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British New Guinea. The 3'ellow spots of the underside are larger, especially the 

 snbapical ones of the forewing, the median band of the hindwing is narrower, and 

 the ? bears no subcostal dot beyond the cell of the forewing. 

 A long series of both sexes from Mount Goliath. 



13. Delias geraldina emilia Roths. (19u4). 



Tackyris weiskei Ribbe, Insekten-Borse, xvii. p. 330 (1900). 



Delias emilia Rothschild, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 314. no. 11 (1004) (new name 

 for weiskei, which is a Delias not a Tachi/ris, the name loeiskei preoccupied in 

 Delias\ 



Only one worn $ was obtained this time, near the Oetakwa River, which does 

 not appear to dilfer from emilia. 



D. g. emilia, if at all different from D. g. geraldina Grose-Smith (1894), is 

 exceedingly close to it. 



By some oversight Herr Fruhstorfer has recorded emilia as a subspecies of 

 D. sage,isa Fruhst. (1010, new name for dives Roths, nee Nicev.), in iSeitz, 

 Grossschmett, ix. p. 128 (1910). 



14. Delias itamputi hypomelas R. & J. (1907). 



Delias Uampnli hypomelas Roths. & Jord., Deutsche E. Zeitsihr. p. I'JO (m07) (Mambar^ R.). 

 Delias liypsomelas " R. & J. i. I.", Fruhstorfer, in Seitz, Grossschm. ix. p. 1^9 (1910). 



(?. The black border on the upperside of the hindwing is a mere line, as in 

 D. i. itamputi Ribbe (1900), being at the most Ti) to 2 mm. broad in front. 



?. This sex is represented in the Tring Museum by two specimens, the only 

 ones known. Both have orange subapical dots on the upper surface of the forewing 

 and traces of two more, and the proximal area on both wings is white, not yellow 

 as in the ? of itamputi. In one sj)ecimen the white area reaches, on the forewing, 

 from the hindmargiu to near the a{)ex of the cell, occupying the greater part of 

 the cell, the black outer border measuring 4'6 mm. at SM" ; the black marginal 

 band of the hindwing is 6-5 mm. broad in front and reduced to a line at the anal 

 margin. The second specimen is black for the greater part, the white area of 

 the forewing being restricted to the base and hindmargin and that of the hindwing 

 extending only to the apex of the cell, both areas being very diffuse at the edges 

 and much powdered with black scales. 



Blagi, Mambare River, north-eastern district of British Kew Guinea (A. S. 

 Meek). 



15. D. itamputi conversa subsp. uov. 



i ? . Alls posticis subtus pallidioribus macula nigra maiore ornatis distiugueuda. 



cj. The black border of the hindwing is on the whole a little wider than 

 in D. i. hypomelas. The underside of the hindwing has a more distinct bronze 

 tone than in D. i. hypomelas, and the black central patch always extends from 

 near R' to M", being usually continuous. 



?. The white area of the forewing, above, is sharply ilefined, and reaches 

 to the lower angle of the cell, the black outer border having a width of 2 to 3 mm. 

 before the hindmargin. The area is either silvery white or has a yellowish tone, 

 and is always glossy. There are one or two very pale yellowish subaj)ical dots, 



