Pten'ne Butterflies of the Genus Delias. 147 



wliltish and small (female figured by von Mitis, Taf. ii. fig. 5, 

 as D. niindanaensis $ ). — Luzon. 



3. Secondaries witli fewer scarlet spots — two to three in 

 male, three largo and two very small in t'omale (male D. min- 

 danaensis, fig. 4). — Mindanao. 



4. Apex ot" primaries above crossed by more or less con- 

 fluent broad white streaks, forming a belt crossed by black 

 veins; secondaries below with six scarlet spots. — D. pala- 

 loanico, Palawan. 



5. Secondaries below with second and third spots small 

 and whitish. — Mindoro. 



That any of these forms is constant to locality may be 

 doubted. 



9. Delias lucina. 



Delias lucina, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. .ser. .5, vol. xix. p. 270 



(1887). 

 Delias johana, Staudinger, Iris, ii. p. 24 (1889). 



Sulu Archipelago. Two males from G. & S. coll. 

 10. Delias simplex, sp. n. 



6. Upperside resembling D. Stollii {autonoe, Stoll, not 

 Cramer), but even less varied with black : wings below 

 white, with black veins slightly expanded on the outer border 

 of the primaries, and so much so on the secondaries as to 

 form a continuous narrow sinuated border ; internal third of 

 secondaries pale chrome-yellow ; no red suhmarginal spots. 



Expanse of wings 82 millim. 



Sumatra {Sachs). From G. & S. coll. 



11. Delias Stollii. 



Delias Stollii, Butler, T. Z. S. 1872, p. 32. 



Papilio autonoe, Stoll (not Cramer), I'ap. Exot. pi. xxxiii. firrs. 'J '^ J 

 (1790). ° 



China. B. M. 



Six examples, of which two were in the Godman and Salvin 

 collection ; the species is easily recognizable by the second- 

 aries on the under surface being almost wholly yellow 

 combined with very small scarlet submarginal spots, bordered 

 externally by a yellow edging, which separates them from 

 the black of the outer border. 



12. Delias Rosenhergii. 



Pieris Rosenhergii, Vollenhoven, Mon. Pier. p. 11, pi. ii. fig. 6 (18G5). 

 Delias chrysoleuca, Mitis, Iris, vi. p. 1.38 (189.3). 



Macassar. Three specimens. B. M. 



One example from the Godman and Salvin collection. 



