rAPILIONID-E. — PIERIN^E. — DELIAS, 



II.— DELIAS SALVINI. i . Figs. 5, (3. 



Ddiai^ Salclui, Butler, " Annals and Magazine of Natural History," ser. 5, 

 vol. 10, p. 152 (August, 1882). 



Exp. 2f inches. 



IJalc. Upperside. Bluish-white. Anterior wings : costa narrowly black, 

 apical half broadly black, but not so far as the hinder angle, and crossed near 

 the apex by an oldique white band ; posterior wings with a rather broad black 

 border, and with the markings of the underside slightly showing through. 



Underside. Anterior wings black, with an obliipie subapical white l>and ; 

 inner margin whitish. Posterior wings with the upper half yellow, and the lower 

 half red, hind margin with a moderately broad black border, which sends off a 

 branch from the apex across the extremity of the cell ; and the intermediate 

 space is of the darkest red. 



Hab. New Britain. 



Ill the Colk'ctiiiiis of the British Museum, and of Henley Grose Smith. 

 Allied to D. B:i,ji,e, Boisd. 



III.— DELIAS AGOEANIS. Figs. 7, 8. 



DfJids Aijiiruni.-i, Henley Grose Smith, " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. 5, vol. 20, p. 266 (October, 1887). 



Exp. 3| inches. 



"Male. Upperside. Anterior wings white, with the apical third grey, in 

 the centre of which is a curved l)and of greyish-white spots, the lowest at the 

 inner angle being on the margin ; the veins and costa grey. Posterior wings 

 creamy-white, with the colour and border on the underside showing through ; 

 three large triangular grey marginal spots at the tips of the second and third 

 median nervules and of the submedian nervure. 



" Underside. Anterior wings as above, but darker ; a large dark grey 

 spot at the end of the cell ; extending broadly along the second discoidal 

 nervule, between the outer band of grey spots and the cell are four oblong white 

 spots, the first and third lieing the largest. Posterior wings bright yellow, 

 l)roadly bordered with dark grey ; in the middle of the ])order is a row of oval 

 white spots, the uppermost tinted with yellow ; on the inner side of the border 

 the grey extends partially up the ncrvures." (H. G. S., I.e.) 



