( 316 ) 



?. Like d, but the white patch of the tbrewiug larger above aud below, the 

 ujiperside with six submarginal spots on forewiug, the white of the hindwing 

 almost separating a black jiatch near cell from apical area, the yellow submarginal 

 spots of the underside of the fore wing much larger, six in number, and the black 

 discal band of the hindwing reduced to a snbcentral spot, followed by a small dot 

 and a brown shadow. 



JIal/. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. One pair. 



10. Delias eichhorni spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 15. 16. (?, IT. ?). 



c?. Wings, iippersiJe. Forewing black, a large white triangular area from 



hinder margin forwards to I{^, penetrating into the cell, truncate-sinuate costally, 

 not extending to base ; three white spots beyond apex of cell from costal raar^iii 

 to R^, more or less confluent, the first the smallest : two small white suba])ical 



sjiots. Hindwing for the greater part white ; a somewhat irregular distal 



marginal band- black, tapering behind. 



Underside. Forewiug black, a large deep cadmium-yellow area as shown 



in figure, deeply excised at the cross-veins ; a row of five white submarginal sjiots, 



slightly tinged with citron-yellow, second the largest, fourth the smallest. 



Hindwing olive-black ; a white band somewhat shaped like figure 3 obliquely from 

 base of costal margin to disc, streaked or spotted with yellow between the veins, 

 a submarginal row of large white spots, mostly nailhead-shaped, being produced 

 to the distal edge, except the first; these also marked with yellow mesially ; a 

 yellow spot between end of band and SM- ; this vein citron-yellow ; abdominal 

 margin more or less white in middle. 



? . Differs from S on the vpper.vde in the forewing being more extended 

 black and having the spots sulphur-yellow, in the hindwing being shaded with 

 sulphur-yellow, and having a broader black border, which includes vestigial 

 sulphureous spots ; and ou the underside in the forewing bearing a series of seven 

 submarginal spots. 



Ilab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. A small series. 



IT. Delias niepelti (PL II. f. 3. ?). 



Delias niepelti Ribbe, Inselten-Borse xvii. p. 330 (1900) (AroaR.); Grose-Smith, l.i\ t. 8. f. 3. 4. J 

 (1901). 



Mr. A. S. Meek sent a series of cJcJ and several specimens of the hitherto 

 unknown ¥ of this remarkable species. The forewing of the ? is chrome-yellow 

 from base to apex of cell, above and below, and there is a series of sjmts of the 

 same colour in the black area, these spots being much larger below than above. 

 The hindwing above is canary-yellow, shaded with citron-yellow from base to 

 apex of cell, being slightly whitish at abdominal margin ; on the underside the 

 hindwing is similar to that of cJ. 



18. Delias meeki spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 1. ?, 2. 6). 



6. Vpperside as in niepelti, but the white area of the forewing more sharply 

 defined, more straight distally, and anteriorly rather more extended, there being 

 two white spots beyond the np])er angle of the cell. 



Underside also similar to that of niepelti; the yellow area of the forewing 



