PAPILIONID.E. PIERIN.Il. — DELIAS. 



VI.— DELIAS INFEENA. s . Fi.;s. 8. 4. 5 . 5. 



l)i:li(is liifrniii, B.utler, " Lepidoptera Exotica,"" p. (')8, pi. 24. Iil;-. (> (LSTl). 



Exp. 3i-3a inches. 



Mall'. Uppersiue. Orange, anterior wings witli the costa narrowly and the 

 apical area rather broadly black ; the inner edge of the border is indented l)y 

 the gronnd-colour along the veins, and diminishes towards the hinder angle, 

 l)efore which it becomes linear. Posterior wings orange, with a narrow l)lack 

 border, broadest at the anal angle, and the costa and anal angle shading into 

 sulphur-yellow. 



Unoerside. Black, anterior wings with the base of the costal nrrvure 

 narrowly, and the discocellular nervules rather more broadly dusted with 

 yellow ; posterior wings with a large red s])ot at the base, forming a long 

 oval, narrowest outwardly. Head, thorax, auti-niiie and legs black, more or less 

 varied with grey; abdomen sulphur-yellow. 



FriiKilr. Upperside. Black, anterior wings with tlie basal half, to beyond 

 the cell (except along the costa), thickly dusted with yellow, the colour extending 

 furthest along the nervures ; the outer third of tlie cell, and a short space 

 l)eyond covered with an orange patch, only slightly speckled with black. 

 Posterior wings with the basal half thickly dusted with dull green, mixed with 

 yellow at its furthest extension outwardly, and shading into i)ale brimstone- 

 yellow along the iniu'r margin. 



Underside. Black, anterior wings with an orange spot, covering the end of 

 the cell ; posterior wings with a red spot at the base as in the male. 



Body brimstone-yellow, with a l)lack longitudinal band on the back of 

 the thorax ; pectus blackish. 



Hab. Nortli-Western Australia and New (luinea. 



In tlio Collections of the British Museum and of Mr. Ileulcy Grilse Smith. 

 Allied to Delias Artina, Boisduval. 



The specimens figured hei'e are from New Guiuc;i,. Mr. Butler has fi^'ured the underside of 

 a female from N.W. Australia. 



VIL— DELIAS BELISAR. $ . Figs. 0, 7. 



Dflias Bdisama, v<ir. Bclimr, Staudinger, " Iris," vol. 4, p. 78 (1801). 

 Exp. 2f inches. 



Mall'. LTppERsiDE. Orange, with the costa, apex, and hind margin rather 

 broadly black, diminishing to the hinder angle, where it ceases. The ground- 



