25 PAPILIONID.E. — PIERIN.E. DELIAS. 



XXII.— DELIAS CALLISTEATE. $. Figs. 3, 4. ?. Fig. 5. 



Delias Cullistmtc, H. Grose-Smith, "Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," Ser. ('., Vol. XIX., p. 403, April, 18'.»7. 



Exp. 2J inches. 



Mdlr. Upperside. Anterior wings white, with the apex broadly greyish- 

 l>lack, the black apical area extending from the costa at one-tliird from the apex, 

 thence narrowing across tlie disk to a little below the lowest median nervule on 

 the outer margin, base and costal margin narrowly grey; near the apex are two 

 rather large white patches, with an indication of a smaller patch a])ove and 

 another below them. Posterior wings with a marginal greyish-black l)and 

 extendinrf from the anal anijie to the lowest subcostal nervule. 



Underside. Anterior wings white, with the costal and apical areas more 

 broadly black ; in the black apical area are situate six spots, of which the three 

 uppermost arc yellow, the two nearest the costa are oval, the second being the 

 largest, the third is more conical, the three lowest spots are nearer the margin 

 and whiter and smaller. Posterior wings bright yellow, inclining to orange 

 towards the anal angle, with the marginal black Ijand wider than on the ui)per- 

 side, in which arc situate five yellow subconical spots, the spot nearest the anal 

 angle almost obsolete, and the spot nearest the apex merging into the yellow 

 area. 



Fciiiitlf. Upperside. Both wings white, with the black costal and marginal 

 liands much wider than in the male, and on the anterior wings extending l)roadly 

 along the outer margin to the inner margin at about one-fourth from the outer 

 angle ; the white subapical patches on the anterior wings as in the male. 



Underside nearly as in the male, but all the spots are yellow, and on the 

 posterior wings the yellow area is shaded with white and the yellow sjiots are 

 larger and more conical. 



Hab. Fergusson Island (Meek). 



In the Collections of the Hon Walter Rothsehihl and Mr. Grose-Smith (types male and 

 female). 



Nearest to Delias Georgiaua, Grose-Smith, D. Johiana. Oberth., and D. Sacha, Grose-Smith. 



