17-1 Hon. W. RothscliilJ— yo^^'.s on 



by ^. Below on fore wino; the pale basal area is much 

 extended and more white, reachiiio; tornus below vein 1. 



? . Above the pale area is much more extended and the 

 subapical patches are larger. Below the pale area is larger 

 and the yellow bordered with white, while the red submar- 

 ginal band is paler and duller. 



IJab. Moa Island. Dec. 1902 (//. KiiJm). 



G. Del/as mysis goodenovii, subsp. n. 



^ . Above has black margins to hind wing somewhat 

 wider than in m. oncn. Below it differs from m. onca in the 

 fore wing in having the black of apex and costal area more 

 extended and deeper ; in hind wing the yellow is much 

 darker, more orange, and extends nearly all over pale area of 

 wing ; the black band on inner side of submarginal red band 

 is wider. 



$ . Below differs from ? in. 07ica in the entire basal f of 

 hind wing being orange-yellow, only veins 4-7 showing 

 white. 



JIab. Goodenough Island, 2500-4000 feet, May 1913 

 {A. S. Meek). 



7. Delias viysis rosselliana, s,vi)o&^. n. 



cJ . Differs from m. goodenovii above in the marginal band 

 of hind wing being double as wide. Below it differs in the 

 yellow on bind wing being less extensive though quite as 

 dark in colour ; the black band inside the red is very much 

 wider. 



? . Above has the margins browner, less black, and the 

 subapical spots yellow, NOT white. Below the yellow on 

 hind wing is less extended and the black inside the red 

 much wider. 



Hah. Rossell Island, Jan. 1898 {A. S. Meelc). 



8. Delias viysis maga, Grose-Smith. 



Delias maga, Grose-Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (0) xix. p. 405 

 (1897) (Sud-Est Island). 



The ? is undescribed. 



? . Above differs from the ? of m. ^ooc/e?jom in the almost 

 absent subapical spots on fore wing and in the black outer 

 areas of both wings occu])ying fully the outer ^ of the wings. 

 Below the orange area of hind wing occupies ^ of the wing 

 and the dark area tiie outer half ; the red band is more 

 uniform in width and nearer the margin. 



