On new Delias u'/t/ Oniltlio[)tei'a//v;/j Sew Guinea. 59 



JI. — Four ticio Delias ci/i(/ a vrw Ornitliopteia/rom (/le Anr/i 

 Lakes, Aifalc Mountains, ^url/i New Guinea, colt. M'ssrs. 

 Pratt 4' iSons. By J. J. Joicey, F.L.JS., and A. Noakes, 



F.K.S. 



[riatcs IV.-VI.J 



Delias ni^ropunctata, J o'lcey & Noakps. (PI. IV.) 



Fore wing : ground-colcur white, witli black apex reaching 

 to cell, and naiiow on tlie costa to thoitix. Pusterior wings: 

 b'ack border shading to black dusting to anal angle ; very 

 sinular to htroni, Kenrick. 



Fore wing underside as above, with five yellow spots from 

 apex to vein 5. 



Posterior wing underside : ground-colour l)l;icki3h, fiinged 

 white, six deej) black marginal spots, doul)le black i»atch in 

 cell, and three troni the cell to the anal angle, yellow spot on 

 a white ground at the base. 



Two cJ (? in the Joicey Coll. 



Delias fulginosus, ab. 2 ochrnceus, Joicey & Noakes. 

 (PL IV.) 

 Fore wings: ground-colour }ellow dusted wi;h black, 

 apex black with five yellow spots. Posterior wings light 

 yellow, darker near tiie base ; subniarginal band blackish with 

 blight yellow streaks intercepting. Underside similar to 

 type, kenricki, which has black tore wings, whereas '' ochra- 

 ceous" ditfers by a wide discal yellow band. 



Five ? ? in the Joicey Coll., one in Kenrick's collection. 



Ornithoptera joieei/i, pp. r., Noakes & Talbot. 

 (Pis. IV. & V.) 



This very distinct species is allivd in general coloration to 

 goliath, titan, and supremvs, whilst in certain characters it 

 shows ff^latioiiship to rothsclivdi. 



(J . Uiiper.side. — Markings as in supremus, but on the fore 

 wing tlie green is strongly tinged with gold. At the lower 

 e^lgG of the costal band, about midway between the base of 

 vein 6 and di.-tal margin, there projects a short spur. The 

 fir.-t two f-pots of the discal patcli, which are situate in 

 cellules 4; and 3, are smaller than in supremus, being more 

 invaded proximally by the black ground-colour. Some 

 scattered scales in cellule 5 connect the first spot of the 

 discal patch with the spur of the costal patch. Hind wing : 

 the distal margin is more rounded than in the allied forms 

 and the wing a little smaller; there is a tendency for the 



