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deep black ; the rest of the wing densely suffused with brownish black, which 

 contrasts with the deep black parts ; at the outside of this large area a white band, 

 which is narrower than the black limbal band, is constricted at the veins, 

 proximally diffuse, and narrows anteriorly, often not extending to the costal 

 vein ; at the base a small yellow spot, in front of which there are usually some 

 white scales. The black discal spot varies much in size, being indicated by only 

 a few scales in one of our specimens. 



? like the c?, but the black border of the fore wing posteriorly much broader, 

 reaching halfway to the cell at M-. 



Length of forewing : '^6 — 30 mm. 



A long series of c? c? and a few ? ? from Mount Goliath. 



18. Delias meeki neagra subsp. nov. 



cJ. Alae anticae area alba extus magis rotnndata qnam in subsp. meeki dicta, 

 ad cellulae apicem incurvata vel cellulam non attingente ; punctis albis snb- 

 aj)icalibns minoribns. Posticae colore albo minus lactaneo. 



? . Area anrantiaca alarum anticarum parum major, apicem cellulae attingens. 

 Area alba posticarnm trans cellnlae apicem extensa, ad venam secandam radialem 

 usque anrantiaca. 



(S. In I), ni. meeki the white area of the forewing is angnlate on the snbmedian 

 fold, and its outer edge is practically straight from this point forward ; the cell is 

 entirely white, this colour extending beyond the cross-veins. Jn the new form, on 

 the contrary, the white area is shaped as in B. niepelti Ribbe (1900), its outer edge 

 being more rounded than in D. m. meeki and usually incurved at the apex of the 

 cell, the cross-veins (and sometimes also the extremity of the cell) remaining black, 

 and there being .very few, if any, white scales beyond them. The subapical spots, 



2 to 4 in number, are smaller than in D. m. meeki and more diffuse. The white 



scaling of the hindwing is more opaque than in D. m. meeki, the black colour of 

 tlie underside less shining through and hence the wing apjiearing less bluish. 



The yellow area on the undeiside of the forewing has in most si>ecimens the 

 same orange tone found in I), niepelti, and its edge is more or less rounded as in 

 that species ; but some examples have the same paler yellow tone as D. m. meeki, 

 and in two of these the edge is quite as straight as in that subspecies. But even in 

 these two individuals the partitions of the area situated between the apex of the cell 

 and the black costal edge are smaller than in D. m. meeki. The lower angle of the 



cell remains black in most si)ecimenK. The variability of the costal sj)ot of the 



hindwing is interesting. In several specimens the spot extends into the cell, in 

 others it stops short at R', and in two more it is reduced to a narrow costal streak 

 followed by a small spot below the costal vein. The orange line from which emanate 

 the bluish grey vein-streaks is continued in these two examjiles to the costal margin, 

 forming the ])roximal border to the remnant of the white costal j)atch. These two 

 specimens tlius approach D. niepelti, but the two anterior partitions of the postdiscal 

 line have a much more proximal position than in I), niepelti. 



?. The only specimen wo have of this sex is in bad condition. It differs from 

 our three ? ? of />. m. meeki chiefly in the greater extent of the proximal area on 

 both wings. The cell of the forewing is filled nj) with orange to the cross-veins, 

 and there are even small but distinct orange spots in front of and beyond the upper 

 angle of the cell. The white area of the hindwing is as in the S less bluish than 



