206 Dr. A. G. Butler on 



21. Huphina euryxanthe. 



Pieris euryxanthe, Honrath, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxvi. p. 435 (1892) 

 Oberthiir, Etudes d*Ent. xix. p. 6, pi. ii. figs. 7 & 9 (1894). 



Port Moresby. ^,B. M. 



It would not surprise me to discover that this was the dry 

 phase of the following species. 



22. Huphina ahnormis. 



5 . Tachyris abnormis, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, vol. iv. p. 368, 

 pi. viii. fig. 5 (1867). 



Seven specimens. <$ c?, Port Moresby., B. M. ? type, 

 coll. Hewitson. 



23. Huphina ladas. 



Delias ladas, Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool. i. p. 585 (1894) ; Rhop. Exot. 

 ii., Del. pi. v. figs. 4-6 (1895). 



New Guinea. 



Nearest to the following, but yellow at base of secondaries 

 on under surface. 



24. Huphina ornytion. 



Pieris ornytion, Godman and Salvin, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 613, pi. lvi. 

 fig. 5. 



Seven examples. S3, ? ?? P° rt Moresby (including 

 type). B. M. 



25. Huphina Dohertyi. 



Pieris Dohertyi, Oberthiir, Etudes d'Ent. xix. p. 61, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1894). 

 New Guinea. 



I must confess that the fact of the last five species occurring 

 together in New Guinea, in conjunction with the fact that 

 similarly coloured species of the Nymphalid genus Mynes 

 occur there, is very suspicious. I cannot help thinking that 

 breeding experiments would tend greatly to reduce the 

 number of these u species " in both genera. 



Group II. 



26. Huphina temena. 

 Pieris temena, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, ii., Pier. pi. iii. fig. 19 (1861). ' 

 Lombock. (J S , ? , B. M. 



