1 70 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



wards of three inches in expanse. The male is of a rich 

 orange above, with the hind-margins, the costa, and apical 

 region of the fore- wings black; the under side is black, the fore- 

 wings with a yellow sub-costal line from the base, a grey spot 

 at the end of the cell, and a whitish dash on the inner-margin; 

 the hind-wings have a broad red band near the base, interrupted 

 along the sub-costal nervure. The female is black above, pale 

 yellow towards the base, with the outer half of the cell of the 

 fore-wings filled up with white both above and below. The fore- 

 wings are coloured beneath as in the male, but are marked with 

 a sub-apical row of white spots, represented by one or two de- 

 tached spots on the hind-wings, which otherwise differ from the 

 colour of the upper surface chiefly by possessing a red patch 

 near the base of the costa. 



Two very pretty, but rather smaller, species with black under 

 sides, inhabit Australia. One of these is D. nigrina (Fabricius), 

 which measures about 2 ^ inches across the wings. The male 

 is white, with the tip of the fore-wings black, crossed by a row 

 of white spots ; the female has black fore-wings, with a row of 

 grey sub-apical spots, and bluish towards the base on the inner- 

 marginal area ; the hind-wings are bluish, with a broad black 

 border. The under side is black ; the fore-wings with a sub- 

 apical macular yellow band, and the hind-wings with a red streak 

 near the base of the costa, and a narrow curved red stripe run- 

 ning across the middle of the wing. 



Delias aganippe (Donovan) is a larger insect ; white, with 

 broad black borders, marked with large greyish-white blotches; 

 on the fore-wings of the female are two large black spots. The 

 under side is black and white, with blotches of orange and 

 crimson. The larva is brown, with white spots and hairs, and 

 feeds on the native cherry (Exocarpus). 



Delias dorimene (Cramer) represents a different section of 

 the genus. It is found in Ceram and Amboina, and measures. 



