Pierint' Hutterjiies of the. Oenua Delias. lol 



Fourteen examples, of wliicli twelve are from the Godmuii 

 and Salvin collection. 



The three following species stand out distinct from all the 

 other forms of the <>enus, but combine characters of those 

 which precede and those whicli follow them in this arrange- 

 ment of the genus. 



26. Delias aganippe. 



Papilio ayanippey Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. xxix. (1805). 



Adelaide, Sydney, Moreton Bay, &c. B. M. 



Thirteen examples, of which seven are from the Godman 

 and Salvin collection. Four other specimens in the Hewitson 

 series. 



27. Delias harpalyce. 



Papilio harpalyce, Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. xviii. fig. 1 (1805). 

 Papilio Lewini, Thon, Entom. Arch. i. p. 38, pi. iii. fig. 10 (1828). 



Australia, Sydney. B. M. 



Nine examples, three of which are from the Godman and 

 Salvin collection. Also three specimens in the Hewitson 

 eries. 



28. J)elias nigrina. 



Papilio niyriiia, Fabricius, Svst. Ent. p. 475 (1775); Donovan, Ins. 

 New Iloll. pi. xix. fig. 1 (1805). 



Sydney, Moreton Bay, Richmond Eiver. B. M. 



Ten specimens, four of which are from the Godman and 

 Salvin collection. Four other specimens in Hewitson's 

 collection. 



29. Delias funerea. 



Delias funerea, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. i. p. 662 (1894). 

 Delias Plateni, Staudinger, Iris, vii. p. 355 (1894). 



Gilolo. 



In some respects this species resembles D. timorensis, but 

 it is more nearly related to D. duris, from which it differs in 

 the white under surface of primaries, with whitish subapical 

 spots on a black area ; the secondaries below are also quite 

 black, with the scarlet markings more vivid than in D. duris. 



30. Delias duris. 



Pieris duris, Hewitson, Esot. Butt, ii., Pier. pi. v. fig. 34 (1861). 



Ceram. Type coll. Hewitson. 



Intermediate between the preceding species and D. cceneus. 



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