402 Mr. G. Talbot on 7ieio 



spot. Basal half of wing at vein 2 powdered with pale 

 yellow scales which are mixed with short dark green hair. 

 Hind wing black. Basal half from cell to submedian and 

 distally to vein 3 powdered with pale yellow ; this area 

 covered with yellowish-green hair. Base of cellule 7 powdered 

 with yellow^ pr^ecostal area and cellule 8 white. Inner 

 margin white, with some yellow scaling near the base. Two 

 thin and curved red lines are placed in cellules 4 and 5 in 

 the submarginal area; a small spot of scattered red scales 

 may be present in cellule 3 ; all this red scaling may be 

 absent. A few scattered yellow scales may be placed on the 

 margin in cellule 6. 



Underside. — Fore wing black, with subapical band orange- 

 red ; some yellow scaling along the outer margin, but variable 

 in extent ; yellow basal scaling in the cell ; inner margin 

 grey-white to vein la, but not reaching the end of this vein. 

 Hind wing as in tlie male, the post-discal red band generally 

 more heavily marked. Slight variations occur in the pattern, 

 but tliese are common to both sexes. 



Head black, with yellow hair ; palpi black, fringed with 

 yellow and black hair; aiitennge black; thorax greenish 

 yellow above, lighter yellow below ; abdomen black, powdered 

 with yellow, ventral suiface wdiite mixed with yellow. 



Length of fore wing, ^ 32-38, ? 31-38 mm. 



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

 and November. 



The collectors note that " most of the females of this species 

 were taken at 6000 feet, and most of the males at 5000 feet." 

 The males were more difficult to obtain than the females. 

 " On the wing the female is remarkably like the South 

 American Pereute." 



This striking form of Delias is the first known in which 

 the female has a red band on the upperside. It is allied to 

 negrina, Fabr., from Australia, and to doJiertyi, Roths., from 

 Jobi and Biak Islands. 



Described from a small series of both sexes. 



Delias manuselensis, sp. n. (PI. XTX. figs. 13-17.) 



(^ . Upperside. — Fo7-e loing white ; costa narrowly edged 

 with black, outer margin narrowly bordered with black from 

 apex to vein 3, distal ends of veins 2-7 black. Hind wing 

 white. 



Underside. — Fore tolng white ; apex and outer margin 

 broadly dull purplish-bronze to below vein 2, and bearing 

 near the margin a row of six white spots ; the anterior two 



