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ON FIVE NEW DELIAS COLLECTED BY WILLIAM 

 DOHEETY IN THE EAST. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



1. Delias splendida sj). no v. 



Male. — Uppersu/e : Forewings creamy white, with blackisli grey costa and 

 black apices, shading off grey on the inner side. Onter margin greyish black from 

 a thin powdering of black scales. 



Hindwings creamy white, with u narrow bhickish grey outer margin and a 

 bright yellow abdominal margin, which colour expands to a streak at the anal 

 angle. 



Antennae black, head and thorax dee]) grey, abdomen whitish, heavily powdered 

 with black scales. 



Underside : Forewings black, with costa and most of the veins jjowdered with 

 pale grey scales, and a large irregular grey patch at the apex of the cell. Apex 

 of wing and submarginal row of large spots bright golden yeHow. 



Hindwings brilliant orange yellow, with a marginal and submarginal row of 

 small black marks. From the base of the wing between the costa and the subcostal 

 nervure extends a large oblong fiery red patch three-quarters of an inch long. 



Head greyish white, thorax yellow, legs grey, abdomen white. 



Female. — Uppersidc : Forewings black, inner margin, veins, and cell heavily 

 powdered with white scales. A large irregular blotch of yellowish white at the 

 apex of the cell, and from the costa to the angle of the inner margin there extends 

 a semicircular submarginal row of large yellowish white patches. 



Hindwings yellowish white, powdered at the base with dark grey, and with the 

 outer fourth of the wings occupied by a wide black border, much indented on 

 the inner side, within which is a row of five yellowish white spots. 



Antennae black, head and thorax olive grey, abdomen deep blackish grey 

 powdered with white. 



Underside : Forewings similar to tnale, but the jiatch in the cell is larger. 



Hindwings much paler and duller yellow than in the nude, and the submarginal 

 row of black spots larger and distinctly arrow-shaped. 



Head white, thorax yellow, abdomen white. 



Expanse : ii-2.J inches = 83 mm. 



Hab. Oinanissa (November and Decembei', 1^01), and Dili (May, IMI-'), Timor. 



2. Delias dohertyi sp. no\-. 



Male. — I'ppersidc : Creamy white, with a black ai)cx to forewings, and a 

 narrow black bonier to all lour wings. 



Antemiae black ; head, thorax, and first two segments of abdomen greyish 

 olive ; lower half of abdomen white powdered with grey. 



Underside: Forewings black, with a faint white dot at the apex of the ceM. 



