, being larger 

 than the other spots. The inner edge of the border of the hindwing is nearly 

 parallel with the outer margin as far down as M', being rather wider behind than 

 before R^ 



On the underside the white area of the forewing is not suffused with black, 

 but has proximally and in the cell a distinct yellow tone. 



Length of forewing : j 26 mm. ; ? 26 mm. 



One i)air from Mount Groome, situated at the boundary between German and 

 British New Guinea, elevation 11,000 ft.; sent by A. S. Meek, who received the 

 specimens from a friend. 



9. Delias catisa spec nov. 



c?. Supra alba, limbo costali nigro sat lato externo ad cellulam usque dilatato 

 fere gradatim ad angulum posticum angustato ; limbo nigro alarum posticarum 



angusto. Subtns alls anticis colore nigro magis estenso quam supra, area alba 



snlphnreo tincta, fascia brevi ex tribus maculis composita sulphureo-alba inter 

 cellulam et seriem punctorum subapicalium sita ; alis posticis fere nt in specie 

 D. eichhorni dicta maculis ornata. 



