176 Hon. W. Eothscliild — Notes on 



wing is lavender-blue and the basal half of hind wing is 

 oreenish yellow. In the Adams collection in the British 

 Museum the three S S l^ave the basal half of both wings 

 cadmium-yellow, while the ? has the basal half of hind 

 wino", like the fore w^ing, lavender-blue only tinged with 

 yellow. 



13. Delias funerea funerea, Rothsch. 



Delias funerea, Eothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. i. p. 662, no. 3 (1894) 

 (Halmalieira). 



The ? of this form not being recorded, I take the oppor- 

 tunity of describing it from the unique specimen in the 

 Adams collection in the British Museum. 



$ . Above, fore wing sooty black-brown, powdered with 

 greyish white in basal ^ of wing, on basal ^ of costal area, 

 and densely so along whole of wing below vein 1 ; a sub- 

 terminal row of eight greyish-white patches. Hind wing 

 sooty black-brown ; fringe and abdominal folds whitish grey, 

 basal half of wing powdered thinly with whitish grey. 

 Below, fore wing as above, but basal ^ strongly powdered 

 with pale grey ; cell and second to fifth sub terminal patches 

 suffused with lemon-yellow. Hind wing black-brown ; a 

 large subcostal patch and a subterminal band of coalescent 

 sagittate patches scarlet ; abdominal folds and wings beyond 

 scarlet band strongly suffused with grey ; base sulphur- 

 yellow. 



14. Delias ennia mysolensis, subsp. n. 



^ . Below differs from en. ennia in the dark margin 

 between tornus and vein 6 being wider and the three yellow 

 patches larger. 



$ . Above purer white, the buff suffusion almost absent; 

 grey base of fore wing less extended. Below the black on 

 hind wing is only half as wide as in en. ennia and yellow 

 submarginal band is wider. 



Bah. My sol Island, Jan. 1899 {H. Kuhn) ( ? type). 



15. Delias ennia oetahwensis, subsp. n. 



^. Above, dark margin on hind wing much narrower 

 than in en. mysolensis and en. ennia. Below, dark margin of 

 hind wing also much narrower and yellow patches almost 

 absent. 



? . Above grey, base of fore wing much extended, occu- 

 pying ;| of wing ; ground-colour still purer white than in 

 $ en. mysolensis. Below, dark band of hind wing narrower 



