( -ti ) 



Underside : anterior wings white, yellowish at the ba--e, broadly stramineous at 

 the ajiex. Posterior wings iinit'ormly stramineous. 



Female. — Ujjperside: botli wings pale yellowish white, with broad black borders. 

 On the anterior wings the black area extends over the end and upjier part of the cell 

 and along the costal margin towards the base, where it is densely dusted with grcv 

 scales ; the inner edge of the black area extends obliquely across the disc, being 

 rather deeply indented between the two lowest median nervules, to the inner margin 

 at three-fourths from the base. Towards the apex are three grey streaks placed 

 obliquely. On the posterior wings the black outer-marginal Iwrder nearly follows 

 the contour of the wings and extends over the outer third, slightly narrowing towards 

 the anal angle; its inner edge is irregular and dusted with grey scales. 



Underside: both wings with the dark areas above glossed with purplish in certain 

 lights, and rather paler towards the apex of the anterior wings. On the anterior 

 wings the grey subapical streaks are represented by an indistinct oblique band of 

 pinkish grey. The pale area is yellowish white on the anterior and orange tawny on 

 the posterior wings. 



Expanse of wings : 2 inches. 



Ilab. Males fi-om Oinainisa (Timor) and Sambawa. Females from Oinainisa aii<l 

 one from Wetter. 



This species is near to A. paula Kobe-, to both sexes of which it bears consider- 

 able resemblance. It belongs to the group of A. agave Feld. 



3. Appias ambigua sp. nov. 



Female. — Upperside: botli wings slightly yellowish white. On the anterior 

 wings the costal and outer margins are rather broadly bordered with brownish black, 

 the inner edge of which, along the outer margin, is indented between the veins; on 

 the disc between the two upper median nervules is a round patch of brownish black 

 scales, above which, between the discoidal nervules, rather farther from the outer 

 margin, is an indistinct oblique dusky streak, and between the second and tliird sub- 

 costal nervules is another dark jiatch confluent witli the dark costal border, and in 

 some cases also confluent with the oblique dusky streak ; the wings at the apex are 

 rather acute. Posterior wings with small grey spots on the outer margin at the ends 

 of the veins, those towards the anal angle becoming linear and obsolete. 



Underside: anterior wings dull white, except the apical third, which is glossy 

 pinkish white ; the base, costal and outer margins tinged with yellow, one dark grey 

 .spot on the disc between the two upper median nervules. Posterior wings glossy 

 pinkish white, the costal and outer margins narrowly pale yellow. 



Expanse of wings : 1| inch. 



Hah. Two specimens from Wetter, one from Dili, and one i'rom Halmaheira. 

 There are no males in the collection, from any of the above localities, with which they 

 can be paired ; but there is a iiiale specimen from Dammer in the collection, without 

 any discal spots on the upperside of the anterior wings, and the ends of the veins on 

 the posterior wings not tipped with grey spots, which is probably its male. The 

 anterior wings of this specimen are more elongate and rather more acute at the apex. 



-1. Elodiua pura >p. nov. 

 Male. — Upperside: white. Anterior wings with the apex, from the costa at 

 two-thirds from the base to a little below the middle median nervule, obliquely 



