Delias yV.n/j Xorth Xtiv (Juine'i. 177 



across the wing, with points along each nervure. In thi.* 

 band are five yellow spots; between this and the body arc 

 two yellow spots, one in the ccdl and one between this and 

 the costa, also a streak of yellow alon^ neivure la and six 

 niarj^inul subfrianjxular yellow spots. 



Expanse oO mm. 



The female differs in liaving white apical spots on the 

 iipperside of fore win^s, an indication of a dark spot at end 

 of cell, and a darker border. In tlie hind wings, as also in 

 the fore, there is a trace of a broad paler (inclined to yellowish) 

 transverse band beyond the cells, which is quite marked 

 in one specimen. 



IJalf. Momi, 4000 feet, November and December. 



Delias pratti, sp. n. (PI. VI. fig. 2.) 



cT . Head, palpi, legs, and antennae black, with black hairs ; 

 thorax dark, with bhiish-white hairs, whicli extend to base of 

 abdomen and the base of hind wings ; abdomen mostly white. 



Upperside : fore wings sooty, with faint bronze reflections. 



Hind wings: the upper half as fore wings, the portion 

 below the cell dead white, and a few white scales on the 

 border. Fringes of both wings black. 



Underside: fore wings sooty, with a few white scales on 

 inner margin and a band of irregular yellow spots across the 

 apex. 



Hind wings black ; a narrow white costal band, below 

 which is a semielliptical yellow patch ; nearly the whole of 

 the disk up almost to the hind margin is occupied by a 

 bronze circular patch, in the midst of which is an irregular 

 transverse black spot just beyond the cell ; there are a few 

 wliite scales at the angle. 



Expanse 58 mm. 



JIub. "Warmasin, 6000 feet, November and December. 



Delias herom'f sp. n. (PI. VI. fig. 3.) 



J . Differs from pratti in the fore wings being broader and 

 shorter ; the upperside is black, without bronze reflections ; 

 four- fifths of tlie cell and three-quarters of the inner margin 

 is white; in the hind wijigs the whole is white, with a 

 black patch at the apex, tapering rapidly into a narrow black 

 border. 



Underside: the white occu|)ies half the fore wings, and 

 there is a distinct black patch at the end of the cell. 



The hind wing has no white costal streak, a smaller yellow 



