DELIAS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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British New Guinea. — inferna Btlr. (53 a), from Australia, has also above in the $ no yellow transverse spot inferno,. 
at the discocellular of the forewing, which, however, appears again beneath. Otherwise the butterflies are beneath 
very similar to irma. Queensland. — rona Rothsch. is a race from Bon in Geelvink Bay which is unknown to us. — rona. 
bajura Bdv. (53 a), from the island of Waigeu, differs from the continental forms of the species in the pale yellow bajura. 
basal part of the hindwing above and the sharply defined and narrower white transverse spot before the cell of 
the forewing. The species is not very rare on Waigeu; it most nearly approaches seriata Fruhst., from the North seriala. 
Moluccas, the of which bear above a row of 6 white strigae on the forewing and 3 small submarginal spots 
on the hindwing. Batjan, Obi. 
D. madetes Godm. & Salv. (53 a) is clearly proved by its under surface to belong to the descombesi -group madetes. 
and is one of the most attractive species of the genus. The upper surface of the $ resembles that of aruna. $ above 
black with the orange-coloured discocellular patch which also occurs in aruna and 6 whitish submarginal spots. 
The central part and the inner margin of the hindwing dirty yellowish white. The distal margin broadly black, 
enclosing 6 washed-out yellowish patches. New Mecklenburg. — honrathi Mitis, a distinct island race from honrathi. 
New Pomerania, where it is very rare, is distinguished by the whitish instead of yellowish spots on the under 
surface, the likewise whitish strigae of the forewing and the reduced submarginal spots on the hindwing beneath. 
D. harpalyce Don. (53 c) belongs with the following species to the most ornamental Delias. The $ is harpalyce. 
above black with grey-brown base and a continuous row of 6—7 yellowish submarginal spots on the forewing. 
Mostly flies high, but congregates in the spring (beginning of October) round flowering fruit-trees and is then 
easy to catch (Seitz Ms.). South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales. 
D. aganippe Don. (53 c), beneath for the most part black with white longitudinal bands and submarginal aganippe. 
spots on the forewing, red submarginal patches proximally bordered with white and yellowish discal spots on 
the hindwing. Likewise in South Australia, but distributed northwards to Queensland. 
D. nigrina F. (53 c), with orange-yellow subapical spots on the forewing, which are somewhat lighter nigrina. 
in the $, on a black ground, base of both wings grey-blue, hindwing with sinuous red submarginal and black 
median and terminal bands. Flies even in the winter (June), when there are scarcely any other butterflies in 
South Australia. The $<$ appear entirely white when flying, as somewhat singularly hardly anything of the 
bright under surface is visible; only when the butterfly drops down onto a flower from the height at which it 
mostly flies, and in so doing closes the wings, the beautiful under surface becomes distinct (Seitz Ms.). 
D. splendida Rothsch., above similar to descombesi and oraia to., with narrower, but deep black, distal splendida. 
margin to the forewing. The underside of the forewing is entirely black, with a black spot at the end of the cell, 
the apical patches orange-yellow, the hindwing similarly coloured, only bearing 5 rudimentary submarginal spots. 
$: upper surface black, with large light yellow submarginal spots on both wings, large yellowish cell-spot on 
the forewing and yellowish basal area on the hindwing. A distinct species, only known from Timor, where it 
was discovered by Doherty. 
f. Under surface of the hindwing with segment-like, red basal spot. 
D. aglaia is the first-known representative of a group, the species of which as a rule occur in great abun¬ 
dance, are mostly found in the plains, and even venture onto the sea. There are only a few mountain species, 
which do not descend below 4000 ft. Larvae red, each segment with long hairs, of which the lateral ones are 
black and the dorsal yellow. On young leaves of Nauclea rotundifolia, where they rest close together in large 
numbers. Pupa blackish, as in the other species with dorsal points. -— curasena Fruhst. <$ black with yellow curasena. 
inner margin to the hindwing and with blue-grey stripes and spots on both wings. $ similar to that of grisea (56 c), 
but with the upper surface somewhat lighter. £ beneath with yellow hindwing, which is intersected by broad 
black vein-stripes connected by transverse streaks. Formosa. — porsenna Cr. Somewhat larger than the preceding, porsenna. 
$ with yellow median band on the forewing beneath. South China, Hong-Kong, Hainan ( ?). •— tonkiniana Fruhst. tonkiniana. 
Smaller than the preceding and the $ with finer stripes. Median band of the forewing beneath yellowish, the 
upper surface darker than in specimens from Northern India. Tonkin. Found in the rainy season. — thyra tliyra. 
Fruhst. (56 c), in both sexes the albinotic extreme of the preceding. Forewing of the Uc? more extended blue-grey. 
Hindwing of the $$ in many examples almost pure white. Annam, Siam. Only taken in the dry season. — 
beata Fruhst. is the race from the Mergui Archipelago and South Tenasserim, a connecting link between Indian beata. 
and Sumatran specimens. $ with yellowish cell-spot on the forewing above —■ aglaia L. (= pasithoe L., aglaia. 
dione Don.), one of the commonest Indian species, occurring from Nepal to Assam and Upper Burma, especially 
in the hot valleys and except in the cool January very abundant. Visits flowers. Ascends in the Shan States 
to 5000 ft. $ of the rainy-season-form with grey-black, that of the dry-season-form with whitish median band 
on the forewing. $ very variable, every specimen different. — parthenope Wall. (= distant! Stgr.). A very parthenope. 
interesting, rare form. <R\ forewing with pointed, long grey patches, $ with almost white median band occupying 
a third of the wing. Malay Peninsula, Singapore. — goda Fruhst. (56 b) is the race from Sumatra, which mostly goda. 
