13 PAPILIONID.E. PIERIN.E. DELIAS. 



and upper two-thirds of hind margin greyish-bhick. Posterior wings greyish- 

 white, with the pattern of the underside showing througli ; hind margin black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish-grey. 



Underside. Anterior wings black, densely powdered with white scales ; 

 at the apex four white patches powdered with greenish-yellow scales, and at 

 the hinder angle a large snow-white blotch. Posterior wings : basal two-thirds 

 orange, powdered with dull greenish-yellow scales ; outer third black, much 

 powdered with yellow. In the centre of this black baud is a row of large sub- 

 marginal half yellow, half scarlet spots. 



Head and thorax beneath feebly greenish-yellow ; aljdomen white. 



Hab. Sambawa (September, 1891) (Doherty). 



In the Collection of the Hon. W. Rothschild and H. Grose Smith. 



Belongs to the grouji of B. Hierie, Hiibner. 



We think it probable that this species is the male of D. Fasciata. 



XIII.— DELIAS SPLENDIDA. $ . Figs. 4, 5. $ . Fig. 6. 



Dc]i(tx Splnidida, Piothschild, " Novitates Zoological" I., p. 661 (September, 

 1894). 



Exp. 3j inches. 



Mal('. Upperside. Anterior wings creamy-white, with narrow blackish- 

 grey costa and wider black apex, shading off into grey on the inner side ; 

 outer margin greyish-black from a thin powdering of black scales. Posterior 

 wings creamy-white, with the hind margin narrowly blackish-grey, and the 

 iinier margin narrowly bright yellow, which colour extends to a streak at the 

 anal angle : cilia of both wings yellow. 



Antenn;¥ black, head and thorax deep grey, abdomen whitish, heavily 

 powdered with black scales. 



Underside. Anterior wings jet black with the costa and most of the 

 nervures powdered with pale grey scales, and a large irregular grey patch at the 

 end of tlie cell. Apex of wing, and a submarginal row of large spots bright 

 golden-yellow. Posterior wings 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 and bordered on each side with black. 



