and Descriptions of Delias. 177 



than in en. niysolensis ; basal area of hind wing and sub- 

 marginal row of patches lemon-yellow, NOT orange ; the 

 patches much smaller tlian in en. ennia and en. mysoJeiisis. 



Hob. S.W. New Guinea (type c? near Oetakwa River, 

 Snow Mts., Dutch New Guinea, up to 3500 feet, Oct.-Dec. 

 mO,A.S. Meek). 



16. Delias ennia limhata, subsp. u. 



(J. Above dark, apex of fore wing more extended and 

 blacker than in en. mgidius ; dark margin to hind wing 

 purer black and reaching to vein 7 ; the two white submar- 

 ginal spots found in nigidius are entirely absent. Below 

 yellow, area of liind wing much extended ; dark margin of 

 hind wing half the width and extending to vein 7 ; the sub- 

 marginal orange patches are much smaller. 



? . Above, the outer dark area of both wings darker and 

 blacker ; there are TWO instead of five subapical spots in 

 fore wing, and the submarginal white dots in hind wing are 

 absent. Below tlie basal yellow area of both wings is more 

 extended, the black distal area of hind wing narrower and 

 blacker, and the submarginal row of spots is narrower and 

 deeper orange. 



Hab. Sud-Est Island, April 1898 {A. S. Meek) (type 3^). 



17. Delias ennia saiurata, subsp. n. 



cJ . Above the marginal band on hind wing narrower than 

 in en. mgidius and en. linibata. Below almost the whole of 

 the hind wing saturated with bright yellow ; dark marginal 

 border wider than in en. limbata, but less wide than in 

 en. nigidius ; submarginal band of spots much wider and 

 brighter orange. 



? . Above dark, distal part of both wings much narrower 

 than in en. limbata and en. nigidius, and brown. Below, 

 basal half of hind wing entirely bright yellow, outer half 

 black-brown ; the submarginal band of spots between veins 4 

 and 7 much reduced. 



Hab. Goodenough Island, Dec. 1896 {A. 8. Meeh). 



18. Delias ennia xelianthe, Grose-Smith. 



Delias xelianthe, Grose-Smitli, Nov. Zool. vol. vii. p. 86 (1900) 

 (British New Guinea). 



I have a c^ of this form from the Sattelberg, German 

 New Guinea. 



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