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9. Delias my sis maforensis, subsp. n. 



(? . Below differs from m. lara in the greater extent and 

 darker shade of the yellow basal part of hind wings, it filling 

 I INSTEAD of ^ of cell ; the red band is wider and the black 

 narrower. 



$ . Differs from ? m. lara below in the much wider 

 extent and darker shade of yellow on hind wing, the much 

 wider black distal area (occupying | of wing), and more even 

 width of red band. 



Hah. Suer, Mafor Island, May-June 1897 {W. Doherty). 



10. Delias caliban satisbona, subsp. n. 



cj . Differs from c. calihan below in the reduction in fore 

 wing of the white basal area below vein 3 and in the strong 

 reduction of the basal yellow area in hind wing. 



? . (The female of c. caliban is unknown.) Above, head 

 and thorax grey suffused with yellow ; abdomen sulphur- 

 yellow. Fore wing, basal ^ obliquely white suffused with 

 sulphur-yellow; outer f black; two small white subapical 

 spots. Hind wing, basal half sulphur-yellow, onter half 

 black. Below, fore wing as above, but with four large 

 golden-yellow subapical spots ; hind wing black, base and 

 abdominal area powdered with sulphur-yellow; a submar- 

 giiial band of golden-yellow spots. 



Hah. Goodenough Island, 2500-4000 feet, May 1913 

 {A. S. Meek). 



11. Delias ivaterstradti, sp. n. 



(^ . Above canary-yellow tinged with green ; apex and 

 costal area of fore wing and margin of hind wing brown. 

 Below, fore wing black-brown, cell densely and rest of basal 

 ^ of wing sparsely powdered with golden yellow; beyond 

 cell and along nervures the yellow powdering is more 

 densely present, almost appearing like a band of yellow 

 patches ; a subapical band of large golden-yellow patches. 

 Hind wing, basal 4 golden yellow, powdered in basal ^ with 

 sooty black; outer | black-brown, with submarginal row of 

 large golden-yellow patches. 



Length of fore wing 34 mm. 



Hab. Halmaheira { Waterstradt) . 



12. Delias totilay Heller. 

 r, Entom. Naclir. xxii. no. 12 



I have a single ? in which the basal half of fore 



Delias totila, Heller, Entom. Naclir. xxii. no. 12, p. 177 (1896) (New- 

 Britain). 



