Rhopalocera from Central Ceram. 403 



or three spots are tinged with yellow, all are rounded, the 

 upper three being more ovate, the lower spot much smaller 

 than the others; the distal margin of the dark area is invaded 

 by white in cellule 4; costa narrowly purplish bronze; some 

 grey and yellow scaling at the base. Hind iving deep 

 purplish-bronze ; a submarginal series of six pale yellow 

 spots which are rounded and slightly pointed distally, their 

 points sometimes touching the margin ; cellule 8 powdered 

 with yellow ; inner margin to the submedian sparsely 

 powdered with yellow ; a white discal spot formed of some 

 loosely placed white scales along the outer edge of the lower 

 discocellular. 



Head grey-black ; palpi black, with black and wdiite hair; 

 antennae black ; thorax black, with grey hair above and 

 below, sides with some yellow hair ; abdomen black, powdered 

 with white, especially at sides and on ventral surface, elaspers 

 white. 



? . Uppernde. — Fore wing white with blackish-brown 

 apical half; costa narrowly black; base greyish to vein 2 

 and merging anteriorly into the outer greyish powdering of 

 the apical area ; apical area reaching to the submedian and 

 bearing a series of six submarginal white spots, the fourth 

 and fifth the larger, and the sixth smaller; the greyish 

 powdering distally cuts off a white patch outside the end of 

 cell, this patch being indented distally, its lower part forming 

 a tooth in cellule 4. Hind wing grey, formed by a thin 

 layer of white scales on a blackish-brown ground ; this 

 colouring is darker distally and leaves a more or less extent 

 of black ground-colour in the distal area ; a narrow marginal 

 border of grey-white, deeply crenulate on its inner edge. 



Underside. — Fore icing as above, but dark apical half more 

 sharply defined ; base powdered with grey along costa and 

 below the cell, base of cell powdered with yellow. Hind 

 wing as in the <$ . 



Head and appendages, thorax, and abdomen as in $ . 



Length of fore wing, $ 26-29, ? 26-31 mm. 



llab. Central Ceram, Mount Manusela, 6000 feet, October 

 and November. 



Described from 5 <$ <$ and 7 ? ? . 



This distinct species appears to be allied to momea, Bdv., 

 from Java, and to nysa, Fabr., from Australia. 



Delias echidna. Hew., $ . (PI. XVI. figs. 4, 5.) 



The female of this rare species docs not appear to have been 

 previously recorded. A specimen has existed for some years 



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