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black bar narrower ; inner black margin extended to vein 2 

 and t'orniint^ a short marginal border to middle of cellule 3; 

 black discal line widened posteriorly from cellule 4, being 

 widest where it joins the inner marginal black ; the red 

 distal border is not curved below vein 2, but invades the 

 black io lb ; inner margin washed with yellow near the base 

 only. 



? . Upperside. — Fore wing with much more extended 

 black. Hind wing with a broad black outer margin. 



Underaide. — Fore icing with black outer area as above ; 

 basal three-quarters of cell washed with pale yellow. IJind 

 wing with whole inner and outer margin black, leaving red 

 line better defined than in c? ^'^^ narrowly bordered with 

 white distally. 



Length of fore wing, c? 30, ? 27 mm. 



A series of both sexes, GOOO feet, Wandammen Mtns., 

 Nov. 



4. Delias caroli wandammenensce, subsp. n. 

 (PI. V. tig. 2.) 



c? . Upperside of fore wing with black area extended to 

 origin of vein 2 and to inner margin before tornus. Hind 

 wing with broader margin, especially at apex. 



Underside of fore wing with mostly only three apical dots. 

 Hind wing with the red submarginal line more broken at the 

 veins, forming separate bars in some specimens. 



? with black area on both wings more extended ; white 

 area tinged with pale yellow distally; apical spots as in 

 caroli. Underside as in typical form, apical spots smaller. 



A series of (^ <? find 3 ? ? , 6000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., 

 Nov. 



5. Delias thompsom, sp. n. 

 (PI. V. fig. 3, c?, 4, ?.) 



The pattern of the hind wing of this species is unlike any 

 known form of the genus. 



(J. Upperside. — Fore icing with basal half white to end of 

 cell and to before the tornus, outer edge indented below 

 vein 8 ; outer half black and costa black to base. Hind wing 

 white, with a narrow black margin, which widens at vein 6. 



Underside. — Fore wing black ; inner margin, from base to 

 before tornus, white to submedian fold. Apex with two 

 brick-red spots, and three dots of same colour in 3-5. Hind 

 icing black ; a yellow spot at base of costa ; an elongate 

 brick-red subcostal spot in 6, and below it in middle of cell 



